What Fans Never Knew About Restaurant: Impossible

[@MashedFood]

What are your thoughts on Irvine and Restaurant: Impossible?

[@Dark-tx9nx]

I think he o.d.'s on roids to get buff cuz he's an ugly loudmouth. There is no gym for your face or personality. But then again, I'm drunk late at night Talkin smack and I don't personally know the guy. Still, I think he's a massive douche.

[@gbloom1742]

I got a chance to work with him on two Restaurant Impossible shows (and many other projects over the years since working on RI), and I think you treated him pretty unfairly. The tone of this piece is extremely harsh, and your language toward him is just plain mean spirited. I wish you would have focused more on the help and successes he has had, but then, you wouldn't be tabloid journalism if you did. Chef Robert really tried hard to help the people during the filming of Restaurant Impossible, but the thing to remember with all of this is, he was coming in at the last minute to save people and their restaurants before they went under and the people lost everything. If you can save 1 out of 100, it is totally worth that effort on a human level. The show is slated to return soon on the food network. Chef Irvine has a foundation (Robert Irvine Foundation) that gives 100% of every penny earned to Military Members, Veterans, 1st Responders and their Families. He pays all of the administrative costs out of his own pocket, and when he does live event shows (Robert Irvine Live Shows), he does not take a paycheck for them. He gives all that money to pay for the foundation. Not only that, but he often gives up his personal and holiday time to visit the US Military troops across the country and those deployed overseas with USO shows. When North Korea was shooting missiles over Japan and tensions were high between North Korea, South Korea and the USA, Chef Irvine, his wife Gail, the USO, and many Military Chefs were in South Korea visiting our troops and feeding them. He has done a lot for the members of US Military. Say all the bad things you want about the man, I think he has more than made up for things in the past, and continues to do a lot for many people. Especially for Veterans, Active Duty Military and their families.

[@Dark-tx9nx]

Maybe you're right I've never met him. I just don't trust a lot of stuff I see on tv.

[@gbloom1742]

@@Dark-tx9nx What you see is what you get. He yells at people because he doesn't have time to be polite. It's really 2 days and really $10k, and Tom and the designers work all night. Since the show is returning to the food network soon, follow it, get on their mailing list and if it comes to your area, volunteer to help. It's one of the best experiences I've ever had.

[@njyaj09]

I was a fan of the show. Pretty damn entertaining but became very formulaic after a few seasons. Irvine's abrasive personality makes for great TV like him or not.

[@SunshineCarpetCleaning]

Regardless, he is, hands down, one of the most entertaining characters to watch on food network. You can not argue that. I love his RI show.

[@XplicitStory]

i just discovered him and i love how real he is with everyone and he really cares about them. and when he calls food sexy my nephew always starts laughing which makes me laugh

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Irvine is a Royal Navy veteran & worked as a mess cook, navy for several years. He still supports many first responders & military veteran causes. 🇺🇸👍🏻🎬👮🏻

[@gtrman69777]

The problem with this type of show is that most of these restaurants are too far in debt to save with a quick fix.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

This is true. 👍 the same thing for Jon Taffer, Bar Rescue...

[@boisegameshowguy]

DL Lambert The thing about Bar Rescue is, though... they have access to far more than $10,000 an episode. Taffer and his corporate backers dropped almost $1M on LA Brew Co., but the owners simply didn’t use the expensive equipment they gave them. That rescue included an automatic brewing system with preprogrammed recipes... which they never even turned on. That illustrates that changing people’s attitudes towards failure is harder than it appears

[@SamLGND]

@@boisegameshowguy dude who cares how much he spent his success rate is like 30 percent , I'm not blaming him but 70% of the episodes are known before hand that the likelihood of them succeeding is very low because there debt. But people with a lot of debt is usually a good combo for Drama , more drama = more views

[@boisegameshowguy]

SamLGND I getcha. I’m just saying it doesn’t matter what any celebrity spends on a restaurant rescue if the owners don’t change their tune and make their business and self better in the process.

[@DeniDaGem]

Exactly And Some Of The People Dont Stick To The Advice That He Gave So You Cant Blame Him On That He Tried As Much As He Could

[@lady_miia9345]

just like with kitchen nightmares 1.they go back to their old ways 2. you cant repair reputation with a tv show in a local area 3.they are so far in debt that they finally ask for help when its too late 4. they had no experience in owning a business

[@DeniDaGem]

MiiaBournewold Well Said

[@braydenpaulk5079]

It wasn't his fault they closed. If they followed his instructions, more of them would have been saved

[@duckfan2991]

Thank you some of that actually knows what they're talking about

[@Thundering_third_0311]

Exactly!

