Restaurant Revolution

*Restaurant Revolution*
Restaurant Revolution
Genre	Reality
Presented by	Jock Zonfrillo
Judges	Erez Gordon; Jess Ho; John Lethlean; Neil Perry ; Jock Zonfrillo (secret critic)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	21
Production
Running time	90 to 120 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	28 July –; 10 September 2015
Chronology
Related shows	My Kitchen Rules

Last updated September 29, 2022

Restaurant Revolution was an Australian cooking reality television series which screened on the Seven Network in 2015. The show consisted of five teams of one, two, three or four people with a pre-existing relationship competing to turn their vision for a restaurant into a reality.^[1] The teams were given the chance to design and run their own pop-up restaurant with viewers able to dine in and experience the food, service and atmosphere.^[2] The show was hosted by Scottish-born restaurateur Jock Zonfrillo.

Restaurants and contestants

The teams were from the five largest capital cities in Australia. Their restaurants were constructed out of shipping containers located in an iconic spot for each city. The layout for every restaurant was identical and each seated 60 guests. It was up to the teams to determine the theme, atmosphere, exterior and interior details of their restaurants. All restaurants officially opened to the public on 14 July, a few weeks before they aired on the show.^[4]

City	Location	Restaurant	Contestants
Sydney	Centenary Square, Parramatta	Somewhere Nice	Dom Aboud
Adelaide	Victoria Square, Adelaide	28 St	David, Asa, Reine and Anthony Donehue
Brisbane	Corner Russell/Grey St, South Bank	Puerto	John McIntosh, Justine & Maggie Yeong
Melbourne	Lower Esplanade, St Kilda	Scarfo	Nathan Scarfo & Maz Koutsonikolas
Perth	103 Oxford St, Leederville	LA LÍNEA	Carmen & Nicole Watts

Competition details

Restaurant Pre-opening - During this first stage of the competition, teams must earn cash to be able to build the interior of their restaurants, purchase supplies and prepare their staff. For each of the first two challenges, there was a total cash pool of $100,000 on offer. The experts distributed this cash based on how well the teams pitch or present their potential restaurant, food and service. The team who best meets the expert's requirements receives $40,000, second receives $20,000, third and fourth get $15,000 each and finally the worst performing team receives only $10,000. In the final 'last chance pitch', the experts only gave a total of $40,000 to the three best teams, with two teams missing out on the final cash offer.
Team Lunch - Each week, one team hosts a lunch inviting in all other teams, where they will be able to judge the food and service of each competing restaurant. Teams are given $50 to use for tips, which they can use up to all or none of. This process happens alongside the Weekly reviews. In Week 5, it was revealed that for every $10 tip, the team earns 1 point on their final scores.
Weekly Reviews - The experts will individually visit each of the restaurants on a weekly rotation. They judge the food and service based on their visit and give the team an overall score out of 10. A 5th 'secret critic' also joins the experts judging one team a week. Their identity remains anonymous, therefore teams do not know when or who will arrive to judge. Teams are also ranked for their profitability, with the team earning the highest profit margin getting 5 points added to the expert score and then the other teams ranked 4 to 1 point/s. The team with the highest overall score will gain one extra 4 seat table to use for the following week's service, while the lowest scoring team, loses a 4-seat table, which remains present but is taped off as if it was damaged. From Week 2, there are also chef's special challenges. The team who sells the most of this dish earns 2 bonus points on top of their profit score.
- Week 2 Chef's Special – Teams are to create a 'chef's special' dish. It must be completely new and not a variation of their existing menu, priced at no lower than $15.
- Week 3 Chef's Special – 'State on a plate'. Teams must create a special dish that represents their home state.
- Week 4 Chef's Special — Teams must create a burger that represents their restaurant.

