Best New Restaurant

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Best New Restaurant
Best New Restaurant logo.png
Genre Reality competition
Based on Ramsay's Best Restaurant
Judges Tom Colicchio
Maggie Nemser
Jeffrey Zurofsky
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producers
Running time42 minutes
Production company One Potato Two Potato
Original release
Network Bravo
ReleaseJanuary 21 (2015-01-21) –
April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)

Best New Restaurant is an American reality competition series on Bravo that premiered on January 21, 2015. [1] The show is based on British television series Ramsay's Best Restaurant created by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. [2] [3]

Contents

The show features a celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, along with Maggie Nemser and Jeffrey Zurofsky, who bring sixteen new restaurants against each other in a series of challenges in order to determine which one of them would be crowned as the best. [4] The challenges include the dishes that are served, the restaurant's decor and the overall concept. [5]

Judges

Episodes

No.TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
1"Italian Cuisine"January 21, 2015 (2015-01-21)663,000 [10]

The first two participating newly opened restaurants compete in three challenges. Both restaurants serve Italian cuisine. The menu in Dolce Italian in South Beach is dedicated to serving authentic Italian dishes while the other restaurant Doma in Beverly Hills offer Italian food with a global twist. [11]

Winner: Dolce
2"Shared Plates"January 28, 2015 (2015-01-28)518,000 [12]
3"New Service Concepts"February 4, 2015 (2015-02-04)417,000 [13]
4"Operated by Couples"February 11, 2015 (2015-02-11)366,000 [14]
5"Battle of the Burger"February 18, 2015 (2015-02-18)363,000 [15]
6"European Inspired"February 25, 2015 (2015-02-25)305,000 [16]
7"Fast Casual Dining"March 4, 2015 (2015-03-04)227,000 [17]
8"Seasonal Menus"March 11, 2015 (2015-03-11)433,000 [18]
9"Semifinal Round 1"March 18, 2015 (2015-03-18)296,000 [19]
10"Semifinal Round 2"March 25, 2015 (2015-03-25)315,000 [20]
11"Finale"April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)422,000 [21]

Reception

The show has been very well received by critics. [22] Christina Chaey of Bon Appétit accented that Best New Restaurant is different from other cooking shows because it does not focus entirely on food, but includes the quality of service and hospitality as well. [23] Vicki Hyman of The Star-Ledger gave the show a B, praising the show's different approach to “reward the restaurant that consistently fulfills its mission, regardless of cuisine or price point,” also distinguishing judges’ personalities as "genuine, not pumped-up-for-the cameras.” [24] Adam Smith of Boston Herald noted that even though the show seems similar to those that have come before it but also manages to stand out for not infilling the show with drama by saying that "the knives are used for cooking and not stabbing each other in the back." [25]

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