[@bosspranks8349]

@Black the changes he makes is a steer in the right direction to success but unfortunately some restaurants already did the damaged the inability to keep a restaurant clean says that the staff is lazy so how can a lazy person keep up a remodeled restaurant

[@tuph4088]

seriously. Same with Kitchen Nightmare. Sure, many of those restaurants closed, but statistically far more stayed open than the normal success rate for restaurants. Typically, over 80% of new restaurants close with their first year. These shows get around 60% of them close regardless of the revamping and reopening. All in all, it's good drama and decent results. One of the shows from RI happened in my town, and that place is still open (new owners, but they sold it at a profit and the look and menu is the same as it was when they sold it)

[@Spekor]

to be fair he never lied about his past. he did make a cake for the royal family, he did cook for 3 presidents he was part of the desert team for a function for the royal family when he was in the military. and he did work for the white house at one time the knighthood.. not so sure about thing is people expected he was head chef on these things. when he wasn't.. but at the same time he never said he was

[@spooks196]

spekor are you Robert Irvine?

[@scr3am273]

@@spooks196 are you idiot?

[@petergriffinvaiphei9280]

No. It a lie. He lied... BTW Why is he doing shows like other shows that have been done?? Also, why does it seems like he is always flexing? We get it. You're a gym rat. You have huge arms. Stop trying to show it with your tight ass clothes. You Gordon Ramsay adjacent.

[@Msoja8]

He's downright honest and his recipes are excellent. Good job, rather than just sitting and doing nothing. He's a success.

[@oz9680]

I don't care about his resume .He is a very good ,talented and passionate chef that cooks what people want and does it good.Dinner imposible was the only food i show i enjoy watching.

[@ghostcoffee1099]

Robert Irvine really saved this one restaurant called the Offstreet Cafe. It was empty and not as popular. Now? Pre-COVID it’s always packed! And the food was impeccable. The last time I went probably was in early March. I miss it.

[@Jelliott424]

My man said his customers actually preferred the frozen pasta hahahahaha in what world

[@wheybig2972]

It’s possible

[@buixrule]

Yep. Some people prefer Burger King to a good homemade burger too. smh For those people, there's Burger King. No single restaurant can please everyone, otherwise they'd all be the same.

[@Bloodletter8]

Sounds like he went back to running his business into the ground blaming Robert was easier than admitting failure.

[@intensehotdog]

The restaurants ended up in their dire situation because of the owners, fixing it the restaurant will do nothing because it will revert back to how it was

[@baddon6977]

A bit surprising info, I have watched a ton of those shows and IF they followed his advice after they left, I believe more would have had success. But folks be folks, and people do what they have done over and over despite better info. What really surprised me was the lies on his resume.... WoW he really seemed like the kind of person you could just trust instantly, but then again, None of us are perfect.

[@91010186]

@Ice Tempest did you watch the video?

[@RomaroBrandon]

You can not fix people.

[@SirJones357]

Nope.. broken as the day is long and doomed to stay that way

[@zachg9065]

The show is back on air in 2019

[@bluzshadez]

I will never forget the DINNER IMPOSSIBLE episode where Robert Irvine and his Kitchen Crew where preparing a meal at Dylan's Candy Bar (owed by Dylan Lauren, Ralph Lauren's daughter). He was on the 2nd floor. His Assistant was outside grilling chicken. Since his Assistant cannot hear him, he banged on the huge glass windows and signaled a chicken dance to warn that the chicken was burning. It was so funny to see a huge man somewhat play Charades acting out like a chicken.

[@mirumotsuyasuke8327]

I used to work for him at Caesars Atlantic City. Cool guy. Locked me in the freezer as a prank😂

[@Menaceblue3]

lolwut?

[@mirumotsuyasuke8327]

@@Menaceblue3 It's so true. Him and my immediate supervisor Dave. I was a room service cook. His girlfriend at the time was blazing. She looked like she was from Honolulu. Real Asian in the face. Brownskin. Thick.😊 If he sees this I'll probably get in trouble.😂😂😂

[@bloonh8tr619]

@@mirumotsuyasuke8327 oh Gail Kim, they're married now and she used to be a WWE and TNA wrestler

[@mirumotsuyasuke8327]

@@bloonh8tr619 Yeah. Must be. Cuz I heard they got married.

