Reality TV show idea no. 1
On a night when The Apprentice (the UK version, which is less panicky and fraught than the one with the Donald) and Granada’s Hell’s Kitchen is on, did Mark Burnett consider combining the shows?
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Apprentice Chef.
Each week, the contestants are set to make certain things. In the boardroom, the loser is told that (s)he has to go and work at McDonald’s instead of his or her own $1 million restaurant.
Instead of going off in a cab as at the end of The Apprentice (the original one), the loser is shown going in to a local McDonald’s, being welcomed by a character known as the Ronald.
Considering NBC has done a crap job of promoting Journeyman, I should pitch this idea to the network. It sounds like its cup of tea, or pack of fries.