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Post by ace5150 on Aug 17, 2019 8:20:29 GMT
Ride on Pete. RIP
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 5, 2019 17:43:35 GMT
ANY chef who endorses a product for the kitchen or appears regularly on TV, as far as I'm concerned, has sold out. A chef is a chef who creates food, NOT someone who is interested in making money, prostituting his name on a set of pans. I can allow their cookery books, but gadgets, knives and spice-racks with a name festooned on them for gullible people to buy, thinking it will improve their cooking, is akin to prostitution. I think Ken Hom started it flogging two-bob woks with his name on the handle. Suddenly everyone fancied themselves as a Chinese cuisine expert! It annoys me when people cook Chinese food using sesame oil!!!! Sesame oil should be added to a dish AFTER its been cooked, to enhance the taste with sesame. Amateurs heat it up, and wonder why it tastes burnt! That's Ken Hom and his woks for you!
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 4, 2019 18:55:22 GMT
And two others.....
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 4, 2019 13:05:24 GMT
Pity you've not included the chav baseball cap (in burberry) in your list.
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 4, 2019 11:42:46 GMT
Stetson for my love of Texas Skull cap and Toque for what I wear at work
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 3, 2019 7:54:20 GMT
Reports saying Paul Hollywood dumped by his girlfriend after he tried to get her to sign a gagging clause! #Tosser!
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 2, 2019 18:22:59 GMT
I heard that on the radio and although sad and the beginning of the end of an era with only 5 veterans left, to live to be 100 is a fair old achievement, even more so when you consider what he was doing at the age of 21. RIP Archie Even more so when your life expectancy in the RAF was 6 weeks in WW2 Forever indebted At ease, sir (salutes)
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 29, 2019 18:28:56 GMT
I picked my 3 of Ramsay, Martin and Oliver, the real horrible side of 'Celebrity' Chefs. Would have picked Hollywood, but he is a Baker so for me I couldn't include him as is no chef same applies to Wallace. I would have liked to have seen Dick Nairn in the list and his Irish pal Paul Rankine, two guys who I switch off when I see on the TV, Nairn would turn up at the opening of a bag of crisps if he thought he could get his mug on the TV, despite being an 'entrepreneur' nowadays. I'll never forget watching Nairn on something on TV one day and complaining it was hard for him to cook stuff now as he saw himself as an entrepreneur and not a chef, which if the case why would you agree to go on the Telly? His cook schools up here in Scotland failed and someone gave him a right hander in Aberdeen City centre a couple of years ago as he found him annoying on TV, which I know I shouldn't but I still find that line of defence funny. Nobody has ever to come close to the Keith Floyd shows for me, although I do like a bit of Nigella and I know she is not a cook, but it is not about the food with her and I know I should know better. Ace, your form guide on the list of Chefs was superb, one of the best things I have ever read on the forum. Rankines Canadian wife was well fit. I think she's binned him though.
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 24, 2019 18:18:04 GMT
The Hitcher was fantastic, as was Nighthawks. Remember the beer ads? RIP
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 21, 2019 16:37:07 GMT
You've obviously never worked in a kitchen jno.
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 20, 2019 18:50:29 GMT
A name I remember with his foxy wife, Tennille from the late 1970s. Typical MOR music from mainstream radio stations. Of course, when THIS was played at nightclubs, you rushed to find a lady to dance and smooch with!
At ease, Captain!