Weekly progress, scores and cash earnings
Progress	Pre-opening Week			Week 1			Week 2				Week 3				Week 4				Week 5			Week 6			Final Results
Progress	Cash earnings			Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total	Team Lunch	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total	Team Lunch	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total	Team Lunch	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total	Team Lunch		Total Tips	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total
Team Restaurant	First Pitch	Cook For Cash	Last Chance Pitch	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total	Team Lunch	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total	Team Lunch	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total	Team Lunch	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total	Team Lunch		Total Tips	Expert scores	Profit (1-5)	Total
Adelaide 28 St	$40,000	$15,000	$10,000	6 (John)	3	9	Tipped $0	7 (Jess)	4 (+2)	13	Host	8 (Secret Critic)	4 (+2)	14	Tipped $20	9 (Erez)	1	10	Tipped $10	Tipped $10	8 ($80)	7.5 (Neil)	3	10.5	Winner (64.5)
Sydney Somewhere Nice	$20,000	$15,000	$10,000	5 (Erez)	5	10	Host	5 (Secret Critic)	5	10	Tipped $10	6 (Jess)	3	9	Tipped $30	8 (Neil)	5	13	Tipped $10	Tipped $20	5 ($50)	8 (John)	5	13	2nd (60)
Brisbane Puerto	$10,000	$40,000	$0	6.5 (Neil)	2	8.5	Tipped $20	7.5 (Erez)	2	9.5	Tipped $20	6 (John)	2	8	Host	7 (Secret Critic)	4 (+2)	13	Tipped $10	Tipped $0	9 ($90)	6 (Jess)	4	10	3rd (58)
Perth La Linea	$15,000	$20,000	$0	5.5 (Jess)	4	9.5	Tipped $20	6.5 (Neil)	1	7.5	Tipped $30	7.5 (Erez)	5	12.5	Tipped $20	6.5 (John)	3	9.5	Host	Tipped $30	6 ($60)	6 (Secret Critic)	2	8	4th (53)
Melbourne Scarfo	$15,000	$10,000	$20,000	6 (Secret Critic)	1	7	Tipped $10	7 (John)	3	10	Tipped $20	9 (Neil)	1	10	Tipped $20	8 (Jess)	2	10	Tipped $30	Host	6 ($60)	7 (Erez)	1	8	5th (51)

Episodes and ratings

Restaurant Revolution suffered low ratings during its launch. As a result, Seven has taken action by reducing the show's running from four to two to just one night a week.^[5]^[6] The program also moved starting time.^[7]