[@bloonh8tr619]

@@mirumotsuyasuke8327 yeah they are they hit it off when Robert went to help out WWE stars during an episode of Dinner: Impossible.

[@braydenpaulk5079]

There's no way my dude's customers preferred the frozen pasta. He's just too proud

[@colejames423]

if they weren't making the pasta correctly, it isn't hard to believe, though that wouldn't be Irvine's fault.

[@UncleBensRice...]

That dude looked really stupid....

[@maryhalatutavaha3618]

RI and his crew are some of the best in business, love watching his show.

[@edjarrett3164]

This is entertainment. The number of restaurants that fail in 3-5 years is 75%. If you don't go into the business without knowing exactly what the costs, the demographics and a good menu, then, you will fail. People without experience in the F&B have very little chance at success. Nice paint, new chairs and updated interiors won't fix a flawed business model.

[@MarkStCyr-vf7mc]

i so loved his talk show they need to bring it back please

[@dodgersdoon1130]

He's a good man

[@1stDyster]

You can't save a poor'y managed place, no matter how good the food is. What always stunned me, and I've seen this on this show, is how many people just go into business on a whim or a lease sign. That's just nuts. i've worked with a ton of restaurant business owners and GM's many have no clue how to truly run a business right or good customer service.

[@stephencarbonegorman6762]

I wonder how many owners sold there restaurant after the reboot by Irvin they don’t give you those stats 🤔

[@stephencarbonegorman6762]

Really you don’t have much of a life do you. Pathetic and sad

[@stephencarbonegorman6762]

Bret Zayger_Michigan Nope

[@stephencarbonegorman6762]

Bret Zayger_Michigan you really have a hard on for me I have a college degree in culinary if you must know spent a year in Italy for my internship

[@stephencarbonegorman6762]

Bret Zayger_Michigan it was a simple mistake from spell check and to tell you the truth I find this whole conversation extremely comical you really don’t have much of a life also that really does make you the loser have a nice day i hope happiness finds you. Goodbye 👋

[@gabyspook6822]

What is going on the comment is gone

[@Erik-uv8zf]

I always thought that was Al Bundy 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@AnnaBelleEevee]

Problems with the people are almost always the reason these restaurants are failing in the first place.

[@my2centsiz3]

Even if a friend or family member told them come, obviously they needed the help. Some people would rather fail Thinking their right, than change. Its a great show, And maybe the 3 Presidents were? President of American Airlines, President of the school of culinary arts. Maybe he was knighted at the round table before dinner. All I know is? He can fix things. But? even Robert cant fix stupid.

[@TheRightLadder]

So he saved 60 out 160? That's a better success rate than Kitchen Nightmares and Ramsay is the real deal.

[@politicaltwinkie2370]

Time and time again many of these people went into the restaurant business thinking it was easy, thus never bothering to learn. RI becomes that last drop of blood into their veins. When the business goes under it certainly can't be the fault of Irvine and the blame game is disgusting.

[@killerangel4160]

Like Kitchen nightmares it’s not Roberts fault if the restaurants fail. So many have already made bad mistakes they’re beyond help…it’s too late. Regarding some of his “exaggerations” I know he has a restaurant in the pentagon that serves military personnel and other officials could he have also served a president or two? It’s possible…also the restaurant of his that closed it closed during Covid….many restaurants closed during Covid which is why he did a series that focused on helping restaurants during Covid that were struggling. I don’t see that as a failure even Gordon Ramsey had a restaurant that failed and has lost Mitchlen stars to some of his restaurants (they’re a bunch of requirements and paperwork that has to be kept up to keep the stars) and I don’t see him as a failure either. He really cares for military personnel and has a foundation to help them and I appreciate that.

[@Msoja8]

But you cannot blame Robert and his team for some establishments closing. It's all up to the owners. Robert gives the tools, and the owners must use them effectively, productively and profitably. There are many things that Robert cannot change and the food business is like any other, laden with challenges. Having aired for 13 seasons, and as you admittedly stated, the show enjoyed high ratings and was very popular with viewers, it was a successful show from this perspective.

[@plmark01]

This food credit sounds like sour grapes. I enjoy his program and don’t care what others think.

[@brittdetilla2811]

Robert Irvin should sue. This video is nothing but a very unfair and dishonest attack. Everyone has enemies. Mr. Irvin has very jealous competition.

[@dougallen852]

It's all up to the people,,if Irvine does the job to assist you getting your place up and running correctly then after he leaves it's the owners jobs to take what they've learned and make it happen,,alot of people just think if the place gets remodeled the customers will just keep coming,,you as the owner have to work your butt off to make it work from there and in most cases they don't. And going back to the old way that got them in trouble to begin with is what usually causes it.

