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CindiLou:
Well, I found Rocco this evening. His last two unaired episodes were on NBC tonight from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST.
 
Oh my, oh my, oh my!
 
You just can't believe it. Rocco fired Tony, his executive chef, saying that it would save the restaurant money because Rocco would take over in the kitchen as a replacement for Tony. BIG MISTAKE! The night before, Jeffrey gave Tony a BIG raise for working so hard (80-90 hours a week) and for being so good at his job. Big blow up all around. Employees sooooooo upset and sooooooo angry.
 
Imagine Rocco taking over for Tony in the kitchen? Working 80-90 hours a week IN THE KITCHEN? The first night Rocco stayed in the kitchen for a few hours, then went upstairs to schmooze with the customers then left the restaurant early. The kitchen was in CHAOS.
 
I say bye bye Rocco! The man does not know business. Rocco is a celebrity, that is what he does best. Jeffrey should buy Rocco out, then turn around and hire him as the resident celebrity host to work in the restaurant.
 

puddin:
Why didn't Rocco like Tony?? From what I saw he ran the whole kitchen..Rocco is a such Conceded Brat ! ;D

Television - Variety
 
 
Inside Move: 'Restaurant' didn't get just desserts

Mon May 24, 8:00 PM ET 

Pamela McClintock, STAFF

Fans of "The Restaurant" peeved at NBC for suddenly abandoning the reality show a few weeks ago have an unlikely ally: Jeff Zucker.

   

During a conference call with journos Tuesday, the NBC U TV Group topper conceded he screwed up by pulling the Mark Burnett-Ben Silverman docusudser after just three episodes had aired. Skein had been doing OK-but-not-great Nielsen numbers with the first few episodes of its second season.


"We made a mistake," Zucker said during in a rare moment of candor for a network executive. "We made too quick of a decision on that. Under some pressure from stations that were not pleased with the (news) lead-in Monday at 10, I buckled. I regret that I didn't keep 'The Restaurant' on in that time period."


Indeed, repeats of "Crossing Jordan" and "Law & Order" actually drew fewer viewers than "The Restaurant" had been averaging.


NBC will give viewers a chance to see the final three segs of "The Restaurant," airing two episodes this Saturday and the show's finale June 5. Bravo will then repeat the entire run of the skein around the same time it airs a similar show from Silverman, the hair-focused "Blow Out."
 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1951&ncid=2019&e=4&u=/variety/20040525/va_tv_ne/inside_move___restaurant__didn_t_get

CindiLou:
From watching these shows, it seems to me that Rocco has absolutely NO business sense at all. His reality is not the reality of others. He actually said that Tony didn't really do much in the kitchen so why was he there? Rocco said he could easily sub for Tony in the kitchen and they could save Tony's $80,000 a year salary. The only thing is that Tony worked himself ragged in the kitchen. He worked 80-90 hours a week trying hard to get the kitchen running well. Now Rocco thinks he is going to step in and work a few hours a day and that will be enough. No business sense. No common sense. Jeffrey should boot Rocco out.

Jeffrey said he owns 21 restaurants and this is the only one losing money although it is packed every single night. Now, if you have a business that is packed every single night and still losing money, that is because the overhead is sky high. They have to cut expenses and boost sales. Jeffrey seems to understand what needs to be done but Rocco has absolutely no idea of what needs to be done.

 

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