[2] (The series aired in the United States on BBC America in early 2009 under the title "Last Restaurant Standing.")

In July 2009 the winners, Russell Clement & Michele English, launched their own venture The Cheerful Soul in the Hare and Hounds in Marlow, Buckinghamshire (the site of the restaurant of the runners-up, Alasdair Hooper & James Knight-Pacheco).

[6] In 2009, the BBC announced that Alasdair & James would feature in a spin-off series, provisionally titled Plate Expectations, in early 2010.

[7] The series, which finally aired under the title Out of the Frying Pan, follows them as they launch their own event catering business.

The contestants that took part in the series were (in reverse order of elimination): James is now married and living in Dubai working as a head chef.