America’s Next Great Restaurant – Season Premiere
Chipotle and NBC have been busy in the past months promoting this new show lineup for Sunday evening.
1952 Marlyn sanders – 7 bilion over5200 restaurants
1965 Fred Deluca – Petes Subaway 30000 franchises in
1993 – Steve Ell – 85k loan from Dad, Chipotle over 1000 and over 1.5 billion in revenue
Who has the next billion dollar idea, one that people can afford, and will buy regularly.
The winner will have open restaurant open on May 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, New York and Minneapolis.
Did you see the bus moving across the US?
Judges that are the investors
Bobby Flay – head – chef , has 6 high restaurant Bobby Burger Palance
Lorena Garcia opened her own restaurants, lorena garcia cucina in Miama
Steve Ells – 17 years ago opened his own restaurant, Chipotle
Curtis Stone – Chef, 4 cookbooks
Part of the challenge includes hiring chefs and running a food truck.
Curtis Stone is being a bit rude?
The top 10 have been selected, and now the competition begins to get serious. Series premiere, we got to see 21 contestants vie for the top 10 spots, in Los Angeles. Not all are chefs. Must prepare at least
LG Appliances was the sponsor of the appliances.
Over the next nine weeks we will see challenges including…
Feeding 1000 customers
Some of what you saw on the premiere:
These are part of the Top 10 incuded below as IN:
Not in any order.
1. Saucy Balls.. what a name!! Joey Saucy Balls from Brooklyn, three meat meatballs. Financial Advisor – Grandmas recipe, sauce and balls. He is IN the TOP 10!
2. Hick’s — Southern BBQ done tapas, food has to be banana cream pie IN Krystal and Gregg from Los Angeles Bartenders, strong team, small bites of BBQ. Best things they have tasted.
3. Jamawn chicken-and-waffles guy from Detroit, W3’s. Chicken and Waffles. He wants to take advice. mentoring. IN!
4. healthy wrap sandwiches in a sporty atmosphere
5. bartender Sandra from Kansas City, pitched an restaurant called Limbo, which would offer two types of menus in one — devilish (decadent) and angelic (healthy).
6. Grilled cheese sandwiches from Eric, him and his wife are expecting, Meltworks, grown, bbq grilled cheese sandwiches, how is it different, better ingredients, imported veges, – They will let him know. Problem with grilled cheese sandwiches? takes time and you can make it at home better?
7. south Indian concept, vegetarian 15% of population. IN
8. Alex- Tacos, whatever – hard and soft taco – IN
ComplEAT – fixed calorie — Stephanie – IN
Burger and Wings – Jason -?
9. Sandy from KC and the most important – LIMBO – Heatlhy indulgent dishes – pulled braiise pork, pork 800 calories, Bison 400 calories. IN
10. chicken and waffles dad, Jamawn, one man crew
11. Fran the Sports Wrap, customers build their own, The Sports Wrap, sports and fitness theme, organic ingredients, scoreboards, hear your number and hear an applause, fitness and wellness tip included, — Fran is IN!
12. Sarah – “What’s Good” Culinary Chef – Private Chef, Mac N Cheese Cupcake. 100 different items. too many moving parts, – OUT
13. Sudhir – Indian food , Indian Chipotle
14. Wings, all purpose sauce, Joe Big Wings, everyone loves his wings. Special sauce, Joe, Lil Wangs, small version of the Big Wangs that he already owns, OUT!
15. Aimee – Soupz – Owns Poo Crew Girl – OUT
16. Stephanie – fixed calorie good
17. Marisa – Wok, Stir Fry for the healthy heart, stir fry. Pre cooked?
Director of public relations? IN
18. Anita – Bartender
19. Cafe Creativi -Brianne – props , OUT
20. Siana, Kabob Slider -OUT
21. NAM Nam- OUT
22. Pot Belly – OUT
23. Jason’s Bully’s and Wings
Eric and Jason are vying for the final spot.
Eric – grilled cheese sandwiches, made it, IN
29 sandwiches made
Jason – burgers
The got a second chance
No wait staff
Everyone stops their cooking.
Concept will open in MN
Chipotle itself has a vegetarian burrito so he sees the need for a vegetarian option.
celeb chef and restauranteur Bobby Flay, celeb chef Curtis Stone, Miami restauranteur and chef Lorena Garcia and Chipotle founder Steve Ells are going to find and invest in the next delicious fast casual restaurant kinda makes my mouth water.
What did you like about the show?
What did you not like about the show?
Just as a reference NBC has
352,135 people like America’s Next Great Restaurant.
Get more info on the show here:
https://www.nbc.com/americas-next-great-restaurant/
