celebrity chefs

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who is your favourite celeberty chef ?

The Hill Billy

Who's yours?

Slaphead07

you wouldn't know him.

Gloomtastic!

For tastiness of his food, it has to be Jamie Oliver but personality-wise, I wouldn't mind sharing a meal and a few pints with Rick Stein.

umop.episdn

Keith Floyd. /thread

Jezek

I'm a celebrity in my own mind.

Apart from that, Tonia Buxton is lovely and digs up original traditional (Cypriot and Greek) recipes as well as developing her own twists on Mediterranean flavours.

aidan24326

I like Richard Corrigan, like his approach to food and not over-complicating.

Credit to Jamie aswell, whatever about his persona (which might be annoying to some) he has made his food and his recipes very accessible while still being interesting and that's why he has been so successful.

HeidiHeidi

Can barely remember him, but I'd have to second Keith Floyd for the sheer personality, and shameless fun (and boozing)!

dudara

Jamie's food always feels like it would be great to eat. But I'd love to meet Simon Hopkinson.

whoops_jimmy

Nigel Slatter can be a bit much on TV but his recipes are very tastey and a little different (Sausage Danish) perfect sunday morning cure

fred funk }{

Like James Martin myself. My other half loves his desserts.

The Hill Billy

Again, Keith Floyd is one of my all-time favourites for his overall passion for quality, simple food & drink, his no-nonsense approach to cooking & general wit. I also have a lot of respect for the Hairy Bikers for somewhat similar reasons.

Jamie & Hugh I like for their passion for good food & their earnest attempts to educate the masses & influence a cultural shift in our approach to eating better food, & food that is produced in a more humane fashion.

Finally, I am an offal-ly big fan of Fergus Henderson & his brand of nose-to-tail eating.

Merkin

Oooh good thread! I like accessible chefs who are great at coming up with delights that you can try at home right away. So Tom Kerridge for really delicious hearty fare, Nigel Slater for new ideas and Rick Stein for fish dishes. I also love Darina Allen because her recipes invariably work, as do recipes from Nevan Maguire, I love how they really promote local and seasonal produce.

At the top end I love Tom Kitchin and Theo Randall, both seem like thoroughly nice guys. I'm also a little bit in love with Raymond Blanc for his enthusiasm.

As for ones I don't like. I cannot abide Hugh Never-Hasfeckall. I find him pompous, self serving and I just have to turn off when I see him, although I do begrudgingly think the whole Fish Fight movement is worthwhile. Not keen on Jamie Oliver either as I think he's got a funny palate although he has vastly improved in recent years.

Arthur Beesley

Michel Roux Jr.

squonk

Merkin wrote: »

As for ones I don't like. I cannot abide Hugh Never-Hasfeckall. I find him pompous, self serving and I just have to turn off when I see him,

I second that! I too find him pompus but I'd also say he'd pick **** up off the gound and eat it if he fancied. I actually feel physically sick watching some of the stuff he does.

How Soon Is Now

Two people im surprised aint been mentioned yet!!

Especially the Scottish one :P

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

As sad as it sounds I like virtually all the celebrity chefs.

My favourite is Jamie Oliver though (as has been mentioned) purely for his accessibility, he gives the best tips that help me with my cooking like saving a cup of pasta water when draining, boiling baby potatoes with garlic or roasting veg under a chicken ect.

Honourable mentions to Neven Maguire, Floyd, Paul Rankin and Antony Worrall Thompson.

stevenmu

Alton Brown's new Youtube videos are brilliant. Especially the 'grilled grilled cheese' and 'champagne saber time'. I'm hoping he does more, especially of the actual cooking ones.

Bateman

Giorgio Locatelli, charm and style incarnate

Seaneh

Gennaro Contaldo is brilliant viewing and his recipes are fantastic, it's easy to see where Jamie learned both his cooking and teaching style from.

I actually find Marco Pierre White's recipes ridiculously easy to follow, every the more technical ones.

Michel Roux Jr. makes the classical french recipes and techniques seem accessible and I enjoy his style of cooking and teaching.

Less "celebrity" (for now, anyway) But I like some of the Youtube chefs like Sorted Food, Food Wishes, Hilah Cooking, not usually very technical or classical dishes but always good viewing, easy to follow and tasty.

whoops_jimmy

Two greedy Italians on bbc feat Gennaro_Contaldo and Antonio_Carluccio is a very good show. The food and scenery of Italy looks stunning

Jellybaby1

I've gone off Jamie as I found his recipes a bit 'laddish' for me but I will be for ever thankful to him for getting the young guys I know into the kitchen. I like Neven, Delia, Mary Berry, and .......darn it I watch them all even though I'm not keen on a lot of them.....Ina, Nigella, Nigel, Hugh, James, Hairy.......haven't watched young Skehan yet though. I lose interest if they use ingredients I can't get in the supermarket.

PLL

I prefer to follow the works of the chefs that are members of the masterchef society.(Not the crap tv show) Very talented and not up their own ass.

Jellybaby1

PLL wrote: »

I prefer to follow the works of the chefs that are members of the masterchef society.(Not the crap tv show) Very talented and not up their own ass.

I understand what you are saying and I'd agree but never get to see the masterchef programmes. I think the whole area of 'celebrity chefs' does have a lot of inflated egos.

I do like Rachel's recipes, its just her TV presentation I think needs adjusting. I'm sorry we don't see Darina any more.

Gloomtastic!

I forgot about Mary Berry. She'd be my adopted Grandmother.

The Hill Billy

PLL wrote: »

I prefer to follow the works of the chefs that are members of the masterchef society.(Not the crap tv show) Very talented and not up their own ass.

Fair enough, but they are not celebrity chefs which is what this thread is about. Are their any Masterchef members that the general public would know well?

rubadub

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Can barely remember him, but I'd have to second Keith Floyd for the sheer personality,

You can still catch glimpses of him on weekend TV, there is a program on in the morning and it shows clips of lots of old programs.

While I find him good & amusing I am often not impressed with the look of the food, could be the 80s TV colouring and plates with nasty garish patterns on them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Kitchen

Almost half the show's length is made up of edited versions of food shows from the BBC archives including, amongst others, MasterChef, Keith Floyd, Antonio Carluccio, Rick Stein and Delia Smith. These elements are used at frequent intervals throughout the show to facilitate clean-up and "resetting" of the studio kitchen.