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"Mario's Restaurant Rookies"


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#1 SiseFromm

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Posted 07 July 2004 - 02:19 PM

I really enjoyed the short-lived and wildly funny "Restaurant Rookies" concept. I thought the two characters were quite funny, particularly the guy that challenged you to a pizza contest and wanted to make something with a fruit juice reduction. In all, Restaurant Rookies was quite different from the typical "Food Finds" and "Best Of" programming that bores me to tears.

Is there any chance you would give it another go-around, or was the experience more aggravating than satisfying?
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#2 Mario Batali

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Posted 09 July 2004 - 06:04 AM

i never got more hate mail than after the showing of resto rookies and would be less likely to do it again... the public perception was that i was rough on my little puupies and that i mistreated them in the rough and tumble world of the restaurant reality...if they only new mb