Season 1 |
| 1 :01x01 - Opening Night (Mar/11/2009) | | The series premiere finds the chefs are asked to prepare a menu, cook up the dishes on it and have their restaurants open within 48 hours. A food critic will judge their performances before one chef is eliminated. | |
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| 2 :01x02 - Fashion Plates (Mar/18/2009) | | The teams are asked to reveal the name and looks of their restaurants and present Marco with a fully dressed table. Later, each of the teams will be hosts for a private party attended by artists, designers and a food critic. | |
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| 3 :01x03 - Into the Wild (Mar/25/2009) | | The teams are schooled about using natural foods. Next during a one hour cooking contest, the teams compete to win a maitre d' during their next challenge, which has them incorporating natural foods in the dinner service. The Zagat judging system is used by the judges in rating each meal. | |
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| 4 :01x04 - Big White Challenge (Jun/19/2009) | | This week's challenge for the remaining couples will be preparing aphrodisiacs. The winners will receive access to an exclusive wine cellar and will meet a sommelier to learn to team foods with wines. Later, the teams will work a romantic dinner service for singles on a blind date, unaware that one is a food critic. | |
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| 5 :01x05 - Season 1, Episode 5 (Jul/03/2009) | | The remaining four couples are asked to meet in Marco's kitchen, where he proceeds to show them the Italian foods he's prepared in 20 minutes and only needed five minutes to cook. Now their challenge is to do the same with the winning team receiving an expresso machine and a barista for the entire lunch service the next day. Their second challenge has them heading to Little Italy near Manhattan, to buy the ingredients needed for the lunch service which will be served to Vincent Pastore, Frederico Castelluccio and Mario Batali. | |
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| 6 :01x06 - Season 1, Episode 6 (Jul/10/2009) | | The teams are challenged to serve 2 services: breakfast and lunch. One pair seems overwhelmed by the task at hand, where the other team discovers the food critic which gives them a big advantage. Also, the teams are challenged to try and re-create a dish of Marco's. | |
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| 7 :01x07 - Season 1, Episode 7 (Jul/17/2009) | | Only three days remain for the remaining two teams to remodel the restaurants for a grand opening. Also, the teams visit an art gallery for inspiration before catering for an upscale event for socialites. | |
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| 8 :01x08 - Finale (Jul/24/2009) | | The finale has arrived and the remaining two couples remodel their area, make menu plans and prepare top-notch service for opening night, which will be attended by Piers Morgan, various celebrities and food critics. | |
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