History Series / HungryInvestors

* BerserkButton: Taffer maintains the exact same ones he has from ''Bar Rescue''. Expect a shouting match once per episode. Additionally, unlike on ''Bar Rescue'', where the chefs are experts brought in just to improve a location, Taffer and Derry are also two of the three ''investors'', meaning during the final decision meeting between the three investors, shouting matches can and do occur over differing views on which location is the better choice.

A [[SpinOff spinoff]] of [[SpikeTV Spike]]'s ''Series/BarRescue'', ''Hungry Investors'' is another "business rescue" reality TV show, hosted by Jon Taffer along with chefs Tiffany Derry, and John Besh. Yes folks, this is indeed yet another copy of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' with two twists to the concept.

* AwesomeButImpractical: A few examples. As pointed out in several cases, some of the food is really good and delicious, but they're food costs are often very high, and eat into the profit margin, such as Outlaw Burger's signature burger. The investors often try to come up with a cheaper or alternative that has a much higher profit margin.

* HopeSpot: Accidentally in "Motha Shuckas," due to one of the owners mishearing Taffer. [[spoiler: He said that they would invest in Neo's, but the owner of Bistro Orleans thought John had said "y'all's," and actually hugged the investors believing that they had chosen him for the investment. You can see how heartbroken the investors were when they had to clarify that they wouldn't be investing in him.]]

* InsufferableGenius: The owner of Outlaw Burgers from "Westbound and Ground" refused to let people customize their orders from what came standard on the burgers, insisting that if they "didn't like it, they shouldn't eat it" or remove the items in question themselves, becoming very belligerent. This despite numerous times the investors have to point out to him that if people have dietary restrictions, such as allergies or religious reasons, the food in question can't come in contact with each other.

* BrilliantButLazy: Sort of. The owner of Tamale Man from "Tacos and Tantrums" claimed he had one of the best tamales in Los Angeles... and the investors agreed. However, he didn't put nearly as much effort into his other food, and he didn't stay open for dinner because he preferred to spend evenings with his friends. [[spoiler: He shaped up in time to get the investment, however.]]

* HopeSpot: Accidentally in "Motha Shuckas," due to one of the owners mishearing Jon Taffer. [[spoiler: He said that they would invest in Neo's, but the owner of Bistro Orleans thought John had said "y'all's," and actually hugged the investors believing that they had chosen him for the investment. You can see how heartbroken the investors were when they had to clarify that they wouldn't be investing in him.]]
* InsufferableGenius: The owner of Outlaw Burgers from "Westbound and Ground" refused to let people customize their orders from what came standard on the burgers, insisting that if they "didn't like it, they shouldn't eat it" or remove the items in question themselves, becoming very belligerent. This despite numerous times the Investors have to point out to him that if people have dietary restrictions, such as allergies or religious reasons, the food in question can't come in contact with each other.

** Besh can have his moments too, often when Taffer and Derry are heaping praise on one of the restaurants, while seemingly ignoring a glaring flaw. Often leads to HamToHamCombat between him and Taffer during the final Investment decision meetings.

** [[spoiler: John from "Sake Bombed" apparently didn't realize that the money from the investors would come with strings attached, an RageQuit right before the final presentation. As a result, they didn't get the investmet.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: Elements' owner from "Diva Las Vegas" chose to insult the investors, rather than answer their questions and criticisms about the front of the building during the initial meeting. [[spoiler: Which utterly destroyed his chances of getting the investment right from the get go.]]
** John from the episode of "Sake Bombed". [[spoiler: The show is called Hungry '''Investors''', getting an investor means there is always going to be strings attached so that the investors get a positive return on their investment. But sadly, it seems John figured this was just a [[WrongGenreSavvy Reality tv show with a simple cash prize at the end]], and that he'd be given a check to go pay off his debts and buy some new equipment.]]

** John from the episode of "Sake Bombed". The show is called Hungry '''Investors''', getting an investor means there is always going to be strings attached so that the investors get a positive return on their investment. But sadly, it seems John figured this was just a [[WrongGenreSavvy Reality tv show with a simple cash prize at the end]], and that he'd be given a check to go pay off his debts and buy some new equipment.

