# Restaurant: Impossible (2011)

> Chef Robert Irvine has two days and $10,000 to save a failing American restaurant from closing.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/32524

## Facts

- Seasons: 22
- Episodes: 250
- Episode runtime: 43 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: reality
- Network: Food Network
- Cast: Robert Irvine
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1771742/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: upbeat, brisk, earnest, feel-good, confrontational

## Synopsis

Restaurant: Impossible (2011-2023) is an American reality makeover series created for Food Network and hosted by chef Robert Irvine (Robert Irvine). Each episode drops the British-born chef into a struggling independent restaurant that faces closure unless its fortunes change quickly. Irvine has a budget of $10,000 and only two days to overhaul the business, so the engine of every episode is a race against the clock: he rebuilds menus, redesigns dining rooms, retrains staff and confronts stubborn owners who resist change. The show runs for twenty-two seasons across roughly two hundred and fifty episodes, a case-of-the-week format in which each restaurant is self-contained. Its tone is brisk, upbeat and earnest, with frank confrontations softened by warm payoffs when a struggling eatery finally reopens with new life. Fans of Kitchen Nightmares, Bar Rescue and Chopped will find the same blend of kitchen expertise, sharp criticism and feel-good transformation. The production has a family-friendly, TV-G rating, making it an easy watch for a relaxed evening.

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