We started watching a show named Restaurant Impossible a few months back, where a guy named Robert Irvine comes to rescue failing restaurants. He brings $10K worth of restorations, an army of carpenters and 2 days of time to turn around some of the worst horror stories to be seen on TV.

A large amount of the time the owners/operators are in complete denial about badly made food being a primary reason that the restaurant is failed. The other large % of the time the people who operate the restaurant can’t escape their own arrogance and incompetence, and along with these details, the restaurant itself is in dire need of a makeover. Often the kitchens have never been cleaned.

Irvine & company rescues the restaurant each week by a combination of a new “do,” counseling to the staff, and a new menu with food made to Irvine’s direction. It’s interesting to watch.