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No more Nigel Slater "Simply anything"
"Hoo if you just so happen to to have some off the bone rare breed ham lying around in the fridge, some fresh wild rocket and some tasty fresh chiabatta. Them why not rustle up a simply beautiful whatever".
Jeezus is he an annoying twit or what.
Then comes Nigella Lawson. No matter what you say. Stop trying to make food sound like mummy porn!
Now there's Lorraine Pascale only slightly less up her own ass with regards to food porn but just as annoying.
Saturday Kitchen. The whole thing is not what you want to watch on a Saturday morning where's Swap Shop gone for God sake.
River Cottage Hugh Fernley Twatting stall, Now he's is the king of Food tosspots.
Hopefully his small holding farm has been washed away in the past couple of days.
Jamie Oliver He is like little errant puppy needs a slap but IMHO at least he doesn't go on like he's going to orgasm.
These are in no particular order.
Thank you for reading I just needed to get it off my chest.
No more Nigel Slater "Simply anything"
"Hoo if you just so happen to to have some off the bone rare breed ham lying around in the fridge, some fresh wild rocket and some tasty fresh chiabatta. Them why not rustle up a simply beautiful whatever".
Jeezus is he an annoying twit or what.
Then comes Nigella Lawson. No matter what you say. Stop trying to make food sound like mummy porn!
Now there's Lorraine Pascale only slightly less up her own ass with regards to food porn but just as annoying.
Saturday Kitchen. The whole thing is not what you want to watch on a Saturday morning where's Swap Shop gone for God sake.
River Cottage Hugh Fernley Twatting stall, Now he's is the king of Food tosspots.
Hopefully his small holding farm has been washed away in the past couple of days.
Jamie Oliver He is like little errant puppy needs a slap but IMHO at least he doesn't go on like he's going to orgasm.
These are in no particular order.
Thank you for reading I just needed to get it off my chest.
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Agree with this apart from Nigel Slater. Being a bit of a leftovers cook myself I find him quite inspiring.
I'd like to add Gordon Ramsey to the list, I stopped watching anything with him years ago, rude obnoxious man.
I realise that prices will vary across the country but they could say that they bought their ingredients from the local supermarket in London for £xx but you may find it cheaper where you are...
Haaa Ramsey maybe in the past. However I have not seen him cook anything on tv for while he's more of what I think of as obnoxious loudmouth consultant "Don't do as I do, do as I say"
As for Slater.
It may just be my house hold but when it comes down to left overs. I never seem to have a huge wedge of Roqufort, fresh faver beans and some watercress and a nice piece of haddock just sitting in a fridge like he has.
Also his shopping techniques just nipp to your local wholefood shop where there just happens to be wild bore shank marinated in chateauneuf du pape at source.
Usually left overs in my household is cold mash some dried out ham slices that I left in the fridge opened and some crusts from long life bread the kids won't eat for their packed lunches.
Just grate some parmesan from the the left over block you have into some aborio rice slowly cooked then sprinkle in some of that specialist ham. "Hmmmmmmmm simply delicious". I am sure it is but for us it would be more like this
Fry up that mash add the dried ham slices, toast the crusts and dump it on a plate with some boiled carrots that are just about on the turn.
His left overs are not what I consider left overs.
He was calm, courteous and polite although he did still have some annoying idiosyncrasies such as bouncing up and down (if you see it you'll know what I mean).
I'll be honest, I have not seen him since he started doing those kitchen nightmares series. I will look for his ultimate series somewhere.
Now Kieth Floyd The old drunken soak he was fun to watch.
But I did miss out Anthony Worrell Thompson his recipe for a cheese and wine party started really well
step 1
1st half-hinch the Cheese and Wine.
I really can't see the point in that. You said yourself that prices vary across the country. Also, what about repeats? I have recently seen Keith Floyd and Rick Stein programmes from the 80's and 90's, if they quoted prices they would be totally meaningless now.
Surely it's the recipies that matter and its not too difficult to price ingredients locally.
Sweary chefs - any of them !
Any cook or chef who doesn't give the recipe quantities and when you look them up find you need to buy the £15.99 book about the series to find out the amounts !
Who ever those idiots are on Saturday mornings !
He's quick to show the calorie count and all the kitchen gadgets/equipment needed to magic up this meal for four in no time but it would cost an absolute fortune.
Duck breasts, tuna steaks, lamb racks... even the veg with the asparagus and tenderstem brocolli.
Around here it's £2.50 for a pack of tenderstem/purple sprouting and about £2 for a bunch of asparagus.
There was a show called Take On The Takeaway where the chef had to cook up a takeaway type meal quicker and for less that it cost from the local takeaway.
His assistant had to nip to the local supermarket to buy ingredients and try to keep within budget of the takeaway meal.
On the other hand though there was Daily Cooks Challenge where they split the prices into ingredients used e.g. 25g of butter and 1/2 an egg.
He gave amounts for some ingredients but not others.
e.g. Use 500g of flour then you see him add butter in but not tell you how much.
Ah, so really you just want me to buy the book to get the full recipe.
Jamie Oliver - He seems to have lost the plot with the cost of his ingredients for everyday meals!
Sunday Brunch presenter Tim Lovejoy - I couldn't stand him on fifth gear and can't watch him on this - He grates on me. He tries too hard to come across as a natural presenter, but unfortunately he doesn't.
His leftovers cost more than my weekly feekly food bill. What sort of a plonker buys that sort of stuff randomly?
Though I do find his voice soothing.
Can't stand the Marco Pierre White ads. "WHERE DOES IT COME FROM" he barks at some street trader. "IS IT LOCAL?" without any sort of facial expression.
Ramsey also has an annoying habit of waggling his fingers in front of his mouth when he's describing flavours. It doesn't help.
So you can only be a chef if you have a Michelin star :rolleyes:;)
Jamie Oliver to me is just all about how much money he can make and how many times he can get his face on tv. And both are vast amounts.
degsyhufc hit the nail on the head with some of the ingredients he uses, they aren't in the budgets of everyday people feeding a family of 4 but to a multi-millionaire its merely small change.
Valentine Warner is the worst example of this. And Nigella Lawson's the female equivalent. Greedy cow!!
Glad it's not just me - I loathe that Tim Lovejoy! He spoils the programme IMO!:mad: so that's where I've seen him before -FG.
I'm another who doesn't like Gino d'Campo, Nigella, Lorraine Pascale, that girl in her tiny French Kitchen ( forgotten her name ATM) Georgio Locatelli, Brian Turner, & Antonio Carluccio - he might be considered a legend but don't start me on Floyd.:mad:
I don't mind Jamie - but have to agree with the price of the Ingredients he uses - then there's about two hours prep & washing up to do!
He's still a chef, what difference does a Michelin star make?
Yep, you're right there - hairy bikers are better than chefs IMO.:)