Richard Hammond's Crash Course

Budding entrepreneurs, inventors, and small businessmen (and -women) pitch their ideas to the five "dragons"--real-life business leaders and millionaires, with real cash to invest in the companies they feel will make it. Each 'contestant' must convince the 'dragons' to part with thousands of pounds to make their dreams a reality.

Set in the high-octane environment of a glamorous and bustling restaurant, all the action is set against the backdrop of the drama of a full working kitchen staffed by some of the best chefs in the country. Over the course of the show Gordon and his brigade prepare a three-course meal for diners who all share Gordon's passion for food. Gordon launches his campaign to 'Get Women Back in the Kitchen' and puts his reputation on the line in 'Recipe Challenge' when he invites a member of the public to pitch their recipe against his. Up and coming cooks and chefs from around the UK fight to earn a job in one of Gordon's restaurant kitchens: every week two hopefuls help Gordon's brigade prepare dinner in the restaurant.

Eight British women are sent to Beverly Hills, the plastic surgery capitol of the world, to reinvent themselves and begin new lives.

A good review by London Times restaurant critic Giles Coren can add $1 million to a restaurant's business. He not only looks for the standards of good food, good service and nice atmosphere, but more importantly to him what he considers an exceptional dining experience, whether it be in a five-star establishment or a hole-in-the-wall. Those exceptional experiences generally mean living up to and exceeding what the restaurants bill themselves to be. He goes to North America in search of those exceptional experiences, he writing that "million dollar" review for one restaurant in each city he visits. Because he can't eat at every restaurant in each city he visits, he gets his trusty research assistant Julia Pileggi to narrow the field to a short list of five, those five where he dines in deciding which restaurant gets his review.

Armed with only their sense of adventure and tenacious will to win, world-class chefs Michael, Madison and Kayne crash headlong into ten beautiful locations worldwide to learn the local customs, hunt in the traditional ways, and prepare meals for the toughest of critics - the natives themselves. The chefs go knife-to-knife, spice-to-spice, and head-to-head in the ultimate cooking challenge, bringing their own unique spin to traditional dishes.