The Restaurant

Season 2 - The Restaurant

• Season 2 Episode 6: EPISODE: 12 (2004) Rocco and Jeffrey's final meeting leaves Rocco with two options: to buy Jeffrey out of the business or accept a check to end his involvement with the restaurant.
• Season 2 Episode 5: EPISODE: 8 (2004) Rocco makes a brief, halfhearted attempt to wrest control of the restaurant back from Jeffrey.
• Season 2 Episode 4: EPISODE: 11 (2004) Ill will continues as Rocco and co-owner Jeffrey Chodorow square off in front of the lunch crowd and the staff; Rocco vents his frustrations on the staff and Jeffrey's representative.
• Season 2 Episode 3: EPISODE: 10 (2004) Rocco visits his alma mater, the Culinary Institute of America, while Jeffrey makes it clear to the staff that he is the owner.
• Season 2 Episode 2: EPISODE: 9 (2004) Jeffrey sends a team of consultants to assess the restaurant, and when Rocco begins to avoid the place altogether he has no choice but to issue an ultimatum
• Season 2 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1 (2004) The business is losing money just six months after its opening. Co-owner and financier Jeffrey devises a plan to put things right, which involves him taking control away from Rocco

Season 1 - The Restaurant

• Season 1 Episode 6: All's Well That Ends Well Rocco continues to be plagued by staff problems but things finally start to improve when he rewards them for their hard work. Last in series
• Season 1 Episode 5: Stage Fright The staff at the Manhattan restaurant grow increasingly angry with Rocco because they haven't been paid for all their hard work. When the would-be restaurateur's mother is taken ill, he begins to realise how hard he is pushing everyone so decides to spend a night working as a waiter to show he is part of the team
• Season 1 Episode 4: Up, Then Down Again Rocco calls in Monsignor Marchese to bless the kitchen but it does nothing to calm tempers among the staff, who continue to complain bitterly
• Season 1 Episode 3: The Dream Becomes a Nightmare The restaurant opens to bad reviews, but Rocco remains blissfully oblivious to the growing discontent among the staff, and celebrates by dancing until dawn at a chic nightclub
• Season 1 Episode 2: Ready or Not, Here They Come Opening night arrives, but the customers are far from happy with the fare on offer, while the staff feel overworked and underpaid
• Season 1 Episode 1: A Kid from Queens Dreams Big (2003) A behind-the-scenes look at up-and-coming New York chef Rocco DiSpirito as he risks everything to fulfil his lifelong dream - to build, launch and operate his own chic restaurant in Manhattan. With just seven weeks to get his establishment up and running, the first step is to hire the staff