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Restaurants on the Edge

Type: Factual, Format
Length: 13 x 60-minutes
Producer: Marblemedia
Broadcaster: Netflix (US)

Restaurant on the Edge follows a team of experts who need help bringing their restaurants back to life. Diane Rankin, senior vice-president of rights at D360, says the show’s tone and focus on optimistic stories makes it perfect uplifting and lean-back content for audiences – “I call it a Queer Eye hug”, she says.

Part travel, part design and part business therapy, the series takes viewers into restaurants in some of the most stunning locations – at the edge of the water or perched on a mountainside – but with some of the most lamentable reviews.

In each episode, a team of three experts, a restauranteur, a designer, and a chef, club together to transform not only the restaurant but the owners’ outlook, to hopefully put them on a path to success. Tapping into the soul of the restaurant’s location and community, incorporating local tastes, flavours and textures into each restaurant’s makeover, in a way that is uplifting, inspirational, and positive.

The show is now free for D360 to sell to buyers after completing its Netflix hold-back and taps into the uptick in demand for cookery programming, fuelled by the pandemic.