My Restaurant Rules
| My Restaurant Rules | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Show |
| Presented by |
Curtis Stone (series 1) Ian 'Dicko' Dickson (series 2) |
| Judges | Patrick Collins Cindy Sargon (series 1) Caterina Borsato (series 2) Matt Moran |
| Opening theme | "We Used to Be Friends" by The Dandy Warhols |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 63 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Production company(s) | Freehand TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| First shown in | 2004 |
| Original release | 15 February 2004 – 29 May 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | My Kitchen Rules |
My Restaurant Rules is an Australian reality television series that aired on the Seven Network.
The series pits five couples, one each from Australia's five largest cities, to compete against each other in opening a successful restaurant.
In initial episodes of the show the couples are given a vacated restaurant space in their home city that must be renovated. They also compete for additional money that can be used for renovation from a panel of judges based on a presentation of their mission statement and plan for their proposed restaurant. The judges also make further appearances later on in the series in both critiquing the restaurants and offering rewards to the contestants.
After a number of weeks the elimination process begins in which the restaurants (and their owners) are reviewed and judged for nomination. The nominated restaurants then compete for votes from a phone poll, with the victor moving on and the loser being forced to shut down. This process continues until a single competing restaurant remains.
Despite the process of elimination that sees almost all competing restaurants shut down, it is interesting to note that every single restaurant featured in the programme was successful and operated in the black. This may be because of the exposure the restaurants are given via the show. Moreover, some eliminated restaurants managed to re-open at new locations.
The first series of My Restaurant Rules aired in 2004 and featured the five following restaurants and couples:
In the series finale, Perth's Room Nineteen and owners Ash and Amanda were declared the winners, beating Peter and Tayissa of Melbourne's Seven Stones.
In UK and Ireland, this series aired on Good Food. In Poland, this series aired only on Viacom Blink!
Series one hosted by Curtis Stone.
The second series of My Restaurant Rules aired in 2005 and featured the six following restaurants and couples:
In the series finale, Adelaide's The Greedy Goose and owners John and Justine were declared the winners, beating Evan and Bella of Sydney's Pink Salt.
In 2006, this series aired in New Zealand on TV2 at a weeknight pre-primetime slot (5:30 pm), compared to the first series where it aired in a daytime slot.
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