** The owner of Elements is currently the worst owner seen on the show (though, not quite approaching [[WhatAnIdiot O'Face]] or [[TheyJustDidntCare Headhunters]] levels). How bad was he? [[spoiler: He caused Taffer to walk out from even investing in him ''before the initial meeting was even over''. The fact that he also threatened to call the cops on the entire production team at one point certainly puts didn't help his case.]]

** The owner of Elements is currently the worst owner seen on the show (though again, not nearly approaching [[WhatAnIdiot O'Face]] or [[TheyJustDidntCare Headhunters]] levels). How bad was he? [[spoiler: He caused Taffer to walk out from even investing in him ''before the initial meeting was even over''. The fact that he also threatened to call the cops on the entire production team at one point certainly puts him at Amy's Baking Company and O'Face levels of horribleness.]]

* LazyButBrilliant: Sort of. The owner of Tamale Man from "Tacos and Tantrums" claimed he had one of the best tamales in Los Angeles... and the investors agreed. However, he didn't put nearly as much effort into his other food, and he didn't stay open for dinner because he preferred to spend evenings with his friends. [[spoiler: He shaped up in time to get the investment, however.]]

* HopeSpot: Accidentally in "Motha Shuckas," due to one of the owners mishearing John Taffer. [[spoiler: He said that they would invest in Neo's, but the owner of Bistro Orleans thought John had said "y'all's," and actually hugged the investors believing that they had chosen him for the investment. You can see how heartbroken the investors were when they had to clarify that they wouldn't be investing in him.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The "Sake Bombed" episode involving the two Japanese restaurants. One of the chefs from one of the restaurants doesn't so much try to sneak it under the radar, as he instead dances right in front of it, while holding a sign that reads [="U MAD BRO?"=] by showing off a very blatant sexual reference style dish. Needless to say, the investors were outraged.

** The owner of Elements is crown winner here. How bad was he? [[spoiler: He caused Taffer to walk out from even investing in him ''before the initial meeting was even over''. The fact that he also threatened to call the cops on the entire production team at one point certainly puts him at Amy's Baking Company and O'Face levels of horribleness.]]

A [[SpinOff spinoff]] of [[Creator/SpikeTV Spike]]'s ''Series/BarRescue'', ''Hungry Investors'' is another "business rescue" reality TV show, hosted by Jon Taffer along with chefs Tiffany Derry, and John Besh. Yes folks, this is indeed yet another copy of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' with two twists to the concept.

** The owner of Elements is crown winner here. How bad was he? [[spoiler: He causes Taffer to walk out on even investing in him ''before the initial meeting is even over''. The fact that he also threatened to call the cops on the entire production team at one point certainly puts him at Amy's Baking Company and O'Face levels of horribleness.]]
* BerserkButton: Taffer maintains the exact same ones he has from ''Bar Rescue''. Expect a shouting match once per episode. Additionally, unlike on ''Bar Rescue'', where the chefs are experts brought in just to improve a location, Taffer and Derry are also two of the three ''investors'', meaning during the final decision meeting between the three Investors, shouting matches can and do occur over differing views on which location is the better choice.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: "Diva Las Vegas" was this. Two high end styled restaurants tried to compete. The Bistro had cleaning issues, but fixed that, only to reveal the other problem was their slow times wasn't letting the tables be flipped fast enough. In Elements' case, the owner was an arrogant InsufferableGenius who kept on back talking and insulting the investors, and getting angry in the kitchen. End result? The Bistro's owner gets a polite handshake for being a decent guy with a polite "thanks, but no thanks". Elements, on the other hand, gets a much less kinder HaHaHaNo. No one gets the investment.]]

** John Besh can have his moments too, often when Taffer and Derry are heaping praise on one of the restaurants, while seemingly ignoring a glaring flaw. Often leads to HamToHamCombat between him and Taffer during the final Investment decision meetings.

* BadBoss: For the most part, nothing too extreme yet. You have your stubborn bosses, bosses who can't manage and lack communication skills, though nothing on the level seen in ''TVSeries/BarRescue.''

* RedOniBlueOni: John and Ki from "Sake Bombed."

