Are there any TV chefs/cookery show you DO like?

[The Large One]

Following on from the BINFEST of Keith Floyd's passing, are there any shows either past or present you can be doing with or feel you have learned something from, or just plain enjoy watching?

 

[Titanic]

Yes... Keith Floyd, Anton Mossiman, Antonio Carluccio, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Heston Blumenthal, Nigella Lawson, The Two Fat Ladies, The Hairy Bikers, early Rick Stein, Madhur Jaffrey, Ken Hom and many more.

 

[The Spanish]

Following on from the BINFEST of Keith Floyd's passing, are there any shows either past or present you can be doing with or feel you have learned something from, or just plain enjoy watching?

Anything with HFW. His 'Meat' book is superb too, a decent book to own rather than some stocking filler.

 

[User removed 4]

Following on from the BINFEST of Keith Floyd's passing, are there any shows either past or present you can be doing with or feel you have learned something from, or just plain enjoy watching?

Big cook, Little cook ?

 

[Rusthall Seagull]

Anything with HFW. His 'Meat' book is superb too, a decent book to own rather than some stocking filler.

the locals where he lives HATE him

 

[The Spanish]

the locals where he lives HATE him

Thats f***ing Hampstead for you.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

I quite like "come dine with me" not for the cooking though, for the backstabbing

 

[csider]

the locals where he lives HATE him

Why??

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Anthony Bourdain's stuff is usually excellent.

 

[keaton]

HFW and Rick Stein are by far the best cooks at the moment, and Nigel Slater's ok. Anthony Bourdain is fantastic in a different way but hasn't done much recently, there's not a lot of great cookery shows anymore just a lot of "food porn" as it's called.

 

[Titanic]

the locals where he lives HATE him

Isn't it typical of the British, and a rather loathsome trait, that we 'hate' people who are successful?

 

[aftershavedave]

HFW and Rick Stein are by far the best cooks at the moment, and Nigel Slater's ok. Anthony Bourdain is fantastic in a different way but hasn't done much recently, there's not a lot of great cookery shows anymore just a lot of "food porn" as it's called.

i'd go with that. slater is a much better writer than presenter, as is alastair little. jamie oliver is surprisingly talented i'd say.

 

[User removed 4]

the locals where he lives HATE him

you're mistaken i fear, dont you mean rick stein and the locals in padstow ?

 

[aftershavedave]

the locals where he lives HATE him

i wouldn't go as far as that. friends of mine that live near him say that he's regarded as a bit of a lothario by the locals, a bit of a saddo

 

[Common as Mook]

Big fan of HFW. Also Heston Blumenthal but more because of the weird science shit he does.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

No because I dont cook.

Apart from Pot Noodles.

 

[Man of Harveys]

i wouldn't go as far as that. friends of mine that live near him say that he's regarded as a bit of a lothario by the locals, a bit of a saddo

How can a lothario be a saddo?

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Big cock, Little cock ?

....

 

[Bwian]

Back to original question...

Yes-anything with Ching-He Huang in (she's a girl, not an item on Ming's menu) because TV needs more chinese female cooks.

and

The Thai Way

and

My Greek Kitchen.

 

[Gwylan]

Big fan of HFW. Also Heston Blumenthal but more because of the weird science shit he does.

Ditto. Blumenthal is fascinating to watch but it's not really cookery.

I like the guy who did the seasonal cooking that ended a few weeks ago - Valentine something (even if does look a bit like Tony Towner's Fridge). And I quite like Rick Stein too.

I really dislike any cookery programme that ends with 'guests' coming round for a fake dinner party. They always look like they're just itching to discuss house prices and what part of Tuscany they're going to holiday in... a lot of cookery programmes end that way.