{"id":2957,"date":"2013-10-23T15:13:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T22:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2013-10-24T00:55:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T07:55:59","slug":"restaurant-express-serves-up-a-free-vegas-getaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/restaurant-express-serves-up-a-free-vegas-getaway\/","title":{"rendered":"“Restaurant Express” Serves Up a Free Las Vegas Getaway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robert Irvine, the buff Food Network star best-known for “Restaurant: Impossible,” is bringing his latest effort to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

In a new reality series, “Restaurant Express,” Irvine is on a search for aspiring “restaurantrepreneurs,” a word we’re fairly sure doesn’t actually exist.<\/p>\n

\"Sort<\/a>
Like a food truck on steroids. Not that steroids are in any way relevant to anyone or anything we’re discussing here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new show will feature nine finalists on a road trip testing their business and restaurant know-how.<\/p>\n

The contestant who prevails will get a gig as executive chef at a yet-to-be-named new restaurant at M Resort, a few miles south of the Las Vegas Strip, and one of this blog’s favorite places to play. And eat. And possibly sometimes drink.<\/p>\n

\"We're<\/a>
We’re thinking the “Restaurant Express” bus has a fitness center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The folks at the Food Network are sweetening the pot with a sweepstakes wherein the best possible prize is up for grabs, a Las Vegas getaway.<\/p>\n

A lucky winner will be chosen at random to receive air transportation for two to Las Vegas, four days and three nights at M Resort, dinner for two at the new restaurant featured in the show, and $500 cash. Or you can be a boob and just take the cash value of $3,200.<\/p>\n

Another Las Vegas connection to “Restaurant Express” is one of the contestants on the show, Kimmy Moy. (Spoiler alert: Don’t get emotionally attached to Ms. Moy on the show. We’re just saying.)<\/p>\n

\"You<\/a>
You go, Kimmy Moy, and not just because we like saying your name!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her bio is already getting us a little weepy: “After a devastating car accident left her unable to work, Kimmy, 46, closed her restaurant in Cincinnati before moving to Las Vegas. She’s the daughter of a master chef and now works as a waitress, a job that leaves her unfulfilled. Kimmy knows that opening another restaurant is what she needs to once again feel complete.”<\/p>\n

We’ve always said there’s no better place to achieve a happy completion than Las Vegas!<\/p>\n

See all the poorly-photographed contestants here. Thanks to the Food Network for the bus photo, the shot of Robert Irvine and Kimmy Moy. This next one’s ours.<\/p>\n

\"We<\/a>
We love us some M Resort.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The “Restaurant Express” cooking reality series premieres Nov. 3, 2013 on the Food Network.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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