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BY JOHN CROOK Joe Bastianich 'Restaurant Startup'spotlights fledgling restaurateurs Off-network repeats of the hit ABC reality series "Shark Tank" have proven to be very popular with CNBC viewers, so it makes sense that the business network would take a new spin to that established format for its next original program. Meet "Restaurant Startup," currently airing on Tuesday nights, in which two entrepreneurs – restaurateur and TV personality Joe Bastianich and chef- restaurateur Tim Love – give an audience to budding restaurant owners who need a cash infusion to get their business started. On this new series, however, the candidates can't just come up with a stirring presentation and walk away with a check. They have to put up or shut up with the food they plan to serve, a challenge that isn't for the faint of heart. Each week, Bastianich and Love hear presentations from two teams, each wanting to open a restaurant or specialty food shop. The more persuasive of the teams is selected to put together in three days a pop-up version of their restaurant in a space the producers provide on busy Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. The winning team also will get $7500 toward expenses, as well as consultant services from chef and "brand builder" Waylynn Lucas. "They'll have three days to create their brand, build a menu and prepare for a grand opening, where they will test their concept on the public," explains Jim Ackerman, CNBC's senior vice president of alternative programming. "In the end, Joe and Tim will decide whether or not they'll put their own money on the line and make a dream come true." Three days may seem an impossibly short window for anyone to pull together a pop-up restaurant, but Love says he and Bastianich have reasonable expectations. They just want to get a strong idea of the concept, as well as how "together" a team is. "I always say, 'If you can't describe the restaurant you want to open in one sentence, then you can't be on my show,' " Love says. "So if you can't execute it within three days, you're in the wrong spot as well. "At the end of the day, we're investing in people," he adds. "What I really want to invest in is somebody who wants to get something done and has the ability and drive to put behind it." The diners at the pop-up restaurant's single night of service, for which they pay nothing, is a mixed groip made up of people invited by the team members, patrons just walking in off the street, and guests invited by Bastianich, Love and Lucas to offer their own opinions. While each episode will feature a team working in the same Los Angeles restaurant space, Love says in some cases he and Bastianich may elect to finance some restaurants only if their owners set up shop in a less competitive market. "If I make an investment, I may say, 'You know what, you're not going to open up in L.A.,' " Love says, "but I'll give you money to open up in Austin, Texas, or Charlotte, N.C." BEST MOVIES OF 1967 "Bonnie and Clyde" A watershed year for films included producer and star Warren Beatty's reimagining of the gangster genre, an instant classic with a style all its own. "Cool Hand Luke" Paul Newman gave one of his best performances (supported by Oscar winner George Kennedy) as the title convict with a famous "failure to communicate." "The Dirty Dozen" One of the all-time-great war adventures put Lee Marvin in charge of 12 inmates – including Charles Bronson and Jim Brown – on an apparent suicide mission. "The Graduate" Still every bit as fresh, director Mike Nichols' masterpiece situates recent college grad Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) between wily Mrs. Robinson and her daughter (Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross). "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" Sidney Poitier had a huge 1967 that included this socially relevant comedy- drama also starring Spencer Tracy (in his final film) and Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn. "Hotel" Based on a novel by Arthur Hailey ("Airport"), this entry in the multiple-plots-that-ultimately-merge category is underrated and highly entertaining. "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" For anyone who might wonder where the musical talent Robert Morse exhibited in his recent "Mad Men" exit came from, here's a prime example. "In Cold Blood" The stark style of director Richard Brooks' version of the Truman Capote novel makes this true-crime story chilling, as does the acting by Robert Blake and Scott Wilson as killers. "In the Heat of the Night" The best picture of 1967 per the Oscars, this racially charged murder mystery boasts another great Poitier performance, plus one by best actor winner Rod Steiger. "You Only Live Twice" We admit to being James Bond aficionados, and this outer-space-related 007 caper – which Sean Connery said at the time would be his last – was perfect for its year. And a rocket base hidden inside a volcano? BY JAY BOBBIN Dustin Hoffman "Bonnie and Clyde" Sean Connery 8 The Goshen News • TV Spotlight • July 21 - 27, 2014

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