Rach, the restaurant tester

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Television broadcast
Original title Rach, the restaurant tester
Logo RachDerRestauranttester2017.jpg
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 2005–2013, 2017
Production
company		 ume Unique Media Entertainment ,
Warner Bros. International Television Production
length approx. 44-48 minutes
Episodes 70 in 8 seasons
Broadcasting
cycle		 weekly
(Mondays, 9:15 p.m.)
genre Documentary soap
Moderation Christian Rach
First broadcast September 11, 2005 on RTL Television
Television broadcast
Original title The restaurant tester
Restauranttester.png
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) 2014-2015
Production
company		 Warner Bros. International Television Production
length 48 minutes
Episodes 12 in 3 seasons
Broadcasting
cycle		 weekly
(Mondays, 9:15 p.m.)
genre Documentary soap
Moderation Steffen Henssler
First broadcast February 24, 2014 on RTL

Rach, the restaurant tester with Christian Rach, was a documentary soap on the TV station RTL that was broadcast from 2005 to 2013 and 2017. In 2014 and 2015 it was broadcast under the name Der Restauranttester with Steffen Henssler . The show is an adaptation of the English format Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares .

action

The concept of the program largely follows that of the British model: the protagonist, a successful cook, visits a restaurant that has problems per episode. His job is to save the place. To do this, he checks the kitchen, service and management and then confronts the operator with his mostly drastic analysis. Depending on the individual case, strategies are then proposed or jointly developed in order to improve the previous concept or replace it with a new one. The usual time frame is a week, which sometimes lasts seven days, sometimes ends on the 5th day, but in some cases is stretched to several months due to fundamental renovation work. After a few weeks, the restaurant is visited again to check the sustainability and success of the measures taken. In addition, some establishments will be revisited in later seasons after a significantly longer period.

Rach, the restaurant tester

Old logo until 2013

The pilot episode aired on September 11, 2005, and the series began regularly in late 2006. With the beginning of the third season in autumn 2008, the program was moved from the original Sunday evening slot to Monday evening and has been broadcast in widescreen 16: 9 since then. By 2012, 27 of the 50 restaurants visited had been saved. After Rachs switched to ZDF , the show was continued under the new title Der Restauranttester on February 24, 2014 with Steffen Henssler . In 2017 the series was continued with Christian Rach, with five more episodes being created. No further new episodes are currently planned.

So far, unlike in the British "mother series", there have been no specific allegations about incidents staged without the knowledge of the restaurants concerned. However, in accordance with the character of the genre and the dramaturgy, scenes are deliberately selected and contexts are sometimes left out. According to information from individual hosts, alleged difficulties in individual cases were constructed or exaggerated, for example in the case of a hotel in Baden-Württemberg.

season 1

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
1 1 September 11, 2005 Wöllenhaus Mettmann Closed
2 1 December 10, 2006 Porky & Beer eat Renamed American Essen during the broadcast ; Bankruptcy in 2010; Change of operator
3 2 December 17, 2006 Cooks Borgholzhausen Change of operator
4th 3 January 7, 2007 King Albert Bath Löbau The owner took over the restaurant from her father.
5 4th January 14, 2007 Inn ox Tamm Operator Gerd Baier criticized the show in an open letter
6th 5 January 21, 2007 Conmux Berlin
7th 6th January 28, 2007 Ars Vivendi Dresden Renamed as part of the show in Petit Frank . The operator is satisfied.

season 2

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
8th 1 September 2, 2007 To the lantern Kidney village Closed
9 2 September 9, 2007 To the forest tavern Zahna Due to a serious illness, the operator changed in 2009; closed since 2010.
10 3 September 16, 2007 Mühlenhof Büsum Change of operator
11 4th September 23, 2007 Parkhotel Villingen-Schwenningen Change of operator due to relocation in 2011
12 5 September 30, 2007 Cantina tapas bar Hall Closed since 2008. Change of operator with German cuisine.
13 6th October 7, 2007 Brewery to the city park Hockenheim Change of operator after bankruptcy in 2011; opened a brewery with Rachel's help
14th 7th October 14, 2007 Blue duck Berlin Change of operator in October 2012. The Eschweiler operators have reopened their restaurant north of Berlin in Badingen .
15th 8th October 28, 2007 Another visit to the restaurants from the first season