[@Pennycott5]

I love Robert stop hating on him he's a great guy and a great chef he's a different kind if chef to the likes if ramsay he's still great

[@CC-si3cr]

1:26"bald-faced liar"? I always thought it was "bold-faced liar".

[@Rebekahdavignon]

Some of the restaurants that closed were trying to get the property "dressed up" for a higher selling price.

[@havingteawiththedevil]

Same thing happened with Kitchen nightmares. They were to much in debit that by the time help came, it was to late.

[@edwardc84]

@mashed did you guys break your mic? The voice quality sounds awful!

[@sophieo.4527]

I have a bit of a phobia of Robert Irvine. I had a dream once where I was married to the Wolverine and he was possessed, and Robert Irvine tried to kill me on my honeymoon in Alabama. I wish I was lying.

[@lilshoppingc4rt48]

Sophie O. Why can I picture that so well in my mind lmao

[@melsmith2669]

Oh my goodness, you must be kidding.

[@Braga_18]

LMAOO! “Just like that, his dinner was over “

[@sarahgivens7182]

i love this show

[@bigboyusa3]

now I always like dinner Impossible better then Restaurant: Impossible

[@MoonwolfeConsulting]

I adored Dinner Impossible. Restaurant Impossible just left me cold.

[@ladymargaret6186]

I guess it's very obvious the restaurant was failing the first time because of people who run it. So, if they can't change, so does the restaurant.

[@bruhbruh1848]

I would love to see Robert Irvine vs. Gordon Ramsay

[@thatreviewerguy9385]

I prefer kitchen nightmares

[@spunchbop47428]

Merry Christmas

[@DiehardDuke-on5mr]

I’m being on the newest episode!!!

[@michelleadams7058]

No offense Mashed, but from 7 seconds to 11 seconds, that's Dinner Impossible, not Restaurant Impossible.

[@BA-gd1ub]

Canceled show? Why is season 16 on food network?

[@anm2945]

None thy less love this show. Sorry to see it go..

[@candykay2585]

Re Filomena's Robert must thrive on adversity! How he resisted, I'll never know. What patience! You're a good man, Robert!

[@catherinewalls6647]

He is also the chef for bodybuilding.com on there website

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

i always say i battle to feel sorry for most of the people,, so many leave there 825 jobs cash in there pension and think thy going to become rich overnight but have no clue of running a restaurant ,kitchens are most so dirty,, i dont know how to judge them,,, thy fight a loosing battle,,

[@yumberry2425]

This is a poor mans kitchen nightmares

[@stephenwhite3950]

Happy Christmas

[@SamLGND]

Bar rescue success rate is like 30 percent , I'm not blaming Jon Taffer but 70% of the episodes are known before hand that the likelihood of them succeeding is very low because there debt. But people with a lot of debt is usually a good combo for Drama , more drama = more views , probably similar case with restaurant impossible

[@JJ-rf7dg]

It has to cost more than $10k to remodel restaurants.

[@Bradleyswagg93]

thats why they dropped that part in the past couple seasons

[@Earth2McKay]

The material cost.... Not the labor cost. Labor cost is often like 5x more than material cost.

[@jeffbrown581]

Obviously this video is more scripted than any of the RI shows. You obviously never watched the show or know how things work. I'll give you 2 examples of you missing the boat. 1) the guy that said customers preferred frozen pasta is lying and doesn't want to do the work involved with fresh pasta 2) even though it's called Ambush, they still know he's coming, they just don't know when. You'd never get show producers or network lawyers to sign off on not having the owners permission and just barge in. It's called TV for a reason and lots of stuff behind the scenes. Instead you piece together this crap to try and get some views. Any owner that made changes after RI visit didn't give it a chance and reverted to old lazy ways. The restaurant industry is really hard and requires a lot of work. Hence all these people Robert tries to help and have never run a restaurant, probably some never a business at all. They were doomed regardless. Also remember, when the cameras turn off the owners will always think they know best even when failing

[@BA-gd1ub]

Sounds like a bunch of hate to me. RI is one of my favorite chefs.

