BBC2: The Restaurant Series 3
The Contestants: Rebecca & Stephen

Rebecca & Stephen

Rebecca and Stephen are from London.

Married couple Rebecca and Stephen want to serve simple, tasty, traditional British fare that caters for all the family in a smart, clean and colourful restaurant.

The order of the day for the couple is real value for money and a menu providing quality and not quantity.

Stephen has worked for 12 years in the catering industry and is currently catering manager/head chef at a private hospital. Although he designs the menu and works as much as he can in the kitchen he is often tied up doing more administrative duties and this frustrates him as it keeps him away from his primary passion: food.

Rebecca is a former estate agent who loves selling and loves people. Despite having no front of house experience she believes she is the best at sales – and that selling houses is the same as selling food on her husband's menu!

However, though claiming to wear the trousers in their relationship, she also admits that catering is her husband's domain and wants to take a step back now and learn how to bite her tongue!

On the menu would be lamb cutlets, beef and ale pie and sausage and mash.

"If I can do good food, and she sells good food as well as she can sell a bad house, we're both going to be a success!" says Steve.