THE winners of BBC television show The Restaurant were expected to open the doors of their new business today.

Chef Raymond Blanc picked Jane and Jeremy Hooper to win the competition and run his new eatery.

The couple have had a ten-day intensive training course at Brasserie Blanc, in Walton Street, Oxford, as part of their training.

Royal Marine Corps cook Mr Hooper and his wife, a trainee teacher from Devon, beat eight other couples to win an opportunity to run Eight at the Thatch, in Thame.