America’s Next Great Restaurant on NBC
NBC has a new reality TV food show starring celebrity chefs Bobby Flay (Food Network: Iron Chef America, Throwdown); and Curtis Stone (The Celebrity Apprentice, TLC: Take Home Chef) called America’s Next Great Restaurant. The remaining judges for the series are Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle; and Lorena Garcia, executive chef and restaurateur. For the judges this is not just a contest, this is personal since they will invest their own money in the winning restaurant.
The show follows ten contestants who believe they have the next great idea for a fast food restaurant. The contestants present their restaurant concepts to the investors. The contestants are not professional chefs but regular people from all walks of life. Flay, Stone, Ells and Garcia serve as mentors to the contestants as well as judges, working side by side with them to bring their restaurant idea to life. The winner of the contest sees their food concept launched as a restaurant chain in three locations – Hollywood, Minneapolis and New York City.
The producers of the series are Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves, the Emmy Award-winning producers of Top Chef and Project Runway. If you like Top Chef and Project Runway, you will recognize this reality show format and no doubt enjoy the show.
Watch America’s Next Great Restaurant on Sundays at 8:00 p.m. PT/ET on NBC. Check your local TV schedule for upcoming episodes of the series.
