The series aired on the NBC network and followed participants in an attempt to open a restaurant.
On March 26, 2009, NBC canceled the series, choosing to run repeats of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in the timeslot.
On April 24, 2009, NBC announced the series would return to television in Friday, June 19, despite airing on the internet already.
[2] After the fourth episode aired on the 19th, it was pre-empted on June 26 by television coverage surrounding the deaths of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson the day before.
The team judged to have lost that service has its weakest pair eliminated from the show by chef White.