* VitriolicBestBuds: John, the head chef, and Ki, the general manager, from Sake Sushi Bar and Grill in "Sake Bombed." They lean a lot more to the vitriolic side, to the point where the "Best Buds" part seems like an InformedAttribute for much of the episode.

* BadBoss: For the most part, nothing too extreme yet. You have your stubborn bosses, bosses who can't manage and lack communication skills, and all.

* VitriolicBestBuds: John, the head chef, and Ki, the manager, from Sake Sushi Bar and Grill in "Sake Bombed."

* VitriolicBestBuds: The head chef and manager from Sake Sushi Bar and Grill in "Sake Bombed."

* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Chef?]]: "Westbound and Ground", an episode between two Los Angeles burger joints featured Outlaw Burgers. The investors thought the food was good, but there was one major problem. The owner refused to listen to customers dietary requests, such as regarding allergies. As the owner reasoned, "If you can't eat it, then don't". It did not make him look good. [[spoiler: It ended up being one of the major reasons leading to him to lose out on the investment.]]

First off, the show attempts to help out two similar restaurants that are in trouble per episode. Additionally, the two restaurants, both with in the same general area of each other, are also both asking for the hosts to invests in their restaurants for further key upgrades, and only one of them can receive an investment with a better pitch and offer, blending the ''Kitchen Nightmares'' idea, with ''Series/DragonsDen'' or ''[[Series/DragonsDen Shark Tank]]''. The winning restaurant gets the investment, while the losing one gets a handshake and a wish of good luck in the future.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: "Diva Las Vegas" was this. Two high end styled restaurants tried to compete. The Bistro had cleaning issues, but fixed that, only to reveal the other problem was their slow times wasn't letting the tables be flipped fast enough. In Elements' case, the owner was an arrogant InsufferableGenius who kept on back talking and insulting the investors, and getting angry in the kitchen. End result? The Bistro's owner gets a polite handshake for being a decent guy with a polite "Thanks, but no thanks". Elements, on the other hand, gets a much less kinder HaHaHaNo. No one gets the investment.]]

First off, the show attempts to help out two similar restaurants that are in trouble per episode. Additionally, the two locations, both with in the same general area of each other, are also both asking for the hosts to invests in their restaurants for further key upgrades, and only one of them can receive an investment with a better pitch and offer, blending the ''Kitchen Nightmares'' idea, with ''Series/DragonsDen'' or ''[[Series/DragonsDen Shark Tank]]''. The winning restaurant gets the investment, while the losing one gets a handshake and a wish of good luck in the future.

A [[SpinOff spinoff]] of [[Creator/SpikeTV Spike]]'s ''Series/BarRescue'', ''Hungry Investors'' is another "Business Rescue" reality TV show, hosted by Jon Taffer along with chefs Tiffany Derry, and John Besh. Yes folks, this is indeed yet another copy of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' with two twists to the concept.

A spin-off of Spike Tv's Series/BarRescue, ''Hungry Investors'' is another "Business Rescue" reality tv show, hosted by Jon Taffer along with chefs Tiffany Derry, and John Besh. Yes folks, this is indeed yet another copy of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' with two twists to the concept.

First off, the show attempts to help out two restaurants that are in trouble per episode. Additionally, the two locations, both with in the same general area as each other, are also both asking for the hosts to invests in their restaurants for further key upgrades, and only one of them can receive an investment with a better pitch and offer, blending the ''Kitchen Nightmares'' idea, with ''Series/DragonsDen'' or ''Shark Tank''. The winning location, get's the investment, the losing location, get's a handshake, and a wish of good luck in the future.

* AwesomeButImpractical: A few in show examples. As pointed out in several cases, some of the food is really good and delicious, but they're food costs are often very high, and eat into the profit margin, such as Outlaw Burger's signature burger. The investors often try to come up with a cheaper or alternative that has a much higher profit margin.

