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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 barrythebook on Aug 5, 2019 19:10:27 GMT
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 I agree. It was like having a pair of Kevin Kegan football boots or a Steve Davis snooker cue when we were kids. Didn't make any difference whatsoever, you could either play or you couldn't.
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Post by barrythebook on Aug 5, 2019 19:21:53 GMT
I voted Hollywood and Stein. Hollywood just seems more interested in his personal profile than the food he's judging/cooking but I've no idea how talented he actually is. Rick Stein has never impressed me as a Chef. With the exception of simple sauces, he only ever seems to cook individual ingredients and arrange them on a plate. He doesn't seem to create a complicated dish from scratch. He's made an extremely decent living out of it all though through the people who flock to his outlets and are happy to pay silly money for what they get. I'm sure that some of them actually think Rick is in the kitchen cooking. If I were Cornish I’d find much to be insulted by Rick Stein. I think he’s exactly the sort of individual you wouldn’t want in your county. I don't like him but he has drawn in tens of thousands of gullible fools to spend their money in the county over the years which has to be a good thing.
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Post by daz on Aug 5, 2019 19:26:21 GMT
The first thing that you stumbled across in the Jamie Oliver restaurant was all the tat with his name on it.
Sadly there are many, many people who lap it up and actually think it is a better product because it has the name of a chef on it.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 5, 2019 19:52:10 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! I quite like the idea of a Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall punch bag.
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Post by barrythebook on Aug 6, 2019 19:36:58 GMT
Ho ho!!! What a complete and utter prize tosser he is... www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/paul-hollywood-brands-ex-lover-18830656Frankly, they are both as bad as each other. He dumped his wife for a tart young enough to be his daughter and enjoyed showing her off to anyone and everyone with eyes in their head. And she was obviously painfully aware of her station in life and sought to turn herself into a (very minor) celebrity by courting and indulging the whims of a silly old white haired fool who loves himself. ….and it looks like she's succeeded to a point fc. She's been on the front page of the tabloids for the last four days! Pathetic! Surely there's more important and worthy news in the world than these sad tossers' love life?
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 25, 2019 8:42:16 GMT
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Post by daz on Aug 25, 2019 12:58:58 GMT
Olivers food places were shyte, utter garbage. More fixated about selling Jamie branded tat than the quality of the food it served.
He was also selling Italian food which was and still is a saturated market anyway.
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Post by ace5150 on Aug 25, 2019 13:10:38 GMT
Olivers food places were shyte, utter garbage. More fixated about selling Jamie branded tat than the quality of the food it served. He was also selling Italian food which was and still is a saturated market anyway. Lots of mug punters visited it in the hope Jamie was in residence and cooking for them!
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Post by Arch Stanton on Aug 26, 2019 8:13:20 GMT
I think Marco is right but having a rather childish dig here.
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on Sept 3, 2019 20:38:17 GMT
I voted for Jamie Oliver. I do watch his programmes sometimes and they are entertaining. But he is annoying. Maybe it is part of his tv persona, or because he is just a complete berk.
I do like Rick Stein, although as Keith Floyd said to him "you stole my act", which he did with Floyd's old producer.
The Hairy Bikers should be really annoying but they are great with a variety of good shows.
Delia Smith made some wonderful shows - apart from her last one where she showed people how to cheat by using a jar of pasta sauce!
I don't watch Bake off but watched some of Hollywood's shows on the Food Network and he is bearable. He has a very crazy private life.
I saw Gregg Wallace at Whitstable train station. He looked like he was about 4 foot tall. Another one of the endless celebrities who "discovered" Whitstable and ruined a charming town.
Niger Slater is ok, but a bit too poncey. Also I'm sure he makes up things - "I used to take a bourbon cream into the woods when I was young and savour it for hours" etc.
Keith Floyd is the best - I watch his shows all the time. In his last tv appearance he was asked what he thought about tv chefs. He said "they are all c****!". So maybe Keith was right.
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Post by fordcapri on Sept 4, 2019 8:38:59 GMT
Allegedly, Paul Hollywood has been sending begging texts to his ex- (Summer whatever), saying he still loves her, he wants her back and he'll help her in her bid to become a celebrity! I HOPE this is all true! Oh dear! He's already helped her as it is and she's now in a position where she doesn't need the old fool anymore. Can't he see that? And begging an ex to come back never works. (Ahem... apparently). It only drives them further away. And makes you look a complete XXXX. (Apparently.) All in all, yet more apparent proof that Paul Hollywood is indeed... the Biggest Tosser.
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Post by daz on Sept 4, 2019 17:55:48 GMT
I read that Ready Steady Cook is making a comeback so we had better brace ourselves for a new breed of celebrity chef coming to our screens soon.
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Post by thecraftyleek on Sept 4, 2019 19:22:14 GMT
Celebrity Masterchef - yes, I saw it. I nearly had a cardiac arrest. The Bald Grocer with Strictly Come Dancing music. Could television sink any lower? It's down there with the sea urchins right now, scratching the bottom. Bring on the weekend. At least I can watch some football.
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Post by barrythebook on Sept 4, 2019 20:41:20 GMT
I voted for Jamie Oliver. Keith Floyd is the best - I watch his shows all the time. In his last tv appearance he was asked what he thought about tv chefs. He said "they are all c****!". So maybe Keith was right. He also replied something along the lines of, "TV Chefs! You know what Chef means? Chef de Cuisine,Chief of the kitchen! They're not Chefs, they're cooks." I'm sure I read somewhere that on the strength of this statement, Jamie Oliver didn't attend KF's funeral.
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Post by ace5150 on Oct 3, 2019 18:42:28 GMT
Just for Barry......and others who voted for the mockney pub cook.....
