Restaurant impossible

Chef Robert Irvine is ready to turn around failing restaurants.[Food Network]

Robert Irvine heads back to Campton, N.H., to check in on The Country Cow Restaurant and Bar.[Food Network]

In 2012, Robert met the couple who owned Gusanoz Mexican Restaurant in Lebanon, N.H. They were deeply in debt after opening and closing several unsuccessful Mexican restaurants, and Robert helped them.[Food Network]

Robert Irvine heads to San Diego to revisit The Trails Eatery, a family-owned cafe that he helped in 2011. With no obvious problems, Robert had to unravel the cafe's financial issues.[Food Network]

Robert Irvine heads back to Off Street Cafe in Cerritos, Calif. During his first visit in 2011, one of the restaurant's owners, Rose, was ready to retire, but her partner, Robin, wasn't stepping up as the leader.[Food Network]

Robert Irvine goes back to Sapori D'Italia in Fountain Hills, Ariz. In 2012, Robert saved the restaurant's owners, the Manno family, from being ripped apart by crushing debt and a dysfunctional staff. [Food Network]

Robert Irvine returns to Fishkill, N.Y., and Joe Willy's Seafood House, a family-owned seafood restaurant from 2013. He attempts to renovate both a run-down restaurant and a strained marriage.[Food Network]

Chef Robert Irvine revisits some of his most memorable ambushes, including Lake Arrowhead Sports Grill, Cape Horn Family Restaurant and La Casa Bianca.[Food Network]

A look back at some of Chef Robert Irvine's most extreme and outrageous moments.[Food Network]

In the top 10 most extreme makeovers ever accomplished on the show, chef Robert Irvine helps an Air Force vet's restaurant soar to new heights and faces off with an owner in need of a major attitude adjustment.[Food Network]

When Robert first visited Paul's in 2014, his team had to make up for a lot of lost time and now he's back to see if he's been able to keep up the improvements.[Food Network]

Robert Irvine recounts his top five most memorable Restaurant Impossible relationships.[Food Network]

Robert Irvine counts down some of the biggest moments in the show's history, including massive meltdowns and the worst food he's had to eat. He also shares his favorite menu transformations and most moving reveals.[Food Network]