Episode
Restaurant: Impossible: Friends in Need
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Restaurant: Impossible
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2021-03-18
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Friends in Need is Episode 11 in Season 18 of Restaurant: Impossible. It aired on 2021-03-18. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 10: Listless in Louisiana
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.
Episode 12: Nancy Foots the Bill
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 4: Bogged Down in Buffalo
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