A Kid From Queens Dreams Big

Rocco DiSpirito is a kid from Queens who's made good. He's the chef of a three-star Manhattan restaurant, and he has a dream. He wants to open a new restaurant to get back to his Italian American roots. He's even getting his Mom to help him. The problem is he's only got seven weeks to build it and open it - and that usually takes seven months. Rocco begins to search for the ideal location and he encounters pitfalls along the way. He finally finds a space and the PR machine starts to kicks in. Following an announcement on the Today Show, two thousand people show up to interview for jobs. As Rocco trains his new staff, the old space is demolished. The building phase begins and quickly falls behind schedule. With three days left to go, the construction reaches a frenzied pitch, and tempers fray. The looming deadline looks like an impossibility, the staff has not had time to properly train, and the clock keeps ticking. In the frantic last minutes before opening, everyone pitches in. The re

Die Freude über das Ende des Krieges ist bei Gustaf Löwander getrübt, denn das Restaurant seiner Familie konnte den Folgen des jahrelangen Kampfes nicht standhalten. Bei dem Versuch, die finanzielle Misere abzuwenden, droht Gustaf, auf die schiefe Bahn zu geraten. Der Rest der Familie scheint nichts davon zu ahnen. Der junge Calle arbeitet dort seit Neuestem als Küchenhilfe und trifft im Restaurant auf Nina Löwander, die er bei der Friedensfeier am Morgen spontan geküsst hat. (Text: Sat.1 Emotions)