*Restaurant Revolution*
Colour key:
– Highest rating during the season
– Lowest rating during the season
Ratings Week	Episode No.	Episode summary	Original airdate	Timeslot	Viewers	Rank (Night)	Source
1	1	Premiere/First Pitch - The five teams' restaurants are introduced in major capital cities around Australia. In their first challenge, teams pitch their restaurant concept, food and vision to the expert panel to earn the first share of funds. $100,000 was the total prize pool distributed among the teams based on their efforts for their pitch from best to worst.	28 July 2015	Tuesday 7:30 pm	676,000	#12	^[8]
	2 - 3	Cook For Cash - The four experts dined at each restaurant for a 'cook for cash' challenge. Each team was given 24 hours notice prior to the experts arrival. Once they have arrived, teams had one hour to serve a three course lunch with table service, either with or without additional hired help. The experts gave their opinions on their restaurant experience for each team and ranked them from best to worst to distribute the $100,000 prize pool.	29 July 2015	Wednesday 7:30 pm	515,000	#18	^[9]
	4	Last Chance Pitch - Teams returned in front of the experts for the final 'Last chance pitch', to earn the final offer of cash for the preparation of their restaurants. Only $40,000 was on offer as the total pool, with just the three best teams leaving with money. Additionally, each of the teams held a hiring day in search for potential staff and leadership roles.	30 July 2015	Thursday 7:30 pm	415,000	<20	^[10]
2	5	Grand Opening - The teams complete their restaurants and open them to the public for the first time. Each team hold a launch party, inviting VIP guests to dine in.	3 August 2015	Monday 7:30 pm	522,000	#20	^[11]
	6	Expert Visits Week 1-1 - All teams open their restaurants to a lunch and dinner service for paying customers for the first time. The four experts will each individually dine at one of the restaurants to judge its food, service and atmosphere. Neil Perry and Erez Gordon were the first experts to visit the Brisbane and Sydney restaurants respectively.	3 August 2015	Monday 7:30 pm	522,000	#20	^[11]
	7	Expert Visits Week 1-2 - The teams continue to open their restaurants to a lunch and dinner service. Continuing the Expert visits, John Lethlean headed to Adelaide and Jess Ho to Perth to judge the food and service of the restaurant. Also, team Melbourne were the first to be judged by 'The Secret Critic' who remained anonymous during their restaurant service.	6 August 2015	Thursday 8:00 pm	427,000	<20	^[12]
	8	Week 1 Results - The first week's results are in. Each expert gives their review and scored their restaurant experience out of 10. Teams also received bonus points based on their profit margin which are added to the expert scores. The highest scoring restaurant gains an advantage by receiving an extra table for next week's service, while the losing team has one table taken away.	6 August 2015	Thursday 8:00 pm	427,000	<20	^[12]
3	9	Sydney Team Lunch - All teams visit Dom's restaurant in Sydney for the first Team Lunch. They were all given up to $50 to tip for their food and service. Perth and Brisbane tipped $20 each, Melbourne tipped $10 and Adelaide decided to give nothing.	13 August 2015	Thursday 8:00 pm	312,000	<20	^[13]
	10	Expert Visits Week 2 - The experts travel around the country for another round of judging. Neil Perry visits Perth, Jess Ho to Adelaide, Erez Gordon to Brisbane, John Lethlean to Melbourne and finally Sydney receives the anonymous 'Secret Critic'. All experts score their experience out of 10.
	11	Week 2 Results - The scores are tallied up for the week with the expert scores, profit and bonus points for winning the challenge of selling the most 'Chef's Specials'. Adelaide wins the week getting one bonus table for next week and Perth last, losing a table.
4	12	Adelaide Team Lunch - All teams headed to team Adelaide's restaurant for the second team lunch to experience their food and service. With each team given up to $50 to tip, Melbourne and Brisbane left $20 each, Perth $30 and Sydney tipped $10.	20 August 2015	Thursday 8:30 pm	298,000	<20	^[14]
	13	Expert Visits Week 3 - In another round of expert visits, Jess Ho visits Sydney, Neil Perry to Melbourne, Erez Gordon to Perth, John Lethlean to Brisbane and a 'secret critic' for Adelaide. All restaurants are judged and scored, with Melbourne receiving the highest expert score so far of 9 out of 10.
	14	Week 3 Results - The final scores for profit and expert scores are complete for the week. The 'chef's special' saw teams creating a dish that represented their home state in a 'State on a plate' challenge. Adelaide takes the win for a second week in a row and Brisbane falls into last place.
5	15	Brisbane Team Lunch - Brisbane is next in line to host the team lunch for all other teams to show off their 'East meets Mex' themed restaurant. At the end most teams left a $20 tip, while Sydney leaves $30.	27 August 2015	Thursday 8:30 pm	297,000	<20	^[15]
	16	Expert Visits Week 4 - The expert visit rotations continue. This week Neil Perry visits Sydney, Jess Ho to Melbourne, Erez Gordon to Adelaide, John Lethlean to Perth and the 'secret critic' heads to Brisbane.
	17	Week 4 Results - The final results for week 4 saw Brisbane and Sydney take a joint top spot and Perth falling into last place. The bonus chef's special challenge had every team making a signature burger for their restaurant.
6	18	Perth Team Lunch - Perth hosts the team lunch, inviting all teams to La Linea to critique.	3 September 2015	Thursday 8:30 pm	275,000	<20	^[16]
	19	Melbourne Team Lunch - Nathan and Maz host the final team lunch at Scarfo in Melbourne.
	20	Week 5 Results - After the final Team Lunches, it was revealed that every $10 tip earned receives 1 point. These became the scores for this week
7	21	Grand Final - The experts complete their final round of visits with Jess Ho in Brisbane, Neil Perry in Adelaide, Erez Gordon in Melbourne, John Lethlean in Sydney and the secret critic for Perth. Teams also finished their final restaurant service before the final results were announced. All scores from each week are combined to determine the winner of Restaurant Revolution with a prize of $200,000.	10 September 2015	Thursday 9:30 pm	183,000	<20	^[17]

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[2] "Seven reveals Restaurant Revolution locations". TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

[3] "Jock Zonfrillo host of Seven's new TV show Restaurant Revolution is hot". NewsComAu. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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[11] Knox, David (4 August 2015). "Monday 3 August 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

[12] Knox, David (7 August 2015). "Humiliating Ashes Draws Bumper Crowd to GEM". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 August 2015.

[13] Knox, David (14 August 2015). "Thursday Sport Wins For Nine". TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 August 2015.

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