Tomorrow night NBC is premiering their new food reality series, The Chopping Block. Unlike other cooking-themed reality shows (Hell’s Kitchen, Top Chef) Chopping Block isn’t about cooking, it’s about the restaurant business. As a fan of Kitchen Nightmares, this new show sounds like it could be a lot of fun.
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White will be on hand to oversee the show as various couple-teams work together each week to fix up a restaurant, performing tasks ranging from working on the design and makeover, planning a menu and getting people interested in coming to the restaurant. The contestants will be broken up into two teams and each team will work on a restaurant. The two restaurants will open at the same time and compete for business. Afterward, food critics will be assigned to judge both restaurants and the worst-performing team will have to plead their case. One couple will be eliminated each week.
I think between the focus of the show being on the restaurant and the fact that the contestants are working in teams of two and then set up to work with the other teams, this show could stand out among some of the other food-centered reality shows. Videos below:
The Chopping Block premieres Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 8:00 PM ET on NBC.
