Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial
Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial
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Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial

7.0 / 10
2015
1 season
16 episodes
Reality

Alex Polizzi takes on the difficult challenge of finding head chefs for restaurants that have a desperate need to fill a vacancy.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Gilpin Heat 1

    1.Gilpin Heat 1

    20-04-201560m

    Alex starts her search at The Gilpin in the Lake District, whose family owners want to find a new executive head chef who will love the business as much as they do.

  • Gilpin Heat 2

    2.Gilpin Heat 2

    21-04-201560m

    Alex continues to try and find an executive head chef for Lake District restaurant The Gilpin as three new candidates' butchery skills tested as they are presented with a tradition...

  • Gilpin Heat 3

    3.Gilpin Heat 3

    22-04-201560m

    There is just one place left in the final, and the pressure is on for the final three candidates to try and secure that place.

  • Gilpin Final

    4.Gilpin Final

    23-04-201560m

    Three candidates have made it through to the final and are challenged is to come up with a three-course fine-dining menu for a restaurant full of regular and discerning diners.

  • Miners Arms Heat 1

    5.Miners Arms Heat 1

    27-04-201560m

    Alex attempts to find a new head chef for Mario and Karen Constantinides, the owners of the Miners Arms gastropub in Whitecroft, Gloucestershire. The first three candidates are put...

  • Miners Arms Heat 2

    6.Miners Arms Heat 2

    28-04-201560m

    Alex continues to try and find a head chef for the Miners Arms gastropub in Whitecroft, Gloucestershire. The next set of candidates are put to the test.

  • Miners Arms Heat 3

    7.Miners Arms Heat 3

    29-04-201560m

    The candidates have to deal with wild boar for their skills test as they battle it out to try and secure the one place left in the final.

  • Ep 8

    8.Miners Arms Final

    30-04-201560m

    With the job of a head chef position on offer, the tension in the kitchen is high as the remaining candidates battle it out to try and secure the position.

  • Ep 9

    9.Amelies Heat 1

    16-06-201560m

    Alex tackles Amélies, a harbour-side seafood restaurant in the picturesque town of Porthleven in Cornwall. Owner Sam Sheffield Dunstan gave up a high-flying career in London five y...

  • Ep 10

    10.Amelies Heat 2

    17-06-201560m

    Alex Polizzi continues on her mission to help restaurants hire desperately needed head chefs. She continues with Amélies, a seafood restaurant in the Cornish coastal town of Porthl...

  • Ep 11

    11.Amelies Heat 3

    18-06-201560m

    Alex continues her mission at Amélies, a seafood restaurant in Cornwall whose owner has spent months looking unsuccessfully for someone to run her kitchen. Two successful candidat...

  • Ep 12

    12.Amelies Final

    19-06-201560m

    It's the final at Amélies, a seafood restaurant in the Cornish coastal town of Porthleven. Over the week, Alex offered up nine candidates to be put through a rigorous interview pro...

  • Ep 13

    13.Potli Heat 1

    23-06-201560m

    Alex tackles Potli, an Indian market food restaurant in London's Hammersmith. Owners Jay and Uttam have endured an agonising six-month search for a new head chef to help take their...

  • Ep 14

    14.Potli Heat 2

    24-06-201560m

    Alex continues with Potli in the heart of Hammersmith, a restaurant serving Indian market food and in desperate need of a new head chef to help build the owners' dream of a restaur...

  • Ep 15

    15.Potli Heat 3

    25-06-201560m

    Alex continues her mission with Potli, an Indian market restaurant in London's Hammersmith, whose owners are desperate to find a head chef to help realise their ambition of expandi...

  • Ep 16

    16.Potli Final

    26-06-201560m

    It's the final at Potli, a restaurant serving Indian market food in the heart of Hammersmith. Over the week, Alex has offered up nine candidates to be put through a rigorous interv...

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