Season four of The Restaurant That Makes Mistakes in Flemish-speaking Belgium (local title: Restaurant Misverstand) has launched to great success. Episode one of the award-winning factual format, which sees people with early-onset dementia living and working together to run a restaurant, garnered over 800,000 viewers, making it the best primetime show of the week. The five-episode season airs weekly.
Produced by Roses Are Blue for VRT 1 and VRT Max, season four sees the group work in a restaurant based on a rural estate. And not only do the group work together, they live together too, enabling them to share daily life while learning the roles required to run a busy restaurant — from cooking and serving to welcoming guests. Guided by experienced chefs and dementia specialists, the format highlights what people living with the condition can still achieve, while offering an emotional and uplifting look at teamwork, resilience and community.
Originally created and produced by CPL Productions for Channel 4 in the UK, The Restaurant Makes Mistakes has also been adapted in markets including the Netherlands and New Zealand. The format is distributed internationally by Seven.One Studios International.