Sneak Peek - New Spike TV Series HUNGRY INVESTORS, Premiering Tonight

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Hungry Investors

In each episode, two local restaurants that serve the same type of cuisine (i.e. Mexican, sushi, barbeque, etc.) are pitted against each other as they make every effort to demonstrate to the "Hungry Investors" that their business is willing to make the necessary adjustments to maximize the return on an investment. After the expert team utilizes rigorous "Invest Tests" to get to the core of the operation and the business owners' abilities, one establishment may earn a substantial investment. These highly skilled entrepreneurs are not afraid to tell it like it is, and offer their combined decades of expertise in the food and hospitality industry to these equally strong-willed business owners. Which restaurants will heed the experts' advice, beat out the competition, and earn this once in a lifetime opportunity to save their business?

The "Hungry Investors" team is a venerable all-star squad of restaurateurs, featuring three experts from different parts of the country who possess sharp business acumen and impeccable knowledge of the food industry.

A longtime fixture in the bar and nightclub business, Jon Taffer, star of SPIKE TV's highly rated series "Bar Rescue," is also an internationally recognized, award-winning restaurant operator, owner and concept developer. He's a respected industry "voice" with 30 years of hands-on experience in over 800 establishments worldwide, with expertise in the creation, development and management of casual restaurants, entertainment venues, nightclubs, bars, stadium and arena food service, resort facilities and large theme restaurants. In January 2010, Taffer was appointed President of Questex Media Group LLC's Nightclub & Bar Media Group, which includes the Nightclub & Bar Convention and Trade Show, Nightclub & Bar magazine and related digital media products.

John Besh is the executive chef and co-owner of Besh Restaurant Group, based in New Orleans, in addition to his work as an author and philanthropist. His collection of nine highly acclaimed restaurants includes August (twice nominated for the James Beard "Outstanding Restaurant" Award), La Provence, L?ke, L?ke San Antonio, Besh Steak, American Sector, Soda Shop, Domenica and Borgne. He has been recognized with several of the highest honors awarded to a chef, including Food & Wine's "Ten Best New Chefs in America" in 1999 and "Best Chef in the Southeast" by the James Beard Foundation in 2006. In 2007, the Sundance Iconoclasts series featured him as a creative visionary whose passion helped transform a culture. Besh's two cookbooks, "My New Orleans" (October 2009) and "My Family Table" (November 2011) were each recognized with an International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Award, and his third cookbook, "Cooking From The Heart," was published in fall 2013. The John Besh Foundation oversees the Chefs Move! scholarship program, in addition to a microloan program for local Louisiana and Mississippi farmers..