Week One •
In challenge: All couples •
Challenge: Signature Dish – In 3 groups of three, create a signature dish that was either a starter, main or dessert for their restaurant. •
Eliminated: Annette and Kashelle, for creating "Mango Whizz" – frozen Mango Pulp from a tin, putting little to no effort in to the challenge.
Week Two •
Task: Pay What It Is Worth – The customers could pay what they wanted for their meals. •
Restaurant of the week: Helen & Stephen •
In challenge: Harriet & Mike (put in the challenge on the second episode of Week One, for their poor opening night), Michele & Russell (for being disorganised with their booking on the night of the task) and Richard & Scott (for ignoring Raymond's advice to add either Sorbets or Seasonal food to their menu) •
Challenge: Motorway Service – Create five dishes for the public at a motorway service station •
Eliminated: Richard & Scott, for failing to market their food well in the challenge and poor presentation of the food itself.
Week Three •
Task: No Waste, No Loss – Given half a pig, minimise waste, maximise profit. •
Restaurant of the week: Michele & Russell •
In challenge: Alasdair & James (because James regards the kitchen as his sole responsibility), Chris & Caroline (for tasteless food) and Harriet & Mike (for Mike's lack of effort) •
Challenge: Oxford Formal Halls – cater for high and low table at three Oxford colleges. •
Eliminated: Harriet & Mike for Mike's lack of commitment.
Week Four •
Task: Flags of the World – the couples must adjust their menus to include the national cuisine of a foreign country, while maintaining their own concept and identity. •
Restaurant of the week: Michele & Russell •
In challenge: Chris & Caroline (for their evening being a disaster), Peter & Laura (for lack of control in the kitchen) and Tim & Lindsie (as their commitment was in question, particularly Lindsie's due to missing their one-year-old son). •
Challenge: Airline Food – The three couples in the challenge must serve the First Class passengers on a jumbo jet the best food they can muster. •
Eliminated: Chris & Caroline for poor quality food and tasting from Chris.
Week Five •
Task: Takeaway – Run a take-away business as well as catering for customers in the restaurant. •
Restaurant of the week: None — Raymond didn't think that any of the restaurants were up to scratch. •
In challenge: Peter & Laura (for Peter's lack of control in the kitchen), Alasdair & James (for being immature) and Helen & Stephen (for not taking advice) •
Challenge: The Dinner Party – Cooking meals for dinner parties in three private homes •
Eliminated: Peter & Laura
Week Six •
Task: Cookery Demonstration – Demonstrating cooking in public on the streets •
Restaurant of the week: Lindsie & Tim •
In challenge: Alasdair & James ("if you have any talent for business it is very well hidden"), Michele & Russell (for failing to meet Blanc's high expectations) and Helen & Stephen (because the last time they were put in the challenge the quality of Helen's food improved significantly). •
Challenge: Cook Book – The couples have to come up with cook books that promote their restaurant concepts. •
Eliminated: Helen & Stephen for not being as high a standard as the other couples
Week Seven •
Task: Tricky Customer – Raymond invites back the least satisfied customers from the couples' previous weeks of service, and adds some customers that require very special care, but only tells the restaurants this when it is time for them to take their bookings. •
Restaurant of the week: None •
In challenge: All three couples, as Raymond thought it was very close between all three couples, and all had their strengths and weaknesses. •
Challenge: Masterclasses – Instead of sending them out to a challenge, he hands the couples' front-of-house to David Moore to test while personally putting the couples' chefs through a much tougher cooking regime than they expected. Then
Sarah Willingham tests the couples' business skills. After that they have to serve up what they have learned to some of the most discerning palates and fastidious managers in the trade. •
Eliminated: Lindsie & Tim
Week Eight •
Task: First Class Service – The finalists must cater for a group of discerning guests on one of the world's most romantic railway journeys – The
Orient Express •
Eliminated: Alasdair & James •
Winners of the Restaurant: Michele & Russell ==Weekly results==