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andy_s

19,400 posts

259 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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Shaw Tarse said:
I'm sure (or I've imagined it) years ago mum used to make burnt(possibly brown) bread ice cream?
Yup - brown bread ice cream was a 'thing' in our house too - bread crumbs & brown sugar.

MiniMan64

16,926 posts

190 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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krunchkin said:
MiniMan64 said:
I really don't like the professional kitchen bits, I understand why they do them but I find them very uninteresting.

I do love how they big up the drama for the service but it's clearly done on some quiet mid-week easy service, there's always plenty of other chefs milling around until the background not up to much.
The restaurant is closed to the public for filming. No one in there is a real punter
Even worse.

And even less of a reason for the "head chef" to be so much of a prick about it!

Funkycoldribena

7,379 posts

154 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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MiniMan64 said:
Even worse.

And even less of a reason for the "head chef" to be so much of a prick about it!
Haven't watched it yet,who was it?

hondafanatic

4,969 posts

201 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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Funkycoldribena said:
MiniMan64 said:
Even worse.

And even less of a reason for the "head chef" to be so much of a prick about it!
Haven't watched it yet,who was it?
The guy is a case of walking thrush. That's all you need to know.

When you think of a chef like Massimo (speeeeling??) you want to work for someone like that... This guy I just want to punch in the face. Repeatedly. About as supportive as a really unsupportive thing.

MrOnTheRopes

1,425 posts

246 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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hondafanatic said:
The guy is a case of walking thrush. That's all you need to know.

When you think of a chef like Massimo (speeeeling??) you want to work for someone like that... This guy I just want to punch in the face. Repeatedly. About as supportive as a really unsupportive thing.
The way he stood there all snooty as they delivered the plates to the pass, and then the pause followed by negative reaction in a really camp voice.
Possibly the most annoying chef I've ever seen on this type of thing.


Turquoise

1,457 posts

97 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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I didn't see the episode, which chef are we talking about?

SGirl

7,918 posts

261 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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Turquoise said:
I didn't see the episode, which chef are we talking about?
Stevie Parle.

Must admit, he got up my nose as well. The way he stood watching as they plated up, then once they presented the plates he was going "not good enough, do it again". Why didn't he just say something when he saw it going wrong?

Anyway, after seeing that burnt milk thing they were putting up as pudding (I'd have put all that burnt stuff in the bin, personally), I think it's fair to say I don't think I'll be hot-footing it to his restaurant any time soon!

MrOnTheRopes

1,425 posts

246 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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SGirl said:
Why didn't he just say something when he saw it going wrong?
Indeed.


krunchkin

2,209 posts

141 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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SGirl said:
Turquoise said:
I didn't see the episode, which chef are we talking about?
Stevie Parle.

Must admit, he got up my nose as well. The way he stood watching as they plated up, then once they presented the plates he was going "not good enough, do it again". Why didn't he just say something when he saw it going wrong?

Anyway, after seeing that burnt milk thing they were putting up as pudding (I'd have put all that burnt stuff in the bin, personally), I think it's fair to say I don't think I'll be hot-footing it to his restaurant any time soon!
As I mentioned. I spent 200+ quid in there just after it opened and had been highly recommended by The Guardian. The waiter insisted we should try the special for the starter - it was the head of one of those Turbots. Literally just the head. It was awful. This was followed by the house special of clay baked whole duck - served red raw and dripping with blood. Avoid the place

Laurel Green

30,779 posts

232 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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Roasted Sprouts are new on me too.

warp9

1,583 posts

197 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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Thought the quality of dishes was well down on the group from last night.

krunchkin

2,209 posts

141 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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Pedro crashing out in spectacular style there. - serving Marcus Wareing fried mushrooms, fried egg and garlic bread!

Laurel Green

30,779 posts

232 months

Thursday 21st April 2016
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krunchkin said:
Pedro crashing out in spectacular style there. - serving Marcus Wareing fried mushrooms, fried egg and garlic bread!
Yep, and thought Marcus's summing up was bang on the money.

Turquoise

1,457 posts

97 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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I used to really dislike Wareing, and although he will never be a MRJ, I've warmed to him a bit after his recent appearances on masterchef and other programmes.

arfursleep

818 posts

104 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Annie's pasta looked to me an insipid and uninspiring plate of food to present to judges so I thought she was going to get caned by the Huey, Luey and Duey but they all loved it, which was great. Much like Wednesday when the girl (name escapes me) served up a dish of visually dull biege trifle that knocked their socks off...

I missed most of the episode so when Pedro served up his mushrooms on toast I assumed he'd had a disaster plating up the main parts of the meal and had to serve what survived...

krunchkin

2,209 posts

141 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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He fell into the classic fashionable idiot routine of trying to sous vide things that have no reason to be sous vided

I.e. An egg

Mind you even it had worked it still would have been egg and mushroom on toast so god knows what he was thinking

Laurel Green

30,779 posts

232 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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One of the girls going tonight?

MiniMan64

16,926 posts

190 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Laurel Green said:
One of the girls going tonight?
Yup, always going to be one of the younger too.

Jack vs Annie to win.

Turquoise

1,457 posts

97 months

Monday 25th April 2016
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Relay invention test?

What a load of cobblers.

Laurel Green

30,779 posts

232 months

Monday 25th April 2016
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Could never see what this test was meant to achieve - can only imagine it's a filler. Blancmange anyone?