season 3

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
16 1 September 1, 2008 Bear house Cala Rajada ( Spain ) Closed
17th 2 September 8, 2008 Weserlust Brake Change of operator after bankruptcy in 2010
18th 3 September 15, 2008 Schnitzel Emperor Knetzgau Closing shortly after filming is finished
19th 4th September 22, 2008 Dringshof Müllenbach Change of operator
20th 5 September 29, 2008 Ice Heidi Guestrow Renamed as part of the show in Markt 7
21st 6th October 6, 2008 Paul's gaze Worms Closed
22nd 7th January 5, 2009 To the Schober augsburg Was given up in 2015 due to illness, since then under new management.
23 8th January 12, 2009 Paulaner barn Nordhausen The operators had no professional knowledge of gastronomy. Closed in the meantime.
24 9 February 2, 2009 To the old monastery Gelsenkirchen Change of operator shortly after completion of the shooting
25th 10 February 9, 2009 Sunken bell Wandlitz Closed
26th 11 February 16, 2009 Orchard Dresden Closed. The operator gave up in 2013 over-indebted.
27 12 February 23, 2009 Duck Jacob Bruehl Closed in spring 2014
28 13 March 16, 2009 Another visit to the restaurants from the second season

Season 4

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
29 1 September 14, 2009 El Italiano Torrevieja (Spain)
30th 2 September 21, 2009 Old ship gallery Kappeln Closed since 2011, burned down on the night of July 27, 2020
31 3 September 28, 2009 Meadow ground Immendingen Closed after bankruptcy
32 4th October 5, 2009 Island pearl Fishing in the Allgäu Closed and subsequent demolition (2013)
33 5 October 12, 2009 Cologne embassy Falkensee Renamed as part of the show in Kreisbar ; later change of operator
34 6th January 11, 2010 To the Tyrolean Herzogenaurach Closed at the end of 2015 / demolition of the building.
35 7th January 18, 2010 Old brewery Marburg Closed after bankruptcy; new operator
36 8th January 25, 2010 Cone center augsburg Change of operator in August 2015
37 9 February 1, 2010 Witch cottage Lengerich Business closure October 2017.
New operator
38 10 February 8, 2010 Café Tabac Hanover Closed
39 11 February 15, 2010 Maroush Recklinghausen Closed
40 12 February 22, 2010 Revisiting restaurants from the third season
41 13 March 1, 2010 Ludwig's Kiefersfelden Change of operator after closing down in 2010. Meanwhile closed and reopened under the name "Feelgood Rockstation" with a new concept.

Season 5

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
42 1 January 10, 2011 La Petite France Freising Closed. Economic improvement until the recommended move to the city center, but losses in 2015.
43 2 January 17, 2011 Fellini al teatro Ludwigshafen At the same place there is a new, apparently larger company.
44 3 January 24, 2011 Dietz wine bar Mindelheim Closed after bankruptcy
45 4th January 31, 2011 Flic Flac Mannheim Restaurant went bankrupt less than two months after filming. Then change of operator. Meanwhile closed.
46 5 February 14, 2011 To the lantern Mainz Closed, the operator died in January 2015.
47 6th February 28, 2011 Esserhof Erftstadt Closed
48 7th March 14, 2011 To the white stone Wismar
49 8th March 21, 2011 Revisiting restaurants from season four

Season 6

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
50 1 January 2, 2012 Reiterstüble Sindelfingen Closed in September 2012
51 2 January 9, 2012 Britannia Inn Bad Berleburg Closed after the operator's death in 2015; Property has not been used for gastronomy since then
52 3 January 16, 2012 Donna Anna Evil Closed
53 4th January 23, 2012 Wonderful cottbus
54 5 January 30, 2012 Max Vienna ( Austria ) New concept and renaming to B-Mäx , now closed
55 6th February 6, 2012 Zapperlott Korschenbroich Closed
56 7th February 13, 2012 Phil-Ing Bingen
57 8th February 20, 2012 Revisiting restaurants from the fifth season

