He’s a good guy. I probably wouldn’t get along with him, but that’s just different natures.
I would not want to work for him, but he knows his way around in a kitchen.
I think it’s mostly a personality made up for TV. He seems fine. I don’t think I would consider the majority of TV chefs to be the top tier in the culinary world. Not to mention, the definition of the “best” recipe isn’t static. There’s a whole lot of “well how much work do you want to put into it?” and not to mention “are you OK if it has an entire stick of butter in it?”
I think that he is an aspen tree, because of the way he is.
I think he amassed a fortune legitimizing workplace abuse.
- All trash beyond the early European version of kitchen nightmares
- Probably generally fine as he actually started as a decent chef in actual restaurants, but they are very likely not “his” recipes and instead written and maintained by an editorial staff.
- Unfortunately modeled after actual fine dining restaurant chefs from my first hand experience (though things are likely evolving from after the financial collapse forward and the general shift away from fine dining).
It amazes me how many people still don’t realize his asshole schtick is just him playing a character
I understand that but that character is so offputting to me that I simply can’t watch.
Exactly. In the UK version he was not an angry, shouty cunt. That was added for the US show.
It’s as if people think The Rock was actually the heel he played in WWE or the Anthony Hopkins is actually a cannibal who kills and eats people.
Wait. Hold on. Are you telling me THAT one isn’t true?
Watch him on master chef junior and you can see how well he treats the kids and how encouraging he is. Even on master chef he’s a lot less of an asshole vs hotel hell or hells kitchen
His video on how to make eggs has totally changed how I prepare them, now breakfast is my favorite meal. I like his cooking more than his reality TV schtick.
Don’t leave us hanging
Great recipes.
Not a great grilled cheese sandwich chef
After seeing him attempt and fail at making a “fancy grilled cheese” I don’t even know if he’s really a chef or just an actor. What kinda chef uses cheese that doesn’t melt to make a grilled cheese sandwich?!
He owned up to that L in this YouTube video: https://youtu.be/ENhfIeZF_AY?si=
Which is more than Jamie Oliver ever did for that fried rice.
Hayiaa!
You make Uncle Roger ancestors cry
Jamie Oliver should not be allowed within 500 yards of rice.
He yells at people for using thermometers on Hell’s Kitchen. Hey carpenter, how dare you use a nail gun! One of the most useful tools for making sure food is safe and he thinks it makes you less of a chef.
They’re going to be a head chef at one of his restaurants. I don’t think it’s a crazy requirement as so many contestants are able to do it just fine.
It’s taking an important tool out of the tool box for no other reason than his personal bias against them.
You don’t think it’s a metric of competency? I don’t know, I’m not in the restaurant industry but it seemed like a skill to me.
Just because it’s a competency doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use the tools available to you. Should I not use woodworking jigs because I’m competent in cutting dovetails? It makes the job easier and less prone to errors.
Gordon always makes it a point that it’s extremely easy to do, but I genuinely don’t know cooking so I can’t check the veracity.
However, I also can’t check your analogy either because I’m not great at cooking nor woodwork. If it were programming and someone had to use GitHub CoPilot during an interview to do what I considered an easy task then I’d not want to have them at a high level.
Once again, my analogy I’d probably bollocks because I don’t know cooking.
You bring up some good points. I just figure it was a high level competition, but I see where you’re coming from.
I think a better analogy would be if you were interviewing and someone didn’t do simple functionality testing because they were such an awesome coder, what would you think
I think I’m going to agree to disagree.
Have a good one mate.
A British chef? Oxymoron much?
Brits are going to teach the world about FOOD? Do they even know what spices are? Does ANYONE else think BEANS on TOAST is GOOD?
Next we’ll get some Jamaican bobsledders, one-handed clapping, military intelligence and accurate estimates.
Hey! I saw a documentary about those guys one time.
They managed to stay cool running around everywhere.
Ah the british: know how to use spices, built a globe spanning empire to acquire them and stereotypically dont use most of them.
IF you agree to be a toxic, abusive, bullying shit, for ratings,
THEN that is within you, and your nature can’t claim otherwise.
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Yeah, stay away from Anthony Hawkins, you just know he’s a cannibal deep within.
Seriously, it’s 2024 and we still can’t differentiate actors from their roles? WTF?
I like the F Word. Most episodes are on YouTube and it’s far better than his other personas that you’ve probably seen.
It’s all just a character, as others are saying. Uncharted made me feel like he’s bad ass, even if its pretty scripted
