“Restaurant Express” Serves Up a Free Las Vegas Getaway
Robert Irvine, the buff Food Network star best-known for “Restaurant: Impossible,” is bringing his latest effort to Las Vegas.
In a new reality series, “Restaurant Express,” Irvine is on a search for aspiring “restaurantrepreneurs,” a word we’re fairly sure doesn’t actually exist.
![Sort of a food truck, but Irvinier.](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/restaurant_express.jpg)
The new show will feature nine finalists on a road trip testing their business and restaurant know-how.
The contestant who prevails will get a gig as executive chef at a yet-to-be-named new restaurant at M Resort, a few miles south of the Las Vegas Strip, and one of this blog’s favorite places to play. And eat. And possibly sometimes drink.
![We're thinking the "Restaurant Express" bus has a fitness center.](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/robert_irvine.jpg)
The folks at the Food Network are sweetening the pot with a sweepstakes wherein the best possible prize is up for grabs, a Las Vegas getaway.
A lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive air transportation for two to Las Vegas, four days and three nights at M Resort, dinner for two at the new restaurant featured in the show, and $500 cash. Or you can be a boob and just take the cash value of $3,200.
Another Las Vegas connection to “Restaurant Express” is one of the contestants on the show, Kimmy Moy. (Spoiler alert: Don’t get emotionally attached to Ms. Moy on the show. We’re just saying.)
![You go, Kimmy Moy, and not just because we like saying your name!](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/kimmy_moy.jpg)
Her bio is already getting us a little weepy: “After a devastating car accident left her unable to work, Kimmy, 46, closed her restaurant in Cincinnati before moving to Las Vegas. She’s the daughter of a master chef and now works as a waitress, a job that leaves her unfulfilled. Kimmy knows that opening another restaurant is what she needs to once again feel complete.”
We’ve always said there’s no better place to achieve a happy completion than Las Vegas!
See all the poorly-photographed contestants here. Thanks to the Food Network for the bus photo, the shot of Robert Irvine and Kimmy Moy. This next one’s ours.
![We love us some M Resort.](https://www.casino.org/vitalvegas/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/m_resort.jpg)
The “Restaurant Express” cooking reality series premieres Nov. 3, 2013 on the Food Network.
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