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 20, 2019 16:59:27 GMT
Yes a good low down on these Chef types. I voted Rick - an absolute tuss, who according to his son on one of his TV shows: ‘You own a town in Cornwall, don’t you dad?’. Errr, I don’t think so. The last time I went to Padstow about 9 years ago, he owned a fish and chip shop. One of my favourite bits of TV featuring Rick was when as a young chef he appeared on one of Keith Floyd’s cookery programmes. Keith, who was probably drunk, goes on to cut Rick Stein short every two minutes and getting the cameraman to focus on the food and not Rick. He then proceeds to call him Nick throughout the segment. ‘Nick’ did not look happy but instead of simply correcting Keith, just fumed silently to one side Probably wears sandals. I voted Hugh - another middle class little know it all that thinks everyone was born with an organic spoon in their mouth. I’m fed up of this little toff trying to save the world and tell me what I should and should not be doing/eating/hunting/fishing etc etc. If I want you opinion Hugh I’ll f****** beat it out of you, you little prig Almost certainly wears some ‘right on’ hemp sandals and a world peace friendship band. Finally Paul - Absolutely full of himself, arrogant tw*t. Thinks he’s god’s gift. What a ******* w*****. Everything about him is well gay. His chrome hair, orange tan, stupid little beard etc etc He’s the sort of bloke that in 10years time when no one remembers him is likely to get into an argument with someone on minimum wage, in a shop/cafe somewhere, who really couldn’t care less, and then exclaim - ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ Definitely wears flip flops, I’d bet. If I’d had a 4th choice I would have voted for Ace, obviously. Makes sense, I'd have voted for myself as well......you're lucky, I have to work with the ****!
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 20, 2019 16:56:16 GMT
The Hairy Bikers, Dave and Si, decent cooks and decent TV show. Believe it or not, NEITHER are trained, they share a love of cooking and are passionate in their approach. I like these two, even if the Geordie accent from Dave is a notch down from Jimmy Nail, who is also hard to understand! Good set of lads!
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 20, 2019 12:13:42 GMT
Okay, I'm a bit of a specialist with these people, and if anyone is unsure without Google, a quick look at the form guide, so let's go from the top: Marco Pierre White - fantastic body of work, seriously knows his stuff! Proper chef, working 15 hr days was normal to him. Established a genre of cuisine that was years ahead of its time. Unfortunately, his expensive divorces and poor financial advice means he is reduced to flogging Knorr stock cubes on TV, and a stint in Hells Kitchen, bizarrely wearing a tea towel on his head. Overall, NO tosser Mary Berry - Sweet, inoffensive TV chef. No issues with Mary, but she couldn't hack it in a mainstream kitchen being so nice. Overall, NO tosser....unless she's making pancakes! Gordon Ramsay - A protege of Marco, again, a fantastic chef who's volcanic temper was TV gold. However, sold out to ponce about on TV slagging off small restaurants and acting a bully. His desire to be a celebrity hanging out with the Beckham's and the Clooneys is disappointing. Overall, NO tosser! Delia Smith - See Mary Berry. Rick Stein - Seems to think he single handedly salvaged Padstow. Has an enormous sense of self-importance and his TV programmes are cr*p. Really cr*p! Borderline Tosser! Worth a vote. Nigella Lawson - the Charlie snorting buxom cook with the sultry voice, NO tosser, but NO chef either! You can insert your own Benny Hill type comment about tossing elsewhere! Paul Hollywood - A genuine w@nker. Full of himsrlf, commissioned a calendar of himself, NOT in a kitchen, making bread, but riding Peter Fonda style on a Harley Davidson! Tries to be a vicious Simon Cowell type when judging contestants pastry! You can unashamedly vote him as a TOSSER! If I could vote for him three times, I would! Nadiya Hussain - bang average cook, however, ticked ALL the diversity boxes when she appeared and won in Great British Bake Off. Far better contestants in that show looked miffed they'd been mugged off. Not her fault, but she decided she liked the spotlight and brought out books and appears in lightweight cookery shows. Strictly Division 2 skill set. Candidate for a TOSSER! Heston - The mad scientist chef with dog sick flavoured candy floss and the like. Another of Marcos students. Gifted and ambitious, a real risk taker who got it spectacularly right. BUT, he's not moved on from that early promise. However, found out when he tried to revive the Little Chef chain. Out of his depth when confronted to upgrade a British fry-up! Overall, NO tosser Sophie Dahl - When your surname resembles Nepaese lentils, you've got to be good. No, she's