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

**afters** · 16-09-2009, 16:41

Originally Posted by Man of Harveys

How can a lothario be a saddo?

fair point. i meant a would-be lothario who comes across as a sweaty palmed pervy letch. i'm sure we've all met the type!

**Robbie G** · 16-09-2009, 16:51

I like Rick Stein

**The Spanish** · 16-09-2009, 16:54

Originally Posted by Common as Mook

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

fo shizzle

**Taybha** · 16-09-2009, 16:55

river cottage

**edna krabappel** · 16-09-2009, 16:57

I love Masterchef (usually).

There's a series on at the moment with professional chefs on it (most of whom seem to be a bit crap). Not liking it as much as the normal series as it's just not the same without John Torode. Michel Roux Jr is no doubt a great chef, but he just DOESN'T SHOUT LOUDLY ENOUGH WHEN REVIEWING THE FOOD.

With only Greg Wallace to turn up the volume it's a very quiet series indeed so far.

**The Peanut Roaster** · 16-09-2009, 16:57

I used to fancy Delia Smith

**TRHK** · 16-09-2009, 16:58

Huge Furry Whittingham is a very nice chap, a very good cook and not a bad presenter.
I used to like Rick Stein (who was a Floyd me-too) but I think he's pretty much given up now.
Nigel Slater is a GREAT writer and has an attitude to food I love, but doesn't present so well.
I like the ladies from River Cafe but they haven't been on for a while.
Jamie Oliver's recipes are remarkably reliable - esp those in the Jamie at Home (the garden one).

**Brovion** · 16-09-2009, 17:14

Nope, none. I'm not really a foodie, I don't really like anything that doesn't come in a foil container with a side order of garlic naan. (Although occasionally for a change I do like a good burger).

My Mum used to like the Galloping Gourmet (Graham Kerr I think he was), a TV chef back in the 1970s.

**The Large One** · 16-09-2009, 17:28

I rather like Economy Gastronomy at present - at least the presenters.

The guests can often be a bit numptyish.

**Common as Mook** · 16-09-2009, 17:31

Originally Posted by The Spanish

fo shizzle

ma nizzle.

**skipper734** · 16-09-2009, 18:46

The only one worth wasting part of your life watching is Nigella. But I am not interested in the cooking.

**The Antikythera Mechanism** · 16-09-2009, 19:05

The "Original" TV Chef - Philip Harben. Although too young to see his shows, I have bought some of his cookery books to add to my collection.

There seems to be more than a passing resemblance to AWT

**Superphil** · 16-09-2009, 19:08

HFW is a something of a legend to me, really got me into thinking about my food, where it comes from, what its impact is on the environment and that. To those ends I am now a champion of free range, organic and local produce, not that I wasn't before, but he gives such good encouragement that I now rarely buy from supermakrets, or choose imported fruit and veg, certainly never buy battery farmed meat, and I avoid anything coming for far far away, NZ, etc.

Now, it might seem a little ironic that I also love to cook asian food, and Rick Steins latest book is excellent (as was the TV series). I buy pretty much everything I can from local sources, there are many British suppliers of chillis, lemongrass, and other herbs etc, but things like Coconuts, rice, and other such exotic items I have to admit to buying imported.

On balance, those two TV cooks are probably my favourites, but I do have somewhere in excess of 300 cookery books, all styles, written by all sorts, and from all ages, I buy them when abroad, or travelling around, and always get something for an Xmus pressie. Hoping to do one of HFW courses sometime.

**little al** · 16-09-2009, 19:25

I like Come Dine With Me, and anything with Ramsay. My favourite though is Something For The Weekend. My picture was on there along with Mrs little al.

**Herm** · 16-09-2009, 19:36

Indie Dan & Sammy G are two of my favourites...

Cook Off Or Fook Off 1 comng soon!

**blue and white army** · 16-09-2009, 19:39

Originally Posted by little al

I like Come Dine With Me, and anything with Ramsay. My favourite though is Something For The Weekend. My picture was on there along with Mrs little al.

Brother and Sister how sweet

**looney** · 16-09-2009, 19:53

Gary Rhodes is a knobhead but he cooks the food i want to eat, so does that fat irish tink, and stien.

Ramseys kitchen knightmares are good veiwing to see the kind of idiots running their own businesses.

The rest can piss right of imo.

**MacKenzie** · 16-09-2009, 20:01

Rusty Lee and Fanny Craddock

**Stat Brother** · 16-09-2009, 20:02

Another call for my hero Nigel Slater.
His 'meal of my life', or whatever, programmes were excellent.
But as stated he writes better than he presents.

Hugh's enjoyable mainly due to my being a 'local by marriage' of his, and my new found love of all things West Dorset.