Season 7

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
58 1 January 7, 2013 To the old barn Bennstedt The lease was extended by ten years, according to Rach in 2016.
59 2 January 14, 2013 The Heidjer Wesendorf Closed
60 3 January 21, 2013 Restaurant at the zoo Neunkirchen Change of operator
61 4th January 28, 2013 Schellerhau home parlors Schellerhau The operator was very young at 21 years of age. Renamed as part of the show in Jägerstube . The operator gave up in 2015.
62 5 February 11, 2013 Tortes Inn Dransfeld Renamed as part of the show as Frank's Piracy . Destroyed by a gas cylinder explosion on December 23, 2012, reopened shortly before broadcast.
63 6th February 18, 2013 To the pepper mill Stadtallendorf Shot at the end of August / beginning of September 2012, in November 2012 a second time was shot for a later broadcast date; meanwhile closed.
64 7th February 25, 2013 Because Franco Bielefeld Closed in 2015
65 8th 4th March 2013 Revisited restaurants from the sixth season.

Season 8

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
66 1 March 13, 2017 China King Hamburg Closed.
67 2 20th March 2017 Viennese cafe Krefeld Renamed as Tortenboss as part of the show .
68 3 March 27, 2017 Pizza parlor Osnabrück Renamed PizzAmici as part of the show . Bankruptcy in May 2019, the previous restaurant manager has been the new owner since August 2019.
69 4th 3rd April 2017 Terzo Mondo Berlin
70 5 April 10, 2017 Café Temptation Wiesbaden Renamed Panajiota - Your Dining Room as part of the show .

The restaurant tester

season 1

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
1 1 February 24, 2014 Piccolino Remscheid Closed since February 2015
2 2 March 3, 2014 O Farol to water Closed since February 2016


season 2

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
3 1 September 8, 2014 Castle barn Storkow
4th 2 15th September 2014 El Momento Cala Figuera (Spain)
5 3 22nd September 2014 Log house in the Harz Herzberg am Harz
6th 4th 29th September 2014 Café Cocoo Rostock Change of operator after business closure.
7th 5 October 6, 2014 Kaiser's Ludwigsburg Closed

season 3

No. Ges. No. First broadcast restaurant place Further development
8th 1 May 11, 2015 Midi Mainz
9 2 June 15, 2015 Glathe's Grill Lübeck Renamed Agatas Grill as part of the show . The operator will announce the end of business in June 2018 on her Facebook page.
10 3 June 22, 2015 To the Rabenkeller Memmingen Renamed in the context of the program in Memminger Mouse Tubes . Closed in the meantime.
11 4th June 29, 2015 Old Wassenberg Wassenberg
12 5 July 6, 2015 Roland Eck Cologne

Awards

DVD release

Since January 27, 2012, the first two seasons have also been available on DVD.

