Episode
Restaurant: Impossible: Lost in the Bayou
Overview
At Lil G's Kajun Restaurant in Louisiana, Chef Robert Irvine meets Therese, who bought the restaurant 12 years ago, having no experience. With her daughter's help, Therese has managed to stay afloat, but after consecutive years of losing more than $100,000, they've run out of options. If Robert can't reverse the tide, Lil G's name is mud.
Details
- Series
- Restaurant: Impossible
- Season
- Season 16
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2020-02-27
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Lost in the Bayou is Episode 10 in Season 16 of Restaurant: Impossible. It aired on 2020-02-27. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 9: Cajun Seafood Crisis
The Balcony restaurant in Larose, La., is one of the oldest Cajun seafood restaurants in the bayou. The owner has worked there for 28 years, but her friendly relationship with the employees has cost her their respect. Now, Chef Robert Irvine needs her to become the boss she's never been, or she'll lose everything she's worked for.
Episode 11: Chattanooga Blues
Mike and Cherita started their family-run restaurant, Blue Orleans in Chattanooga, after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina. Now they are going through a divorce, and their kids, Dallen and Jolie, are caught in the crossfire. Chef Robert Irvine works to make the restaurant successful and bring peace back to the family.
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