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15 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Tue, Jan 27, 2009 60 mins
In the Season 2 opener, Raymond Blanc selects nine new couples to compete for a chance to open their own restaurant. Before moving on in the competition, each must prepare and present a signature dish.
Episode 2
Tue, Jan 27, 2009 60 mins
The teams arrive at their empty restaurants and have one week to transform them before opening night.
Episode 3
Mon, Feb 9, 2009 60 mins
All eight restaurants open again, but this time it's the customers who decide how much they'll pay for their meals and service, so the teams try coming up with various ways to entice the locals to pay generously.
Episode 4
Tue, Feb 10, 2009 60 mins
Three teams must set up shop at a motorway service station and convince travelers to eat at their food bars.
Episode 5
Tue, Feb 17, 2009 60 mins
The seven remaining teams must prove they don't waste food by using every part of an organic pig---from head to tail---to make appetizing dishes. The team with the least left over is safe from elimination.
Episode 6
Tue, Feb 24, 2009 60 mins
The teams must observe ancient dining protocols when serving a formal dinner at three prestigious Oxford colleges.
Episode 7
Tue, Mar 3, 2009 60 mins
The remaining teams must incorporate the cuisines of foreign countries into their menus, while maintaining their own concept and identity. The toughest critics will be nationals from the country in question.
Episode 8
Tue, Mar 10, 2009 60 mins
Three of the couples must serve first-class meals aboard an airplane.
Episode 9
Tue, Mar 17, 2009 60 mins
The remaining teams sell takeaway meals.
Episode 10
Tue, Mar 24, 2009 60 mins
The remaining teams must cater private dinner parties for some very demanding clients.
Episode 11
Tue, Mar 31, 2009 60 mins
The couples attempt to lure customers to their restaurants with cooking demonstrations.
Episode 12
Tue, Apr 7, 2009 60 mins
The teams develop cookbooks that promote their restaurant concepts.
Episode 13
Tue, Apr 14, 2009 60 mins
Raymond invites back the least-satisfied customers from previous weeks, hoping they'll have a more enjoyable dining experience the second time around.
Episode 14
Tue, Apr 21, 2009 60 mins
The three remaining couples are put through front-of-house boot camp.
Episode 15
Tue, Apr 28, 2009 60 mins
In the Season 2 finale, the final two teams serve lavish five-course meals to discerning passengers on the Orient Express. Then, Raymond Blanc announces the winner.