Restaurant Revolution

- Season 1

(2015)

The five teams' restaurants are introduced in major capital cities around Australia. In their first challenge, teams pitch their restaurant concept, food and vision to the expert panel to earn the first share of funds.

The four experts dined at each restaurant for a 'cook for cash' challenge. Teams had one hour to serve a three course lunch with table service, either with or without additional hired help.

The 'cook for cash' challenge continues. The experts gave their opinions on their restaurant experience for each team and ranked them from best to worst to distribute the $100,000 prize pool.

Teams returned in front of the experts for the final 'Last chance pitch', to earn the final offer of cash for the preparation of their restaurants.

The teams complete their restaurants and open them to the public for the first time. Each team hold a launch party, inviting VIP guests to dine in.

All teams open their restaurants to a lunch and dinner service for paying customers for the first time. Neil Perry and Erez Gordon were the first experts to visit the Brisbane and Sydney restaurants respectively.

The teams continue to open their restaurants to a lunch and dinner service. Continuing the Expert visits, John Lethlean headed to Adelaide and Jess Ho to Perth to judge the food and service of the restaurant.

The first week's results are in. Each expert gives their review and scored their restaurant experience out of 10. Teams also received bonus points based on their profit margin which are added to the expert scores.

All teams visit Dom's restaurant in Sydney for the first Team Lunch. They were all given up to $50 to tip for their food and service.

The experts travel around the country for another round of judging. Neil Perry visits Perth, Jess Ho to Adelaide, Erez Gordon to Brisbane, John Lethlean to Melbourne and finally Sydney receives the anonymous 'Secret Critic'.

The scores are tallied up for the week with the expert scores, profit and bonus points for winning the challenge of selling the most 'Chef's Specials'.

All teams headed to team Adelaide's restaurant for the second team lunch to experience their food and service.

In another round of expert visits, Jess Ho visits Sydney, Neil Perry to Melbourne, Erez Gordon to Perth, John Lethlean to Brisbane and a 'secret critic' for Adelaide.

The final scores for profit and expert scores are complete for the week. The 'chef's special' saw teams creating a dish that represented their home state in a 'State on a plate' challenge.

Brisbane is next in line to host the team lunch for all other teams to show off their 'East meets Mex' themed restaurant.

The expert visit rotations continue. This week Neil Perry visits Sydney, Jess Ho to Melbourne, Erez Gordon to Adelaide, John Lethlean to Perth and the 'secret critic' heads to Brisbane.

The final results for week 4 saw Brisbane and Sydney take a joint top spot and Perth falling into last place. The bonus chef's special challenge had every team making a signature burger for their restaurant.

Perth hosts the team lunch, inviting all teams to La Linea to critique.

Nathan and Maz host the final team lunch at Scarfo in Melbourne.

After the final Team Lunches, it was revealed that every $10 tip earned receives 1 point. These became the scores for this week.

The experts complete their final round of visits with Jess Ho in Brisbane, Neil Perry in Adelaide, Erez Gordon in Melbourne, John Lethlean in Sydney and the secret critic for Perth.