** But the owner of Elements is crown winner here. How bad was he? [[spoiler: He causes Taffer to walk out on even investing in him before the initial meeting is even over! The fact that he also threatened to call the cops on the entire production team at one point certainly puts him at Amy's Baking Company and O'Face levels of horribleness.]]
* BerserkButton: Taffer maintains the exact same ones he has from ''Bar Rescue''. Expect a shouting match once per episode.
** Additionally, unlike on Bar Rescue, where the Chefs are brought in experts just to improve a location, John and Tiffany are also two of the three ''investors'', meaning during the final decision meeting between the three Investors, shouting matches can and do occur over differing views on which location is the better choice.
* BittersweetEnding: For the losing restaurant. While both restaurants do get a few improvements each to their location (such as additional tables, maybe a few pieces of equipment, upgraded Point Of Sales, etc), they don't get the big prize of the investment, often for some really good upgrades they could really use to help them get out of the hole they're in financially.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: "Diva Las Vegas" was this. Two high end styled restaurants tried to compete. The Bistro had cleaning issues, but fixed that, only to reveal the other problem was their slow times wasn't letting the tables be flipped fast enough. Elements, well, the owner was an arrogant InsufferableGenius who kept on back talking and insulting the investors, and getting angry in the kitchen. End result? The Bistro's owner get's a polite handshake for being a decent guy but with a polite "Thanks, but no thanks". Elements instead get's a much less kinder HaHaHaNo. No one gets the investment.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The "Sake Bombed" episode involving the two Japanese restaurants. one of the chefs from one of the restaurants doesn't so much try to sneak it under the radar, as he instead dances right in front of it, while holding a sign that reads [="U MAD BRO?"=] by showing off a very blatant sexual reference style dish. Needless to say, the Investors were outraged.

** John Besh can have his moments too, often when Taffer and Tiffany Derry are heaping praise on one of the locations, and seemingly ignoring a glaring flaw of the location. Often leads to HamToHamCombat between him and Taffer during the final Investment decision meetings.
** The first episode, Brisket Beatdown, featured the Baby Back Shak, whose owner proclaimed himself "the King of BBQ", and played this trope hard. [[spoiler: It actually helped him WIN the investment for that episode as the Investors reasoned that kind of attitude would be great for marketing.]]
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler: Taffer pulls this on Elements during Diva Las Vegas, before he get's done with the initial greeting with the owner. He makes it bluntly clear throughout the episode, he is NOT going to invest into Elements]]
* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Chef?]]: "Westbound and Ground", an episode between two Los Angeles burger joints featured Outlaw Burgers. The Investors thought the food was good, but there was one major problem. The owner refused to listen to customers dietary requests, such as regarding allergies. As the owner reasoned, "If you can't eat it, then don't". It did not make him look good. [[spoiler: It ended up being one of the major reasons leading to him to lose out on the investment.]]

A spin-off of Spike Tv's Series/BarRescue, ''Hungry Investors'' is another "Business Rescue" reality tv show, hosted by Jon Taffer along with chefs Tiffany Derry, and John Besh. Yes folks, this is indeed yet another copy of ''Series/KitchenNightmares'' with two twists to the concept. First off, the show attempts to help out two restaurants that are in trouble per episode. Additionally, the two locations, both with in the same general area as each other, are also both asking for the hosts to invests in their restaurants for further key upgrades, and only one of them can receive an investment with a better pitch and offer, blending the ''Kitchen Nightmares'' idea, with ''Series/DragonsDen'' or ''Shark Tank''. The winning location, get's the investment, the losing location, get's a handshake, and a wish of good luck in the future.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: "Diva Las Vegas" was this. Two high end styled restaurants tried to compete. The Bistro had cleaning issues, but fixed that, only to reveal the other problem was their slow times wasn't letting the tables be flipped fast enough. Elements, well, the owner was an arrogant InsufferableGenius who kept on back talking and insulting the investors, and getting angry in the kitchen. End result? The Bistro's owner get's a polite handshake for being a decent guy but with a polite "Thanks, but no thanks". Elements instead get's told HaHaHaNo. No one gets the investment.]]

* ScrewThisImOutofHere: [[spoiler: Taffer pulls this on Elements during Diva Las Vegas, before he get's done with the initial greeting with the owner. He makes it bluntly clear throughout the episode, he is NOT going to invest into Elements]]

* BadBoss: For the most part, nothing too extreme yet. You have your stubborn bosses, bosses who can't manage and lack communication skills, and all.