Contestants Kelsey and Vanessa Henderson talk about life on The Chopping Block
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009 04:56
Marco Pierre White plays the mad professor...
Friday, Mar 13, 2009 06:54
Marco Pierre White goes all British...
Friday, Mar 13, 2009 06:46
Promo for US Chopping Block series with Marco Pierre White
Friday, Mar 13, 2009 06:42
How they describe The Chopping Block in Perth
Not too sure about this description of Matt Moran:
"The master chef -- who maintains his TV commitments alongside running famed Sydney eatery ARIA -- says he was largely abhorred by what he found in the (alleged) restaurants wailing for amelioration... [huh?]
It made me realise that they, the featured restaurants, are not the kind of places I would ever go to anyway. It made me just go 'f****** hell!' and realise there's another world out there."
I agree with the sentiments, but back to writing school for the journalist.
"The episode tonight could have been titled Chef Wants A Wife, with Tim the Chef/Owner of the Courthouse restaurant, declaring he was single every time a camera was anywhere near him. Was he using The Chopping Block as a way of picking up a girl, not for the cash?"
On the Australian version of Chopping Block, each week two businesses are given $5,000 for a makeover, and the help of Sydney celeb-chef Matt Moran. An anonymous reviewer (critic Alan Saunders) judges them before and after the makeover, awarding the better one $20,000. Series 2 commences Tuesday 14 October at 7.30pm (the time slot rules out any bad language).
Eight Sydney and eight Melbourne restaurants will be tried and tested over the show's eight episodes - they all have the after-glow of publicity even if only half win the cash.
Hopefully, participants in Series 2 will use this as a promotional opportunity, even if they don't win. In the first series, it was really only Cafe Matto in Melbourne that made any attempt to ride the publicity. So far in Series 2, it's not looking hopeful - most businesses have no website.
Know of any more restaurants and what they've done after the filming? If so, please send us the tip!
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