Who is the best celebrity chef?

[exosculate]

Yes he is

Is he the Queen of Sheba?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Emeril Lagace

 

[maldwyn]

Keith Floyd

 

[Loki]

Emeril Lagasse

Bam! If anyone was wondering who Elzar, the chef who pops up in some episodes of Futurama is a parody of, that's yer man.

 

[catrina]

Bam!

i can't remember if i'm in the most annoying or best category, but emeril is hysterical.

 

[Bomber]

Oh! silly me, I've gone & got cream all over my face !

Nigella, for less than wholesome reasons obviously

 

[Nixon]

i voted for jamie oliver although im not sure why.his italian stuff is good and i like a lot of the ingredients and ideas he uses.

even though he killed them pigs i honestly think gordon ramsey is probably my favourite chef.he knows a lot about the chef industry too which interests me because my dad's a top one.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Eliza Acton - not seen on television however. Mrs Beeton by the way was a fraud. Her books were just compendiums of recipes and methods collected from other cooks.

Who were those mad two fat ladies on a motorbike? They were worth watching but I doubt if I learned any cookery from them.

I used to like Delia when she was younger but that is probably not about cooking though. Madhur Jaffrey was also very watchable because of her charm and personality as well as her recipe ideas. I still do Tandoori Chicken using her method.

I like Hugh FW, Gordon FWord and Rick PadStein equally. I enjoy a good cookery prog because I like cooking.

Gordon Ramsey wants us all to ditch our celebrity cookbooks. I don't agree. I have lots. My most used cookbook is Georgina Horley's Good Food on A Budget a paperback I was given in the 70s (19 not 18 by the way )

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[danny la rouge]

Her books were just compendiums of recipes and methods collected from other cooks.

We know. And she had VD.

But how does that differ from TV chefs?

 

[The Groke]

Has to be Anthony Bourdain, easy.

Closest thing to a "cool" TV chef.
Been around the block.
Taken shit-loads of drugs.
Written 2 great food/travel/Experience books: Kitchen Confidential and a Cooks Tour.
Done same books as TV shows and his Les Halles (his restaurant) cook book is great too.

Mind you - Nigella?

I so would.

And she would feed you cake afterwards.

 

[The Groke]

Who were those mad two fat ladies on a motorbike? They were worth watching but I doubt if I learned any cookery from them.

2 Fat Ladies also rocked - Clarrissa-something-dickenson and the dead one.

 

[madamv]

I love Hugh FW. I want his life. (with him of course)

I also love Nigella.....


*bad thoughts*

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Total letch in the real world allegedly

I can vouch for that...(unfortunately)

 

[Mogden]

Has to be Anthony Bourdain, easy.

Closest thing to a "cool" TV chef.
Been around the block.
Taken shit-loads of drugs.
Written 2 great food/travel/Experience books: Kitchen Confidential and a Cooks Tour.
Done same books as TV shows and his Les Halles (his restaurant) cook book is great too.

Damn right!! Top of the pops. Every time I see a pic of him or see him on the telly, I wanna smoke a pack of Lucky Strikes and saunter round in shades looking mildly hungover, evangelising about weird and wonderful food

 

[Skim]

I want to smoke Luckies and swig beer with Bourdain, too.

He can keep his offal to himself though.

 

[The Groke]

A friend of mine had dinner at Les Halles when he was in NY - A.B was't around though.....

 

[subversplat]

2 Fat Ladies also rocked - Clarrissa-something-dickenson and the dead one.

""?!

I fucking hated the two fat ladies. I wished their motorbike would crash daily.

Sadly it was the slightly less offensive one that died

 

[Badger Kitten]

Fanny Craddock.

 

[Spion]

Has to be Anthony Bourdain, easy.


Closest thing to a "cool" TV chef.
Been around the block.
Taken shit-loads of drugs.
Written 2 great food/travel/Experience books: Kitchen Confidential and a Cooks Tour.
Done same books as TV shows and his Les Halles (his restaurant) cook book is great too.

Mind you - Nigella?

I so would.

And she would feed you cake afterwards.

I can never figure out how he can taste food with all the smoking he does

 

[Loki]

Fanny Craddock.

Little known fact - her parents named her Phyllis Primrose-Peachy

 

[dilute micro]

one of my top all-time favorites. I used to tape his shows. Emeril will grab a beer in his shows but Keith will be near staggering...it's awesome.

 

[Pie 1]

Hugh FW for me. Top food, nice bloke, excellent writer.
Closely folowed by Floyd. I did the pics for a book of his, can be a truly terible cunt - but his cooking's genius.

 

[dilute micro]

not a chef I don't believe but this guy is the best thing to ever happen to food and television.

 

[torquemad]

he tried a ting with me, but that was before he realised who I was

Err, who are you? Are you on 't telly or summat?