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Restaurant: Impossible

2011TV-G22 seasons6.8 / 10

Chef Robert Irvine tries to turn around restaurants across America that are facing an impending demise if things don't improve. With a $10,000 budget and two days to work, Irvine uses his creativity and resourcefulness to turn the eatery's fortunes around.

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Synopsis

Chef Robert Irvine tries to turn around restaurants across America that are facing an impending demise if things don't improve. With a $10,000 budget and two days to work, Irvine uses his creativity and resourcefulness to turn the eatery's fortunes around.

Season 18 episodes

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Episode 1

Moving On in Montana

43m

Robert Irvine helps the widowed owner of Don Luis Restaurant in Billings, MT, move past the grief of losing her husband. Carmen hasn't altered a thing in her restaurant since Luis' passing, and she must accept change if her business is to survive.

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Episode 2

Destination, Hawk Springs

43m

Robert Irvine ventures to The Emporium in the small town of Hawk Springs, WY, where owner Dennis is struggling to lead his staff and attract customers. If Robert can't make him change his ways, Dennis' daughter might walk away from the business forever.

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Episode 3

Colorado Couple in Crisis

43m

The couple that runs Millonzi's in Fairplay, CO, is buried in debt and on the brink of divorce. Robert must get Tim and Jennifer to work as a team again if they have any hope of salvaging their relationship or their 14-year old restaurant.

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Episode 4

Bogged Down in Buffalo

43m

In Buffalo, single father Steven Marchione is struggling to keep the family's legacy restaurant Casa Di Francesca's open after a series of tragic life events. Robert has 48 hours to make Steven the leader his restaurant needs to save the business.

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Episode 5

Community Hub in Chaos

43m

Robert visits Park Vue Soul Food Bar and Restaurant in Buffalo, where an inexperienced mother and daughter team is desperately trying to serve their community. Robert helps give them the skills they need to save their dream.

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Episode 6

Taking Ownership in Vegas

43m

Julissa, the widowed owner of the Polaris Street Cafe in Las Vegas, is struggling to save her deceased husband's dream restaurant. If Robert can't get her to find her own path, that dream will die, and so will the business.

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Episode 9

House of Cards

43m

A model and a former poker player opened Cafe No Fur in Las Vegas, Nev., but they're so stuck in their dysfunctional ways that the restaurant is on the verge of folding after only two years. Robert Irvine must get them to change their stubborn ways or all bets are off on the restaurant's survival.

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Episode 10

Listless in Louisiana

43m

Robert Irvine travels to Lafitte, La., to visit Boutte's Bayou Restaurant, where owner Nick is too proud to ask for help as he tries to keep the iconic coastal watering hole afloat. Robert must help Nick become a real leader and learn to trust his staff before it's too late.

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Episode 11

Friends in Need

43m

Robert Irvine arrives at Dunbar's Creole Cuisine in New Orleans to find a restaurant full of history but in dire need of his help. The livelihood of two families depends on the success of this legacy restaurant, and with no systems in place, no set roles and the restaurant matriarch refusing to change, Robert has his work cut out for him.

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Episode 12

Nancy Foots the Bill

43m

Robert Irvine is in Geneva, NY, at Cosentino's Ristorante, where co-owners Bill and Nancy are struggling to save their family restaurant. Their marriage is suffering from an unbalanced workload while their inexperienced son serves unappetizing food.

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about Restaurant: Impossible

Cast

Robert IrvineSelf

Production details

Status
Canceled
Series type
Reality
Episodes
250
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • Food NetworkUnited States
  • Marc Summers Productions

Themes

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