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''The Restaurant'' was a British reality television series in which a group of couples competed for the chance to set up a restaurant financially backed and personally supported by French chef Raymond Blanc. The winning couple were given their own restaurant to run. For the winners of the first series the prize restaurant was in Oxfordshire, near to Blanc's own Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. For the second series the prize restaurant was in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The first series aired on BBC Two on 29 August 2007 and a second series aired on 10 September 2008. The first series also had its own spin-off, ''The Restaurant: You're Fried!'' (a play on ''The Apprentice: You're Fired!'') which aired on BBC Three after the main programme. This did not return for either of the subsequent series. The third and final series was broadcast on 29 October 2009. In the US, the show was retitled ''Last Restaurant Standing'' by BBC America. The first series aired in spring 2008, the second in spring 2009, and the third in winter 2010.〔()〕 In July 2010 the BBC announced that the show has officially ended. ==Format== Nine couples with little or no restaurant experience competed in a series of challenges whilst running their own restaurants. Challenges were set by Raymond Blanc, a successful French chef who owns a number of restaurants in the UK, most notably Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons. The couples lived together in a shared house during the eight-week series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Restaurant - About The Show )〕 Each week, Blanc set a task, such as to make as much profit from selling cocktails or desserts. Each couple's restaurant was visited by Blanc's "inspectors" – restaurant industry experts David Moore and Sarah Willingham - who reported back to Blanc on the service, food and organisation of each. There was then a "boardroom" showdown in which each couple was given individual feedback. All couples were then called in together and the "Restaurant of the Week" award was presented to the couple deemed to have performed the best during the task. Blanc then named the three (or two in later episodes) poorest performing couples that would perform a further challenge.〔 In the specific challenge, the three couples chose or were assigned helpers from amongst the other contestants. They then competed again in tasks such as selling the most meals in a cafeteria. The couple deemed to be the worst performing were eliminated by Blanc, with the line "I'm closing your restaurant". For its first two series, ''The Restaurant'' was shown twice a week; the first being the task in which all couples took part, and the second being the challenge and subsequent elimination of one couple. In the third series, this was reduced to one episode a week. The theme music was written by Dru Masters,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dru Masters )〕 and other music used included "Waltz No. 2" from Shostakovich's ''Jazz Suite'' and '"Showtime" from the soundtrack to ''Magnolia'' composed by Jon Brion. Some music from the ''Amelie'' soundtrack was used the series. "Let's Groove Again" by Gonzales was used as the music for the programme's promotional trailer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Restaurant (UK TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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