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Post by daz on Oct 3, 2019 19:18:10 GMT
I'm not even sure if he is a chef, but that annoying **** Gino G'Acampo. I saw him on an advert the other night for Iceland and his own frozen food range just like his Mama used to make.
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Post by ace5150 on Oct 4, 2019 17:50:20 GMT
Mrs Ace tells me he killed and ate a rat on "I'm a Celebrity......" is this true?
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Post by daz on Oct 4, 2019 21:24:57 GMT
D'Acampo ate a rat?? Jeez I don't think there is anything he wouldn't do to get his mug on the TV.
I do wonder if these guys remember that they are Chefs or glorified cooks, I think the Keith Floyd quote from someone above sums most of them up perfectly.
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Post by I used to think I was a parrot on May 23, 2020 0:19:43 GMT
They are from New Zealand, but the other day I remembered Hudson and Halls who made some shows for the BBC in the late 80s. They were fun, although there was a sad end to their lives.
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Post by harryshand on May 23, 2020 9:44:55 GMT
I voted for Hollywood too as he comes across as someone who would happily eat themselves if they were made of chocolate or in his case a nice buttery brioche. I don’t class him as a chef though, just a baker who got lucky with the Bake Off gig.
I’ve met a few chefs over the years and have respect for all of them, it’s a tough job that you have to do for the love of it because the pay isn’t great and the hours insane.
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Post by plasticpenguin on May 23, 2020 22:15:15 GMT
The hairy bikers really pee me off. Especially the little geezer. All he seems to keep banging on about is his gaff in France.
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Post by jno on May 24, 2020 14:53:10 GMT
The hairy bikers really pee me off. Especially the little geezer. All he seems to keep banging on about is his gaff in France. Banging on about something gets on your nerves PP? It could be worse, he could be banging on his saucepan while he's doing it. I wonder how many people actually cook anything these celebrity chefs actually show us!
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Post by plasticpenguin on May 24, 2020 23:05:07 GMT
The hairy bikers really pee me off. Especially the little geezer. All he seems to keep banging on about is his gaff in France. Banging on about something gets on your nerves PP? It could be worse, he could be banging on his saucepan while he's doing it. I wonder how many people actually cook anything these celebrity chefs actually show us! More the point: Would you eat anything they cook? The long hair, beards...
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Post by jno on May 25, 2020 3:52:58 GMT
Banging on about something gets on your nerves PP? It could be worse, he could be banging on his saucepan while he's doing it. I wonder how many people actually cook anything these celebrity chefs actually show us! More the point: Would you eat anything they cook? The long hair, beards... Without wanting to be beardist, that's a very good point pp. Father Christmas has a beard though, and we're happy to take what he brings us. That said, he never seems to bring a Sunday roast down or a casserole down the chimney.
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Post by plasticpenguin on May 25, 2020 10:26:52 GMT
More the point: Would you eat anything they cook? The long hair, beards... Without wanting to be beardist, that's a very good point pp. Father Christmas has a beard though, and we're happy to take what he brings us. That said, he never seems to bring a Sunday roast down or a casserole down the chimney. I'm not anti beard or beardist... but Santa is a good example. If he did bring a casserole down the chimney he'd say the black was his char-grill version.
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Post by jno on May 29, 2023 10:35:16 GMT
Greg Wallace has quit 'Inside The Factory' after offending female workers. Gregg Wallace quit Inside The Factory after 'offending factory staff' Link: mol.im/a/12135521
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Post by billymedhurst on May 30, 2023 21:47:36 GMT
Haha, nice one, shame only three votes, I could have voted for ten. At the other end of the scale, I would not vote for Keith Floyd (RIP) top bloke. Always watched him, he was so funny. And also a Stranglers fan. ISTR he was interviewed for Strangled magazine, possibly by Hugh Cornwell, in the mid 80s. Great guy. **EDIT here it is, if you want to read it. archive.org/details/strangled-vol-2-no-27-1988-03/page/8/mode/2upI would have voted for Mary Berry, bloody annoying old biddy; why doesn't she do the decent thing and retire to Eastbourne. And she gets a flippin Damehood for baking a few cakes. My mum used to bake cakes, can she have a Damehood too ?? Wallace and Torode - how on earth did Torode pull Lisa Faulkner ? Gordon Bennett !!! Well, you know what they say, women are only interested in three things; the size of your c¤ck, the size of your car, and the size of your wallet - but not necessarily in that order...and I bet JT has got a massive one. Wallet, I mean. And he's still got his 'curtains' barnet from the early 90s ! Well, I suppose it's still 1987 in Australia; they've all still got mullets and listen to John Farnham.... And whenever I see the bald twit - I always imagine Captain Mainwaring remarking (about Hodges) "The man's a greengrocer"
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Post by simon316 on Oct 18, 2023 19:45:46 GMT
Today's DM is all about celebrity chefs and the ones you cannot stand. These days it seems no matter what channel you try to surf to, you just cannot escape these endless cooking competitions or shows pretending to be about cooking when they aren't. In fact I can't remember the last time I watched a cookery programme that actually taught me how to cook something. It's not about the food these days, it's all about who you are and how big a 'personality' you are.. But some of those celebrity chefs get right up your nose, don't they? Some right arrogant great British toss offs, make no mistake. Some of these might have talent in abundance as chefs but with personalities about as appealing as last week's road kill. So this DM asks: Who Are The Biggest Tossers Out Of These UK Celebrity Chefs. Which ones really rattle your pans? It's a 3 course meal, so get picking 3 choices. As suggested by: Arch & Ace.Possibly the best pic on the forum...
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