Restaurant Startup

Restaurant Startup

2014 2 Seasons 18 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Reality

Restaurateur & TV personality Joe Bastianich and chef/restaurateur Tim Love vie against each other to invest their own money in food concepts they believe will make millions. Each week, two teams will compete for a shot at making their dreams come true.

Restaurateur & TV personality Joe Bastianich and chef/restaurateur Tim Love vie against each other to invest their own money in food concepts they believe will make millions. Each week, two teams will compete for a shot at making their dreams come true.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Exotic Eats, U.S. Currency

Joe Bastianich and Tim Love decide whether or not to invest in Kraken Congee in Seattle, Wash. or Ramy's Falafel Fusion

EP 2

A Truck Load of Money

Food trucks are featured, including Baby's Badass Burgers in Los Angeles; and Bacon Bacon in San Francisco, which featur

EP 3

Cold Cash for Warm Bread

Baked goods are featured. Included: a mother-and-daughter team from Brooklyn who want to open a quick-serve waffle-cone

EP 4

Small Plate, Big Money

Two fledgling "small plate" businesses from Los Angeles are featured. Included: a catering company run by two best frien

EP 5

Pasta-Bilities for Investment

Two pasta companies compete for financial assistance, including a gluten-free-pasta concept that uses chickpeas as a mai

EP 6

Sweet Investment

California natives have a idea of infusing bacon and chocolate. A couple from Oakland hope to sell alcohol infused marsh

EP 7

Comfort Food Cash-in

Joe Bastianich and Tim Love hear a pitch from Mac-o-licious, a pair of divas from Los Angeles who claim to have the best

EP 8

The Best Ingredient for Investment

A chef and his wife create a successful snout-to-tail catering company; a small anchovy-themed pop-up is run by a recent

EP 1

Visions of Vietnamese

Bastianich and Love look to the East for delicious flavors and high profits; two young women impress the high-tech deniz

EP 2

The Comeback Cook

The owner of an Atlanta food truck loses money in a Ponzi scheme; a chef that was forced to shutter his popular restaura

EP 3

Young Hustlers

An edgy Moroccan food catering company with dreams of conquering Manhattan; the funky creation of two sisters who think

EP 4

Seconds, Please!

A Los Angeles deli where everything on the menu is roasted to perfection, including their signature sliders; a popular c

EP 5

From the Streets

A food truck owned by newlyweds uses only handmade ingredients that showcase the owners Venezuelan roots; two childhood

EP 6

Movin' Out

A married couple runs a restaurant with an international small plates menu in Las Vegas; a restaurant that serves slow-c

EP 7

The Ultimate Cockfight

A food truck hopes to stabilize their business by opening a brick-and-mortar location; two culinary teachers from Philad

EP 8

Pie Vs. Pie

A rock n' roll couple from Detroit wants to take their hand-crafted delights and turn them into a nationwide sensation;

EP 9

Small Markets, Big Dreams

Two successful catering companies – both based in underserved markets – fight for the chance to score an investment

EP 10

The Food of the Future

Restaurateurs and investors Joe Bastianich and Tim Love must choose between mad scientists – mad food scientists, that

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Joe Bastianich
Joe Bastianich
Self
Tim Love
Tim Love
Self