NBC has announced that Iron Chef America star Bobby Flay will serve as an investor, judge and mentor on America's Next Great Restaurant, a new reality competition series that will follow contestants as they vie for the opportunity to open a new restaurant chain.
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Flay will kick-off the open casting calls on March 19 in New York City before casting teams set out on a cross-county tour looking for interested participants, who are not required to have previous cooking or restaurant experience. Additional information is available via NBC's website.
America's Next Great Restaurant will begin with the contestants pitching their restaurant plans to a panel of investors, including Flay and four others -- who will then put the participants and their ideas through a series of challenges designed to see which has the greatest potential for success.
The winner will be selected by the panel, which will then invest their own money in the winning concept by helping it become America's newest restaurant chain.
America's Next Great Restaurant is being produced by Magical Elves and will be executive produced by co-founders Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz.
Open casting call dates and locations for America's Next Great Restaurant are as follow. All casting calls are from 10AM to 2PM.
March 19 and 20
NBC Experience Store
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
March 22
Chipotle
6102 Falls of Neuse Rd.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27609
March 24
Nashville Film Institute
The Factory at Franklin
230 Franklin Road
Franklin, Tennessee 37065
March 26
Chipotle
4750 Morse Rd
Columbus, Ohio 43230
March 28
Chipotle
28251 Diehl Road
Warrenville, Illinois 60555
March 30
Chipotle
6864 Johnson Drive
Mission, Kansas 66202
April 1
Chipotle
2760 South Colorado Blvd
Denver, Colorado 80222
April 5
Chipotle
135 E. Palm Avenue
Burbank, California 91502
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