Restaurant: Impossible
Turning around a failing restaurant is a daunting challenge under the best of circumstances. Attempting to do it in just two days with only $10,000 may be impossible, but that's exactly what Chef Robert Irvine sets out to do in his new Food Network show, Restaurant Impossible. Robert will use a little MacGyver and a lot of muscle to rescue these desperate places from complete collapse. Can one man, in two days, with $10,000, turn the tide of a failing restaurant and give hope to the owners and their employees? Find out as Robert Irvine takes on Restaurant: Impossible.
- 2011-2023
- 22 seasons
- Discovery Family Channel
- Reality
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Turning around a failing restaurant is a daunting challenge under the best of circumstances. Attempting to do it in just two days with only $10,000 may be impossible, but that's exactly what Chef Robert Irvine sets out to do in his new Food Network show, Restaurant Impossible. Robert will use a little MacGyver and a lot of muscle to rescue these desperate places from complete collapse. Can one man, in two days, with $10,000, turn the tide of a failing restaurant and give hope to the owners and their employees? Find out as Robert Irvine takes on Restaurant: Impossible.
Season 18 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2021
Episode 1
Moving On in Montana
Thu, Jan 7, 2021
Robert Irvine helps the widowed owner of Don Luis Restaurant in Billings, MT, move past the grief of losing her husband.
Episode 2
Destination, Hawk Springs
Thu, Apr 1, 2021 41 mins
Robert ventures to Hawk Springs, Wyoming, to visit The Emporium, where the owner is struggling to lead his staff and attract customers. His daughter might walk away from the business forever if Robert can't make him change his ways.
Episode 3
Colorado Couple in Crisis
Thu, Jan 21, 2021
A husband and wife run a restaurant, are buried in debt, and on the brink of divorce. Robert Irvine must get Tim and Jenifer to work as a team again if they have any hope of salvaging their relationship or their 14-year-old restaurant.
Episode 4
Bogged Down in Buffalo
Thu, Jan 28, 2021
In Buffalo, single father Steven Marchione is struggling to keep Casa Di Francesca's open after a series of tragic life events. His family's legacy restaurant is hopelessly rundown, filthy and losing money.
Episode 5
Episode #18.5
Episode 6
Taking Ownership in Vegas
Thu, Feb 11, 2021 42 mins
Julissa, the widowed owner of the Polaris Street Cafe in Las Vegas, is struggling to save her deceased husband's dream restaurant.
Episode 7
Saving an American Dream
Thu, Feb 18, 2021
Robert Irvine faces the most difficult challenge of his career when he must save a Russian immigrant's dream of success in America.
Episode 8
A Dream in Shambles
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
Robert Irvine heads to Las Vegas to work his magic at A Pizza Melody. The owner's anger issues have turned his dream of owning his own restaurant into a nightmare.
Episode 9
House of Cards
Thu, Mar 4, 2021
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.
Episode 10
Listless in Louisiana
Thu, Mar 11, 2021 41 mins
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.
Episode 11
Friends in Need
Thu, Mar 18, 2021 42 mins
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.
Episode 12
Nancy Foots the Bill
Thu, Apr 8, 2021 42 mins
Robert Irvine is in Geneva, N.Y., at Cosentino's Ristorante, where co-owners Bill and Nancy are struggling to save their family restaurant. Their marriage is collapsing under the weight of an unbalanced workload.