Ristoranti Impossibili

The Browns' Mill Creek BBQ Restaurant is modeled on her father's nearby establishment. But instead of the faster, more casual version of Dad's restaurant, Chef Robert Irvine finds tasteless food and inefficient management.

Tootie's Texas BBQ started a deep decline while the owner was battling cancer. Weeks away from closing for good, she calls on Chef Robert Irvine for a rescue. He has just two days to give Tootie's a second chance at success.

Chef Robert Irvine has to address two major issues at Pasion Latin Fusion: tension between co-owner Monica and the main investor, her brother-in-law, and a menu that's leaving customers confused and frustrated.

Robert Irvine travels to Baton Rouge, La., where he meets his most cantankerous owner yet. The food at Mama Della's New York City Pizzeria is great but stubborn owner, Barry, is the biggest obstacle to his restaurant's success.

Chef Robert Irvine can usually handle fixing a filthy kitchen and a bickering staff, but combine those with a super-snarky owner and this may be a recipe for disaster at Gratifi Kitchen and Bar in Houston, Texas.

Chef Robert Irvine is in Oklahoma City to help the owners of Urban Roots. While there's lots of potential, the food is thrown together, the staff isn't pulling their weight and the passion for cooking has gone.

Bryant's Seafood World has been a local institution in Hueytown, Ala., for more than 30 years. Now it's floundering under the new owner's 4 year reign. Robert Irvine is off to reel in this establishment just outside of Birmingham.

Emotions explode when Chef Robert Irvine steps in to save Bumbinos Italian Ristorante in Orange City, Fla. He must get above the yelling to rebuild relationships and sort out roles for the restaurant to stay open.

Hear the behind-the-scene stories that make the impossible show possible.

Robert Irvine tackles his first-ever theme restaurant, when he comes to the aid of Cave Inn BBQ, a new caveman-themed restaurant. Robert will need to completely overhaul the decor of inflatable dinosaurs and foam rocks.

Daniel owns a successful sawmill, so he thought he could run Big Jim's Bama Q and cash in on the restaurant's reputation. Robert Irvine must find a way to make the restaurant into a barbecue destination.

Robert Irvine must save both the business and the marriage of a couple who invested their life savings in their restaurant, Grace's Place Bagels in Palm Coast, Florida.

When Chef Robert Irvine meets Jordan, the self-described stubborn owner of the Portu-Greek Cafe in Hudson, Florida, he knows that he's in for a challenge.