Who's watching the new series of The Restaurant? It's probably way to early to start blogging about this, but I loved the last series and, from what I can gather, the new one looks set to be as compulsive.
The couples are all going to be awful at first - the dad and daughter, the competitive guy with the tatoos and his 'friend', the dimwit couple opening their restaurant in 'Bi-cester', etc.
There's more of Raymond Blanc this time, which is fine, and it was right that the couple out first included the woman who opened a tin of mango puree and whizzed it up with cream, as if this was a dish fit for a Michelin-starred chef. Her daughter looked mortified. That's not cooking.
So tonight they get the keys to their kingdoms, t hough I don't know when I'm going to see this as it's the launch of the BBC's great new hope Merlin tonight. That should draw in the Harry Potter crowd come October.