[@Mark-sj3xb]

Ha. Just realized his initials and his show’s initials are the same

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

I saw Chef Irvine & worked on a set of one final RI episodes. The Orlando FL 🍕place is still open, 12/2018. The food & the family owners are +. The series was faked for a few points but I can tell you, they DID redo the dining areas & menus. 📺📽👍🏻😉

[@zan31669]

Where the restaurant at

[@tcyin1]

What are my thoughts on Robert? You get negatives on him then asks me this? Well, the revamped interior is superior to the previous. The food tastes were exclained by owners as great. Then, LEADERSHIP course I easily agree is super for a clearly broken-down past. I have no clue why some failed later. Do you know?

[@finned958]

Truth about hotel impossible?

[@lynettedundon1410]

Gordon Ramsey had the same problem. But I LOVED both shows.

[@margretsims1322]

I think GR is an a*****e......

[@MonaLisa-mx7dh]

I loved and watched when his ass was kicked by a young lovely girl chef.I don't know how many times I watched that episode.

[@johnnysauceda6022]

i don't like how he disrespects people who are proud of their food which he spits out. they are starving people that would love to have that meal robert.

[@killerangel4160]

He can’t help it if their food tastes terrible…especially if it’s over salty, under seasoned, undercooked or overcooked. He wants the standards high so the restaurant will have business and no one will get food poisoning.

[@tomsackett4497]

Well on the episodes I saw, a lot of the restaurants owners were too stupid to own a thriving business

[@gloriaisabelromanhiguera6973]

me encanta robert lo que haces

[@rolandkennedy80]

I work for.him here in vegas

[@burtman12]

Help me I'm broke

[@honeyvitagliano3227]

❤

[@petergriffinvaiphei9280]

Gordon Ramsay adjacent. It really reminds me of kitchen nightmares and i wish it didn't because when shows are kind of similar its not interesting or good as it often gets compared.

[@hhk0698]

Ramsay vs Irvine

[@carolinaleger7409]

Gordon Ramsay the pioneer

[@mirandaeverett173]

Robert irvine his 15 years life to prison

[@taylor.rafferty]

And he doesn’t own a single shirt that fits

[@melsmith2669]

You must be kidding.

[@heavenlymilano]

Nobody can fix a restaurant in 48 hours. It needs observing the problems carefully, developing and implementing solutions patiently. This process can not be hurried. I wish he would at least give 10 days to each business. All he had done was cosmetic changes. "Dostlar alışverişte görsün."

[@dignaduran9218]

Wow

[@mindyobidness86]

I like and watch both Ramsey and Irvine and I like Ramsey better. Robert is kind of a weirdo with his dancing and just the way he acts sometimes

[@davshaw5]

What else did he lie about? Hard for a leopard to change his spots......

[@bluzshadez]

Here we go again! A RESTAURATEUR is a Chef de Partie position. Doesn't own the restaurant. It is an "a la Carte" COOK.

[@binagarten4667]

They have an Indian women Swarti but no Indian male? Like the UK Indian women are coveted, Indian food a wow but the Indian male is dispised! Thw indians are not Mulsim like the Telford grooming gangs!

[@stephencarbonegorman6762]

Frozen pasta over fresh that’s bullshit lie

[@binagarten4667]

Which European is not a two faced person. The Ameircan Indians oined the phrase white man speak with fork tounge and how true that is!

[@Earth2McKay]

I could same the same for EVERY RACE ON EARTH. Pfffft....

[@josephhaynes3017]

He is a looser ! Lied about working at White House . He has had several restaurants here on Hilton Head S.C. and both failed . One restaurant had a extremely large portrait of him as you walk in over the hostess desk . He is so full of himself 😂😂😂😂

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Chef Irvine is a Royal Navy veteran & does a lot of + charity work in the USA, Europe. Many basic cable guys; Jon Taffer, Bear Grylls, Anthony Bordain, etc are not quite what people think.... 🎬🙄🍽

[@zan31669]

Not lies but over exsagrated about it he did work with those chefs at those locations he wasn't the head chef tho plus he is probably a millionaire and you are mocking him on yt

[@Panerai77]

Hehuehehue

[@CaptainBumbaclart]

This guy uses his roid rage to make the show interesting fake gordon.

[@ABR928]

Wow talk about bipolar split personality

[@melsmith2669]

Who has that?

[@primetime457]

First

[@rogeraguilar1274]

This show was a rip off of kitchen nightmares

[@Zooted..]

Second

[@markcervantes1110]

ARE YOU THE SON OF GORDON

[@benblexbenblex]

You can't "fix" people. Pop pyschology at its worst mr Irvine.

[@mrronan2007]

Horrible guy wannabe

[@lexmaximaguy8788]

Faker show than kitchen nightmares...