not. Gary Rhodes - No issues with Gal, very good chef indeed. No nonsense fayre, but I can see why his Sid Vicious haircut on his TV shows annoyed. But, again, for me, NO tosser! Hugh Double-Barrell - Talks a good game, passionate about his work and CAN do the business. However, his patronising approach and his high-and-mighty delivery makes him a contender as a TOSSER Ace5150 - Feel free to vote this one. A TOSSER in anyone's book! Jamie Oliver - The pub cook who hit the jackpot with his mockney cheeky chappie act. I genuinely believe he DOES care about your kids school dinners, but the Bob Geldof way, i.e. CONSTANTLY ramming it down your throats is very boring. He overlooks key elements with contractors costings and financial restrictions etc, the same way he overlooked his own finances before his Jamie Oliver Kitchens crashed last month. Yes, contender for a TOSSER James Martin - The Yorkshireman who loves Yorkshire so much he moved to Hampshire. A total n0b who thinks he's great. I wrote to Saturday Morning Kitchen asking why he used a blue board (raw fish) to chop salad, and why he never washed his hands between jobs, risking cross contamination. No reply (of course) GENUINE candidate as a TOSSER! Gregg Wallace & John Torrode - Torrode IS good, very good indeed. Knows his stuff. Constantly held back by the bald barrow boy. When I see them, it reminds me of an organ grinder and his monkey. Torrode? NO, Wallace? YES Anthony Worrel Thompson - Like an episode of "where are they now?" AWT has been absent for years, since getting caught robbing cheese from Tesco! Decent chef for the early years of Cookery shows on TV, another who blew his finances (and reputation) on dodgy investment restaurants. Borderline Tosser Ainsley Harriott - The jovial cook who again, hit the jackpot with early cookery shows! Actually, I have no issue with Ainsley, despite his annoying habit of squeezing women closer to him on Ready, Steady, Cook! Other - A few glaring omissions that include; Jean Christoph Novelli and his poncy over pronounced French accent to set housewives heart racing. Two Fat Ladies ( Jennifer Patterson and Clarissa Dickson - Wright) and their revolting habit of wearing nail varnish and rings preparing food, a BIG NO! Nigel Salter, the writer who fancies himself as a chef. Ken Hom who stir fries EVERYTHING, try asking him to make a Sunday roast! I know there's 2 foreigners here, but Torrode is an Aussie, and they're far more famous in our TV screens than their own country! Oh, finally, if ANYONE vote Keith Floyd, they DON'T know chefs!
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 20, 2019 10:22:56 GMT
That's brightened my weekend up! I'll post more soon!
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 10, 2019 18:55:23 GMT
Zed in Men in Black, but ALWAYS Artie in Larry Sanders Show. A great actor and a fine Texan.
RIP Rip.
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 7, 2019 14:03:41 GMT
Wife of Vinnie. Dealt a bad hand in life, and was, apparently, one of the longest living heart transplant patients! Everyone has an opinion on Vinnie, personally, I love him, but he adored Tanya, and I hope she's in a better place, free from pain.
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 6, 2019 17:19:00 GMT
I liked him. He was eccentric and a one off. I remember him slaughtering Caprice in Celebrity Big Brother. TV gold. RIP John
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Post by ace5150 on Jul 4, 2019 15:38:30 GMT
Reportedly shutting down after 67 years! www.cbr.com/mad-magazine-shutting-down-report/?fbclid=IwAR3Lj4DMrEkLtekRIzmtdFhek_syOp-INlsYoqGebnpnNEvpZJ9sjdGtaFMLiving in HK in the 70s, British comics were like gold dust, and when they DID turn up, they'd be 3 months out of date, so I started reading MAD magazine. Admittedly, the Americanism was lost on me, but the parody cartoons of the hit tv and films were excellent. As I got older, and in particular, interested in American culture, I started to "get" the humour a lot more. Not read it in 30+ years, but I do have all the issues on disc, and look at them now and then. RIP Alfred E Neumann
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Post by ace5150 on Jun 15, 2019 13:17:55 GMT
Immense standing in the industry! RIP Franco
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Post by ace5150 on Jun 8, 2019 20:37:08 GMT
Makes you realise you're on borrowed time! Justin was far fitter than me, younger than me and doing a job he adored. RIP Justin
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Post by ace5150 on Jun 8, 2019 9:45:44 GMT
I nearly posted this yesterday, but assumed no-one would have a clue who he was. Sublime piano player, fusing boogie woogie, jazz and rock n roll into one. I first became aware of him guesting with Stevie Ray Vaughan Live at Carnegie Hall. Absolute killer live album. RIP Doc, rest easy and thanks for the music!
