Justin Murphy

@citizenmurphy

The episode of Restaurant: Impossible featuring the remake of a Perinton cafe will air next week on the Food Network — and if the food looks good, some local BOCES students will be partly to thank.

The popular program follows celebrity chef Robert Irvine on whirlwind renovations of struggling restaurants across the country. In September, he and his crew were at Papa C's Eastside Cafe on Macedon Center Road in Perinton.

The show's producers called the culinary program at BOCES' Eastern Monroe Career Center and enlisted teacher Rina Harris and students CJ Artinian, (Rush-Henrietta), Colin O'Malley (Penfield), Jordan Jacobs (Fairport) and Ashley Driscoll (Fairport). They met with Irvine for lunch at the cafe Sept. 5, discussed the new menu and helped prepare some food.

The following day, Artinian and O'Malley returned for an 11-hour shift in the kitchen during the restaurant's grand re-opening, and the students were told they may be on the episode when it airs on the Food Network at 10 p.m. Monday.

"Business has picked up; that's about all I can say right now," said restaurant owner Sal Cimino, who otherwise is prohibited from comment until after the episode is broadcast. "I don't know what it'll be like when the show airs."

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