Just had a look at the website for Brovey Lair (Mike & Tina).
My god, what a pretentious couple. The pictures of them are years out of date and it's all about me, me, me.
Love to see how many people take them up on their offer for special prices after viewing 4 In A Bed . I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.

Blankets and eiderdowns were never cleaned weekly, nor did people expect them to be.

Spotted that on the first or second day and posted to say so twice! I must look at the pics.

PS just looked and found this:

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-51869762.html

and this:

http://www.humberts.com/asset-images.../NOR140025.PDF

Is the big orange/red painting meant to be Tina? The blurb says they've won an award/s and have a Michelin starred restaurant. Have they mentioned that? Clearly, they've taken it off the market. Wonder if they've gone on 4IAB to get publicity to re-sell it?

I hate that staircase. But laminate flooring - isn't that a little housing estate for such a bohemian couple?

Dunno. We have parquet flooring downstairs and quarry tiles in the kitchen. Although we covered the cold (brrrr) quarry tiles with some very posh flooring!

It looks like a swingers party lair, so cheap and tacky.

I agree with you. There have been others that were downright nasty, but they came across as rather sad people and one could pity them. These two are extremely unlikeable.

I think most people do. To me that stuff is just in case you forget your own.

Yesterdays place was stunning inside and out and have warmed to the couple as they do seem nice.

Still want the young lads to win as they are the most honest and normal.

Yes agree, it's a real division this week, four nice enough people, two who are OK(ish) and two who are vile and will hopefully be cringing at home as they watch themselves back. [That said they are so egotistical they will probably view themselves as having done well .. ]. Looking forward to this afternoon, wonder what the sausage argument is all about

I thought it was a lovely place as well- looked very clean and crisp. Although those single beds did look narrower than a normal single- they looked more like the two singles that you push together to make a double. No Wifi I could live with, but no TV is a no no for me though.

Did you all see the disappointment on Tina's face at being taken into such a beautiful room? You could see just how jealous she was of last night's hosts.

Jealousy is seeping out of their pores, particularly Tina's. That pair have done themselves and their business no favours at all this week. I looked at their Facebook page and they say about being on FIAB and to call them for a special overnight rate when the show is finished. Not a chance of a call from me and if I had a booking already, I would be cancelling it. Horrible people who are narrow minded, nasty and so judgemental, they need to look much closer to home before being so critical.

The local paper for Norfolk has an article about Mike and Tina today. Unfortunately I cannot find a link for it yet, otherwise I would put it on here. It is too long to type out.

They are serial self publicists. The article says they have been on ITV Posh Dinners and BBC2 Restaurant in Your Home.

In the article Mike says that "rivalry brewed between Tina and another contestant after Tina was allowed to cook the evening meal for the guests herself, while her competion, a cordon bleu trained chef was not."

Mmmmmmmm. Let's guess who that was then.

But if one was allowed to, and the other not, it just shows how the producers don't play a straight bat.

Even so - there was no need for the snarky comment about Cordon Bleu training made by Tina. People have at least HEARD of that as opposed to whatever qualification Tina claims she has.

It was unfair to not allow comparisons between Tina's cooking at her place and Cheryl's last night..... Especially as Cheryl's is £20 per head cheaper than Tina's - but it was also strange that the lads had to take the others out to a curry house rather than eat in their pub - maybe they only want one "on site" evening meal per week?

Personally, given that Tina's place is seafood orientated - I'm surprised that she was allowed to as not everyone likes seafood/ fish, and the other places would have offered a wider choice of menu..... Then again, presumably Tina insisted on it as she calls herself a restaurant with rooms.......

I absolutely love seafood, and if I was told I had to choose fish or meat for the rest of my life - no contest it would be fish. BUT, I couldn't agree more with CaroUK's post. Tina is truly dreadful, and trying her hardest to publicise their business. Saying that cordon bleu is "so last century" immediately put my hackles up. What a cow! Tina, you have failed miserably!

I just binge-watched the 4 episodes - with efficient use of the Ffwd function, it only took me 45 minutes.

The two men (ie, the two male owners) seem fine and just need a bit more maturity and poise to be very effective owners / managers. And I liked last night's property and hosts - both they and the two guys were what you want hosts to be - pleasant, efficient, available but not appearing to use their guests as 'new best friends'. I think Tina and Mike would be ghastly hosts.

Cordon Bleu is a bit old-fashioned but it is still very well-respected and does still provide a very good grounding in the skills and techniques that turn someone into a professional and knowledgeable cook. I'd be interested to know which of the courses she did. Maybe their website will tell me. The Grand Diplôme is a serious investment qualification at £28,000. That would stick in Tina's nose.

But anyway, I looked at the Bovey Lair website and am still laughing:

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Special price for month of June
8 years at the top, Brovey Lair is officially the best restaurant in Norfolk with a score of 6 in the biblical Good Food Guide, now the UK's best selling dine-out directory.
To celebrate we're offering £30.00 off our B+B price which comprises a garden suite and our legendary tropical Californian/spicy Mexican brunch.
*** We expect a larger than usual number of bookings following the TV broadcasts *** so please call us as soon as you can. And be sure to watch Channel 4 at 5 pm Monday to Friday all next week.

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I like their confidence but suspect it is seriously misplaced. I have a new strapline for their business: Not posh... just pretentious.

Out of interest I Googled cookery schools in the UK and came up with this article - I see that Llanerch Vineyard (4iaB, mousegate, nice guy with dynamic gran, iIrc) has a cookery school now.

Hello!

Michael is so OTT. Has he actually ever acted in anything professionally or is he just saying he's an actor?

Mike says on his FB page .. the producers wanted them to come across as the baddies.

Ok .. So just went to copy it and it has all been deleted. Typical.

I would get out the £1 coins for them to count

£30 under is quite mean. Although seeing what the hosts are like, understandable.

Well Jel. What a prat.

Agree about the single beds. very small.

I don't mind no tv as I read a lot.

Wasn't she just ... awful couple.