Post 1: BBC Restaurant in your home

Last night was the first edition of 'Restaurant in your home'. Sadly it won't be the last. Where to start....
1) Who on earth would choose to go to a restaurant in someone's house as opposed to going to a proper restaurant?

2) The 'experts' didn't really seem all that expert to me. Certainly they weren't very expert at rubbing along with either themselves as a couple or the new-to-restaurant-in-home couple. When Gordon Ramsay does this sort of thing, there's a whole load of contrived shouting; but you do get the feeling he's trying his very best. Mike Pemberton stated he hated the new couple; which is a bit strong for a pair you've only just met

3) Borough Market is a lovely place, I've been there a number of times. It wouldn't be my first choice to go shopping for basic grocery vegetables though. I'd hope I'd be able to find somewhere easier to navigate my way around and a whole lot closer if I lived in Hackney. This whole shopping interlude seemed pretty contrived.

4) Where on earth do you find 14 people who are willing for pay an average of £42 per head for a meal which requires them to bring their own booze? The star-crossed couple thought people might come back!

5) According to the BBC's web site "Cooking just doesn't come any funnier than this". I remember a bit of friction, a load of stress, an unlikely success - but no laughs.

All in, pretty poor. Will I watch Restaurnat in your home again? possibly, but only because it's not Eastenders.