criticism

In 2016, the newspaper Bild criticized the ultimately low success rate. Rach replied that he had always pointed out the risks. Several hosts of the restaurants shown criticized the behavior of Rach and RTL in retrospect, for example that instead of the restaurant, private issues such as marriage problems were brought into focus or that Rach criticized portions that were too small, even though they were especially for him to try were served. Another restaurant operator published an open letter to Mr Rach on his website in which he criticized the one-sided negative portrayal of himself and his wife in the program.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Lückerath: Steffen Henssler is the new restaurant tester at RTL. In: DWDL.de . DWDL.de GmbH, December 21, 2013, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Rachs balance sheet: 27 times he could not help anymore. In: T-Online.de . Ströer Media , May 23, 2012, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Thomas Lückerath: "Release the handbrake": Rach about switching to ZDF. In: DWDL.de . DWDL.de GmbH, September 14, 2013, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Peer Schader: Another saying, and I'll lay you down for a long time! In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH, February 24, 2014, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Ingmar Kreienbrink: Rach's red thread saves Essen restaurateur. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . Funke Medien NRW GmbH , December 14, 2009, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Jennifer Schumacher: "American Essen" is brushing the sails. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . Funke Medien NRW GmbH , August 31, 2010, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e Jürgen Helfricht : Three pubs closed, only one remained open: What was left of Rach. In: image . Axel Springer SE , April 5, 2016, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  8. ^ A b Gerd Baier: Open letter to Christian Rach. Hotel Historischer Gasthof Ochsen, January 19, 2007, archived from the original on March 3, 2009 ; accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  9. ^ A b c d e Lisa Nordholt: According to the bankruptcy balance: "I pointed out the risks": Now "restaurant tester" -Rach strikes back. In: Focus . Hubert Burda Media , April 7, 2016, accessed September 8, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Kappeln: Fire destroys former restaurant. NDR, July 27, 2020, accessed on July 28, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Wiesengrund: Plans for the sanctuary off the table. In: Südkurier . Südkurier GmbH, March 2, 2010, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Hotel Fischen Inselperle. (No longer available online.) Allgäu vacationers, archived from the original on March 30, 2016 ; accessed on September 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.allgaeu-urlauber.de
  13. ↑ Rach in the Kreisbar. In: Falkensee Aktuell. Typemania GmbH press office, August 30, 2009, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Edith Kern-Miereisz: Tiroler takes off his hat. In: nordbayern.de . Verlag Nürnberger Presse Druckhaus Nürnberg GmbH & Co., October 15, 2015, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  15. ↑ News about the bowling center. Sports bowling association Augsburg e. V., accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  16. ↑ Irina Fernandes: The witch's house in Lengerich: From a wannabe restaurant to a cult pub. (No longer available online.) In: Ruhr Nachrichten . Ruhr-Nachrichten Verlag & Co. KG, February 5, 2010, archived from the original on September 15, 2016 ; accessed on September 8, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ruhrnachrichten.de
  17. ↑ Meike Baars: Hollo Bollo was not enough: Witches' house in Lengerich closes. noz .de, September 11, 2017, accessed on August 2, 2018 .
  18. ↑ The traditional café Tabac closes after 41 years. In: haz.de. Retrieved April 4, 2017 .
  19. ↑ Maroush - CLOSED - Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Retrieved October 12, 2017 .
  20. ↑ Patrick Steinke: What actually became of the "Ludwigs"? In: rosenheim24.de. OVB24 GmbH, January 25, 2011, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  21. ↑ Joseph Hausner: “La Petite France” is threatened with bankruptcy: Five years ago, Rach advised moving to the center: “This is now breaking my neck”. In: Focus . Hubert Burda Media , September 7, 2015, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  22. ↑ Google Maps, accessed November 17, 2017
  23. ↑ At the Flic Flac in Mannheim not even restaurant tester Christian Rach could help anymore. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Flic Flac in Mannheim - gastronomieguide.de. Retrieved February 7, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Gisela Kirschstein: Mainz 05 fan Willi Dietrich died. January 11, 2015, accessed on February 7, 2020 (German).
  26. ↑ Martin Völkel: The "Britannia Inn" is sold. In: Siegener Zeitung . April 12, 2016, accessed September 23, 2019 .
  27. ↑ Holger Boden: No salvation despite revenge. In: az-online.de. C. Beckers Buchdruckerei GmbH & Co. KG, January 14, 2013, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  28. ↑ Michael Kerzel: Fire on the Hoher Hagen campsite: gas bottles explode on the campsite. In: Göttinger Tageblatt . Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack , December 23, 2012, accessed September 8, 2016 .
  29. ^ Stefan Gerold: Despite Christian Rach: Owner "Franco" closes the trattoria. In: New Westphalian . Deutsche Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft , March 31, 2015, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  30. ↑ China King - CLOSED - Eimsbüttel - Hamburg. Retrieved October 12, 2017 .
  31. ↑ Corinna Berghahn: What's next? PizzAmici on Martinistraße in Osnabrück is insolvent. In: Online edition of the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , May 12, 2019, accessed on May 12, 2019.
  32. ↑ Meike Baars: Restaurant manager takes over - PizzAmici in Osnabrück continues after bankruptcy. In: Online edition of the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung , August 1, 2019, accessed on August 2, 2019.
  33. ^ Restaurante Pizzeria Piccolino. Facebook , January 28, 2015, accessed September 8, 2016 .
  34. ↑ Looking for a tenant again - "O Farol" is closed Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung - accessed on 05-12-2019
  35. ^ Kaisers - CLOSED - Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved October 12, 2017 .
  36. ↑ Jochen Voß: Journalist Prize for Restaurant Tester Rach. In: DWDL.de . DWDL.de GmbH, October 8, 2009, accessed on September 8, 2016 .
  37. ↑ From January, Rach, the restaurant tester, will also be available on four DVDs. In: klatsch-tratsch.de. December 28, 2011, accessed September 8, 2016 .
  38. ↑ FOCUS Online: Was it just about the entertainment factor? That's what Rach's failed innkeepers say. Retrieved February 6, 2020 .