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Episode 1

Episode number: 1

Overview: The launch of the project, and the selection process begins with video auditions and reality dawns: these kids do not look like future top chefs. With the help of top restaurateurs Ruth Watson and Gennaro Contaldo, Jamie must makes some tough decisions.

Episode 2

Episode number: 2

Overview: Having found a suitable venue, the participants now have nine months in which to transform it into a top London eatery.

Episode 3

Episode number: 3

Overview: Jamie faces a serious problem: Some of his trainees skip classes, and others are not up to scratch.

Episode 4

Episode number: 4

Overview: Jamie sends the trainees on placements for a month, working with professional chefs in a dozen top restaurants.

Episode 5

Episode number: 5

Overview: The restaurant is about to open, and the trainees are put through their paces in the newly completed kitchen.

Episode 6

Episode number: 6

Overview: The students are invited to cook for the Prime Minister.

Episode 7

Episode number: 7

Overview: With Jamie off on paternity leave the trainee chefs start taking days off behind his back; Jamie returns to the restaurant to find two trainee chefs have quit.