Restaurant In Our Living Room: About the show

Restaurant In Our Living Room. sees couples going head-to-head to create the ultimate dining experience in their own homes.

With a strict budget and just three days to transform their homes into a fully-functioning restaurant, this is dining out with a difference. Guests only have to pay what they think the meal is worth and the winning couple is the one which takes the most on the night.

In each episode two pairs of food fanatics are pitted against each other to create the best Restaurant In Our Living Room. The series, is inspired by underground restaurants, or supper clubs, where disillusioned foodies, fed up with over-priced, over-hyped restaurants, are fighting the recession by opening their kitchens to paying customers. Even celebrities are tucking in, with Jo Wood creating her own home restaurant serving customers organic fare straight from her Richmond garden.

It’s up to each couple what they serve, and the pressure of catering in their own home leads contestants to draw upon a range of tactics to win. Viewers will see everything from themed nights and seven course gastronomy to the ruthlessly practical but whatever is on the menu couples are competing against each other to get diners opening their wallets. Everything is at stake as guests take everything from service, entertainment and restaurant design into account when paying their bill. Was the food more greasy spoon than Michelin star? Or the service closer to Fawlty Towers than Oxo Tower? It’s up to the diners to decide.

When service closes, the two couples meet to share their experiences from the heat of the kitchen. Once takings have been counted the winning restaurant and ultimate foodie prize are revealed – a meal anywhere in the world at one of the globe’s finest restaurants.

Starts Thursday 24th September only on Virgin1

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