Whale spoke on his radio show this afternoon about his experience of being a diner at the Hell's Kitchen restaurant.

Interestingly, he revealed that the joint has no licence to sell alcohol on the premises, so gets round that legal technicality by providing it free and in copious quantities to those 'customers' willing to imbibe. He also said that some elderly thespian had apparently overindulged to such a degree on the 'sauce' on a previous show that the old fellow had to be carried out the restaurant.

Whale went on to say his starter (some sort of ham thing) tasted like plastic and that his main course of spag bol was disgusting, with the spaghetti being a glutenous mess. He also said his wife had been ill after returning home from the meal.

In positive terms, Whale said the waiters/resses were excellent and the food on his previous visit cooked by Ramsay etc was very good.

Suffice to say; Whale's remarks only re-inforced my view that much of what we see on this second series is pure and utter sham and that some of the contestants' culinary skills would appear to be extended in warming up a tin of Heinz baked beans to the right temperature let alone in producing decent food for a top class establishment.
Last edited by Luca : 24-04-2005 at 20:56

I cant believe JC gave that spaghetti Bolognese 9/10! It looked pants! Gary's one at least looked nice.

Aye, free drink, free food, who can complain? no one. It shows you one thing, there are always... ALWAYS... celebs who are so desperate for attention that they will want to attend something like this.

or has beens desperate willing to turn up to add a few minutes diatribe to their radio presentation.

A pity I can still see his shirt.

The elderly thespian being helped out was Nadia Sawalhas dad.

Wrong! He was Saeed Jaffrey, ex-husband of Madhur Jaffrey ( actress/indian cookery expert). The last time I saw Saeed Jaffrey was in Coronation Steet although he is indeed one of the most accomplished thespians both on stage , films, and tv.

Yes, I just realised that and came back to apologise to Mr Sawalha. I am very sorry. I really must think before I post anything in future.

Is Madhur Jaffrey still "so particular"?

Hello? Angus Deyton has said about a hundred times that the restuarant is free.

Some people will make a cover up out of anything.

He was, as I think I remember correctly "allegedly" sacked from Corrie (he was Vikram's and the "unigirl" daughter who helped run t'corner shop dad ) - because he regularly imbibed too much of the "falling down" type of sauce and inevitably turned up far too inebriated to act his role


and it is "alleged" that that is why Madhur Jaffray (she of the marvellous cooking sauces ) divorced him.


I now await the writs etc

I meant 'serve'. I do beg your pudding, madam. Have a glass of Pomagne (free one) on me.

That was the only show I've seen this series and I could not believe JCN's praise for that spag bol.

SPAG BOL???!

It didn't even look like nice spag bol.

No decent chef would ever serve pasta without at least a bit of sauce or oil mixed through it, because naked pasta goes cold and sticky in seconds (hence the gelatinous mess that Whale talked about).

As for the grated cheddar on top... God help us.

Was JCN having a laugh? Is there a serious deadpan merchant under that cool exterior?