The Opener

Three hockey teammates struggle to open a BBQ restaurant in Montreal. Can Chef Adjey save their business and their friendships?

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.

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?

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.

A businessman and a semi-pro football player set out to corner the Ottawa market on Caribbean food. But sibling rivalry's and financial pressures threaten to turn this dream into a nightmare.

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.

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?

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?

Four twenty something fast friends decide they are tired of working for other people, but don't realize how hard it is to open a restaurant. They want to make easy money; their chef wants to promote farm to table dining. Chef Adjey has to talk some sense into them and get them talking to each other.

A man who inherited a fortune and a family business wants to follow his heart to open his first restaurant. But because he didn't have to get any financing, he didn't do the basic work of even coming up with a business and staffing plan. Chef Adjey has to put him through a crash course to turn him from hobby chef to restaurant owner.

A fifty-something former spa manager wants to open South Florida's most romantic dining lounge, so she convinces her love-struck new husband to loan her $1.3 million to get it up and running. With their marriage on the line, Chef Adjey enters to give them a fighting chance.

A dreamer falls in love with Brazilian BBQ on a visit to Rio, and decides it's exactly what the people of Edmonton need. The newbie owners spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars planning, but can't do what has to get done to get their doors open until Chef Adjey arrives to give them a swift kick.

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. Can Chef Adjey turn their high-end menu into a budget friendly offer?