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Post by ace5150 on Jun 1, 2019 13:25:01 GMT
That's tragic. Gifted player, wasted at Gunners. RIP JAR
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Post by ace5150 on May 21, 2019 3:37:13 GMT
Legend is used too often when a person of stature passes on, but Niki Laura was a legend for what he went through, to what he became in a sport that takes no prisoners. RIP Niki
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Post by ace5150 on May 19, 2019 17:25:24 GMT
A motor vehicle is a very dangerous thing and can cause carnage when something goes wrong so for me anything which can impair the senses whilst in charge of one of these things should be a huge no, whether drink or drugs, prescription or recreational should all be huge no's for anyone with a modicum of common sense. Smoking and using a mobile at the wheel should also be a huge no. Drink and drug driving should carry an automatic 5 year ban for first offence and a resit of a driving test, a second offence 10 years and a re-sit and third time an automatic prison sentence and a lifetime driving ban. Smokers and Mobile users should lose their license for 1 month for a first offence, no court appearance just a ban issued by the police then if a second one an immediate year and a resit and so on until repeat offenders just lose their license for good. I would also be a supporter of including an IQ test for drivers to show they have an acceptable level of intellegence to obtain a license. I'm all for this, I have a zero tolerance regarding this subject. In fact, some 10 years ago, I got pulled by Warwickshire Police as I'd changed a CD whilst driving. Had a one-way conversation regarding being in total control when driving. Mrs Ace have me another lecture when she got home, another they pull you over for is programming your sat-nav whilst driving, and lighting up whilst driving. Now THAT'S sober, imagine being under the influence and thinking you're in control of a car! I refuse steadfastly to get into a car if the driver has had so much as a sniff of the barmaids apron!
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Post by ace5150 on May 13, 2019 17:27:11 GMT
Always liked Doris Day although her films are very much of their time. Humanitarian with stray cats and dogs in her later years. RIP Ms Day
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Post by ace5150 on May 10, 2019 3:45:33 GMT
RIP Freddie
Have to be honest, I never found him funny at all.
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Post by ace5150 on May 3, 2019 19:08:52 GMT
Totally get that, however, when the fair is advertised with Star Wars characters and their booth/stall is festooned with Star Wars imagery, you'd be a tad annoyed if you get the equivalent of a wet fish slapped across your face! I'd LOVE to attend one of these fairs just to rip the pi$$ out of the has-beens and out of work actors who flog their signature from £15 upwards. It must be pretty demoralising for them as well. However, some like Caroline Munroe who is well known for being lovely and signs stuff for free for her adoring fans. This says quite a lot, I think people have wised up to the high prices charged on top of the NO MERCHANDISE rule. autographica.co.uk
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Post by ace5150 on May 3, 2019 11:50:01 GMT
I posted it elsewhere when someone wanted info on these autograph fairs that did the rounds. Anthony Daniels (C3PO) was even worse to fans. Likened them to 'morons'
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Post by ace5150 on May 3, 2019 10:42:34 GMT
Steadfastly refused to sign ANY Star Wars items at those autograph fairs. He'd sign his promotional photos, but NOTHING of Chewbacca. In the end, he was pulled through the many complaints he had against him.
Anyway, I'm not a fan of Star Wars at all....but still wish him RIP.
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