Jay Rayner. Not sure if there is a version of the cult Italian programme '4 Ristoranti' in the UK, but the ex Leeds Uni man could play the Alessandro Borghese role to perfection.
Borghese invites each restaurant owner in a smallish town, in rotation, to offer a meal at their restaurant. At the end of each meal, points are awarded by the other 3 owners and Borghese adds his input. Once completed all the owners are put in a minivan and are driven around said smallish town as they nervously criticise each other. Then the minivan stops outside the winning restaurant. The relief for the winner is palpable. The rest wish they never took part in the programme!
Dexys, Julie’s and Borscht & tears! My 20s in west London are coming flooding back.
Jay Rayner. Not sure if there is a version of the cult Italian programme '4 Ristoranti' in the UK, but the ex Leeds Uni man could play the Alessandro Borghese role to perfection.
https://video.sky.it/skyuno/4-ristoranti/video/alessandro-borghese-4-ristoranti-roma-quartiere-pigneto-810862
He's like Jay's brother from an Italian mother! We don't have a version of that show. What's the premise?
Borghese invites each restaurant owner in a smallish town, in rotation, to offer a meal at their restaurant. At the end of each meal, points are awarded by the other 3 owners and Borghese adds his input. Once completed all the owners are put in a minivan and are driven around said smallish town as they nervously criticise each other. Then the minivan stops outside the winning restaurant. The relief for the winner is palpable. The rest wish they never took part in the programme!
Sounds brutal.
His mother is German-American actress Barbara Bouchet. His father was an Italian film producer from Naples.