Do you have the recipe for success asks Wokingham town centre manager
Wokingham’s town centre manager is urging wannabe restaurateurs to prove to celebrity chef Raymond Blanc that they’ve got the recipe for success.
Producers of the BBC show The Restaurant have asked Brian Newman, Wokingham town centre manager, to throw down the gauntlet to all aspiring restaurant owners in the town and across the borough, to see if they can take on the culinary and business challenges of the infamous chef during the new series.
The show will be returning for its second series later this year and will focus on the trials, tribulations and traumas of several couples, who have just eight weeks to turn a restaurant into their dream place and open it to the paying public.
Mr Newman is hoping that Wokingham’s reputation as a place with many fine eateries will encourage secret-restaurateurs, or people already in the food-business to come forward and be selected for the challenge.
He said: “The producer of The Restaurant spoke to me earlier this week and was very keen to get someone from the area involved in the new series. We are fortunate to already have very good restaurants in the town, and it would be great to get a world-renowned chef to see exactly what we do have to offer, before helping a new fledging restaurant open up.
“Of course the BBC would have to select someone from the area first, but the challenge is there for the taking. If anyone does want to take part they should apply today.”
Applicants need to be couples over the age of 18 but can be married, friends, siblings, relatives, partners or colleagues. Application forms for the show are available by visiting www.bbc.co.uk/restaurant and must be received by the BBC by Wednesday March 12.
Producers of the BBC show The Restaurant have asked Brian Newman, Wokingham town centre manager, to throw down the gauntlet to all aspiring restaurant owners in the town and across the borough, to see if they can take on the culinary and business challenges of the infamous chef during the new series.
The show will be returning for its second series later this year and will focus on the trials, tribulations and traumas of several couples, who have just eight weeks to turn a restaurant into their dream place and open it to the paying public.
Mr Newman is hoping that Wokingham’s reputation as a place with many fine eateries will encourage secret-restaurateurs, or people already in the food-business to come forward and be selected for the challenge.
He said: “The producer of The Restaurant spoke to me earlier this week and was very keen to get someone from the area involved in the new series. We are fortunate to already have very good restaurants in the town, and it would be great to get a world-renowned chef to see exactly what we do have to offer, before helping a new fledging restaurant open up.
“Of course the BBC would have to select someone from the area first, but the challenge is there for the taking. If anyone does want to take part they should apply today.”
Applicants need to be couples over the age of 18 but can be married, friends, siblings, relatives, partners or colleagues. Application forms for the show are available by visiting www.bbc.co.uk/restaurant and must be received by the BBC by Wednesday March 12.
Wokingham Borough Council
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