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Country Cow Restaurant and Bar in Campton
Show: Restaurant Impossible
Network: Food Network
Original Air Date: Aug. 20, 2014
Episode Description: Holy Cow! When Chef Robert Irvine talks to the staff at Country Cow Restaurant and Bar in Campton, he hears horror stories of the co-owners, a divorced couple, throwing pans in the kitchen and cursing throughout the dining room. But everyone is on their best behavior when Irvine arrives, forcing him to check out behind-the-scenes footage, which reveals the problems that need to be fixed.
If you're not a Restaurant Impossible aficionado, here's the lowdown. Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine and his design team come to failing restaurants to help turn them around in three days. It can get rough. A spotlight is shined on whatever is wrong - bad management, bad food, poor hygiene. And it's done before a national audience.
Jennifer Leonzi, who ran the Country Cow Restaurant and Bar with partner, chef and ex-husband Kerry Benton, sought out Irvine's help when the restaurant was at a breaking point. The recession had hit the restaurant hard, and Leonzi and her staff found it difficult to deal with Benton, whose temper was evident on the show.
At first Leonzi was turned down in favor of Gusanoz in Lebanon. (See profile.)...