Famous Food is a VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

 reality series that premiered 10 July 2011. It features seven celebrities as they work to open and take ownership in a restaurant in Hollywood

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...

 owned by Mike Malin (who competed in Big Brother 2

Big Brother 2

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and Big Brother 7: All-Stars, which he won) and Lonnie Moore of The Dolce Group. Due to low ratings, VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

 announced on July 15 that the show will move to Wednesdays 8/7c beginning July 20. DJ Paul

DJ Paul

Paul Beauregard, better known by his stage name DJ Paul, is an American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee. He is one half of the current Memphis-based rap group Three 6 Mafia. He is also the half brother of former Three 6 Mafia member Lord Infamous. He won an Academy Award for Best...

 was the winner of the partnership but after a twist the judges awarded a second partnership to Danielle Staub

Danielle Staub

Danielle Staub is an American television personality, author, singer, and adult performer best known for her appearance on the Bravo reality series Real Housewives of New Jersey....

.

Production

In 2011, various cast members were seen filming for an upcoming reality series. On April 21, 2011, the series was confirmed by VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

. On the same day, cast member Heidi Montag

Heidi Montag

Heidi Blair Pratt is an American media personality and singer. She came to prominence with her starring role on the MTV reality series The Hills from 2006 to 2010. Montag has also appeared on I'm a Celebrity.....

 talked about the series on On Air with Ryan Seacrest

On Air with Ryan Seacrest (radio)

On Air with Ryan Seacrest is the name of an American syndicated radio program hosted by Ryan Seacrest. As of 2010, the daily morning radio show airs on Los Angeles top 40 station KIIS-FM and was launched at the same time as the television show with the same name, although Seacrest had hosted a...

, saying it "is about several celebrities coming together and building a restaurant, and working in it, and kind of figuring out the in’s and outs of the restaurant business, and how to be successful in it."

Contestants

Contestant	Age	Known for
Ashley Dupre	25	New York Post New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions... sex columnist/call girl of New York governor Eliot Spitzer Eliot Spitzer Eliot Laurence Spitzer is an American lawyer, former Democratic Party politician, and political commentator. He was the co-host of In the Arena, a talk-show and punditry forum broadcast on CNN until CNN cancelled his show in July of 2011...
DJ Paul DJ Paul Paul Beauregard, better known by his stage name DJ Paul, is an American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee. He is one half of the current Memphis-based rap group Three 6 Mafia. He is also the half brother of former Three 6 Mafia member Lord Infamous. He won an Academy Award for Best...	34/35	Three 6 Mafia Three 6 Mafia Three 6 Mafia are an Academy Award-winning, American rap group originating from Memphis, Tennessee. Formed in 1991 as Triple 6 Mafia, by DJ Paul, Juicy J, & Lord Infamous, the group at its most featured six members including; Crunchy Black, Gangsta Boo and Koopsta Knicca...  rap group member
Juicy J Juicy J Jordan Michael Houston, better known by his stage name Juicy J is an Academy Award winning American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee and is the co-founder and a member of the duo Three 6 Mafia . He is also the younger brother of Project Pat...	36	Three 6 Mafia Three 6 Mafia Three 6 Mafia are an Academy Award-winning, American rap group originating from Memphis, Tennessee. Formed in 1991 as Triple 6 Mafia, by DJ Paul, Juicy J, & Lord Infamous, the group at its most featured six members including; Crunchy Black, Gangsta Boo and Koopsta Knicca...  rap group member
Heidi Montag Heidi Montag Heidi Blair Pratt is an American media personality and singer. She came to prominence with her starring role on the MTV reality series The Hills from 2006 to 2010. Montag has also appeared on I'm a Celebrity.....	24	Cast member of The Hills The Hills The Hills is a reality television series which originally aired on MTV from May 31, 2006 until July 13, 2010. The show uses a reality television format, following the personal lives of several young adults living in Los Angeles, California, but tends towards a narrative format more commonly found...
Jake Pavelka Jake Pavelka Jacob Lynn "Jake" Pavelka is an American pilot who appeared on four reality TV programs, most notably The Bachelor.- Early life and career :...	33	Contestant on The Bachelorette The Bachelorette The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors... and The Bachelor during the 14th season
Vincent Pastore Vincent Pastore Vincent Pastore is an Italian-American actor, often cast as a mobster and best known for the role of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on The Sopranos.-Early life:...	64	Cast member of The Sopranos The Sopranos The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
Danielle Staub Danielle Staub Danielle Staub is an American television personality, author, singer, and adult performer best known for her appearance on the Bravo reality series Real Housewives of New Jersey....	48	Former cast member of The Real Housewives of New Jersey The Real Housewives of New Jersey The Real Housewives of New Jersey is a reality television program on the Bravo network which originally followed the lives of five women in and around several upscale communities in Northern New Jersey...

Format

The contestants will work to launch Famous Food, a Hollywood restaurant, with their skills being tested in challenges. At the season's end, the winner will be given a partnership stake in the business.

Episodes

Episode	U.S. Air Date	Rating/Share Nielsen Ratings Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States... (18-49)	Viewers (Millions)
"Fame"	July 10, 2011	0.2	0.43
"Pressure Cooker"	July 17, 2011	0.2	0.43
"A Special Kind of Evil"	July 20, 2011	0.2	0.33
"Spoonfuls of Crap"	July 27, 2011	0.2	0.35
"Call Me the Problem Solver"	August 3, 2011	0.2	0.40
"You Poke the Bear You're Going to Get the Claws"	August 10, 2011	0.2	0.50
"In the Hot Seat"	August 17, 2011	0.2	0.36
"We're From the Street We Don't Play Like That"	August 24, 2011	0.2	0.36
"Putting Out Fires"	August 31, 2011	0.2	0.37
"Then We'll See Who's the MVP"	September 7, 2011	0.3	0.44

Ratings

The show's first two episodes, which aired on July 10 & 17 averaged 0.43 million viewers and a 0.2 rating in adults 18-49, making it the lowest rated VH1

VH1

VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...

show of the season.