The Opener
Celebrity chef David Adjey helps desperate entrepreneurs transform their failing businesses into world-class restaurants.
Episode 1
Three hockey teammates struggle to open a BBQ restaurant in Montreal. Can Chef Adjey save their business and their friendships?
Episode 2
Two bickering friends dream on selling their mom's Moroccan recipes into a trendy restaurant in Toronto's legendary Kensington Market. But Chef Adjey quickly finds out that these two friends are not on the same page.
Episode 3
Running away from their old soul-crushing jobs, two foodies want to open a classic American cuisine joint in San Francisco. Financial pressures threaten to tear apart their marriages. Can Chef Adjey save their relationships and the restaurant?
Episode 4
Chef Adjey helps a former realtor realize his dream of opening an upscale restaurant. But first, they have to whip into shape a green team of cooks and managers that threatens to de-rail the opening.
Episode 5
A businessman and a semi-pro football player set out to corner the Ottawa market on Caribbean food. But sibling rivalries and financial pressures threaten to turn this dream into a nightmare.
Episode 6
Chef Adjey contends with the big ego of a self-proclaimed alpha millionaire who is convinced that having put up the capital means his half-baked ideas are gold.
Episode 7
Two life partners have a shared dream, but conflicting methods of opening a cafe and bakery. Can Chef Adjey find a way to unify these dreamers?
Episode 8
Chef Adjey finds a fishouse floundering in beautiful British Columbia. A family man has invested all his money into this sinking joint - can it be turned around?
Episode 9
Four friends abandon their jobs and try to open a restaurant. But Chef Adjey finds that their dreams may exceed their grasp.
Episode 10
After inheriting a fortune, a hobby chef is on course to blow it all on a new restaurant. Can Chef Adjey turn this investment around?
Episode 11
After convincing her husband to front 1.3 million dollars, a former spa manager finds that opening a restaurant is more work than she bargained for. Can Chef Adjey save the restaurant and their marriage?
Episode 12
Chef Adjey whips into shape the owner of a Brazillian BBQ restaurant in Edmonton.
Episode 13
A father-son team are struggling to open an unusual high-end fusion bistro in rural Louisiana. But there's a big problem: economic troubles have left no market for an expensive new restaurant.
