Restaurant In Our Living Room

In a rather more interesting style than some of the generic restaurant programmes we are used to, this programme, shown on Virgin's freeview channel, seeks to turn people's homes into a new wave and style of restaurant. It has a quirky idea of taking two couples each week and getting them to invite people to eat in their own home. So, how does this work? Well, first of all, it's a competition, with the prize each week being a 5 star hotel retreat for two, somewhere really swanky and nice, often abroad. Each couple must turn their own home into a restaurant, decide on their menus, how they're going to organise their seating, themes, and then send out the ...  Read the complete review

Following on from the current craze for food related programmes on all television channels, Virgin 1 have come up with the concept of Restaurant in our living room, a lowbrow contender to Come Dine with me's crown as the reality television cooking programme du jour. The basic concept is that two couples have the challenge of setting up a restaurant in their living room for one night only, each has to come up with a menu, purchase food within their budget of £400 and then the team who make the most money over the evening will win the prize of a gourmet break in a 5 star hotel somewhere in Europe. In terms of who makes the most money the couples have ...  Read the complete review

'Restaurant in my living room'....'Restaurant in your living room'... I find it difficult to remember exactly what this programme, currently showing for an hour on Thursday nights on the Virgin1 Freeview channel (and then repeated multiple times starting between 8 and 9pm all through the week) is actually called - which is a pity, because the concept of the contest is quite concisely summarized by the series' title (whatever that is). So, in 'Restaurant in our living room' people who live together - usually a couple, or members of the same family, or housemates sharing accommodation - set up a temporary restaurant at their house for one night and then cook ...  Read the complete review