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Raymond Blanc's The Restaurant

i like spotting all the places in bristol. those guys who were working in budokan (not the winkers) were ace
 
I wonder if he just couldn't deal with people who aren't really disciplined. If he was in the army and he asked someone to do something, they'd do it right away or immediately come back and say why they couldn't. But out in civvie street people just sort of do a half-arsed attempt and then offer half an apology and still expect to get paid.
 
Nigerian couple - don't seem to have a clue
Cocktail tossers - he can't coook
Other two guys - worst front of house ever
Essex couple .... shit there's only four couples left already!!
 
The soldiers are out, and they were doing so well. 22 years in the forces obvisouly fucks you up. :(


What went wrong? I missed the farmers market at the start and then the wife came in and talked all the way through the bit where Raymond kicked them out. What did they do?

Fucking double standards from the wife, I tell you. If I talked through ANY bit on the X-Factor or I'm a celeb, I'd get a right bollocking.
 
What went wrong? I missed the farmers market at the start and then the wife came in and talked all the way through the bit where Raymond kicked them out. What did they do?
Badger (the non-cooking one) basically said he couldn't commit himself 100% to the competition so Raymond said 'Bof, you 'ave to go zhen.'
 
anyone watch this? those idiots trying to open a can with a 6 inch knife! :eek:

:facepalm smilie:
Anybody who can't open a can with a six, or even twelve, inch knife probably shouldn't be in a kitchen. It's a basic skill for when your tin opener has just broken/been thrown out the window.

Anyway, I've not seen this series and I doubt I will, but at least they've fucked off from around here. The Welsh Wtf was just down the road from my then-girlfriend's house :(
 
I only just watched last weeks today and I almost wet myself at the plane!! Poor bastard, I would have dropped it so noone saw it, but at least he tried.

The Battersea Boys' front of house man needs to sort out his attitude but his chef is the best I think. The cocky fucks need to clear off - he hasn't cooked FFS!
I do like the couple, but they are all shit really.
 
i knew two people in this week's episode. i used to work with the guy who sold the cheese to the cocktail guys, and a friend of mine complained about the service in rags to riches :D
 
Fuck that was the most ecrutiatingly cringeworthy thing ever to watch, I bet that Stephen bloke feels like a right tit now. Jesus Christ man just grow a pair of balls and do the fecking thing.

How are cocktail duo still in it? Sliced beetroot with cream ffs! :D
 
Absolute load of cack this year. None of the contestants were any good from the start. The fact that they've ended up with a pair of charmless twats who can't cook and a pair of miserable cunts is hardly surprising but not good tele. At least the token chavs had some human appeal but they obviously didn't fit in with the Brasserie Blanc ethos. Utter bollox all round.
 
WTF, opening a restaurant with someone who can't even make a risotto. Blatant snobbism, whats the point of doing all the tasks if they ignore the results & just pick the people whose personalities they like best.
He may be opening a cocktail bar with them bet it won't be a fine dining eatery.
 
Really it's Raymond Blanc's The Apprentice!!
The clowns that won it can't cook but they can open a cocktail bar with RB's chefs doing some light food and then RB, Sarah etc can cash in on it. The other two would not make real money – just disappear off into ‘middle restaurant land’ along with lots of other restaurants.

Nearly everyone was rubbish this year – look at the quality of some of the chefs on Masterchef, compared to this lot. I feel sorry for say the sous chef who worked in the background in The Summerhouse – actually did all the cooking – but never got any TV credit for it.


I still fancy Sarah tho, she makes me laugh with her bluntness.

As for RB – well I thought he was all about food and quality- not cashing in on current fads (eg cocktails) in the hospitality industry for quick cash. Why would he agree to appear in the same part of the TV screen as any of this lot is beyond me – surely this downplays his professional reputation?!

I once worked in his restaurant - as you saw tonight – as a Kitchen Porter while at uni. Really I wanted a part time job in retail or office work, but stupid recruitment agency sent me there instead. Much academically over qualified and much more lazy and un-enthusiastic than my Polish colleagues.

I recognized some of the chefs featured in the background. Interesting to see they are still there 3 years later.


The joke is not that they can't cook, but alas on us viewers for thinking that we were watching a show to find the best chef - no they were looking for a new business. opportunity.
 
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