Who's food would you most like to try?

[escargot]

It's not about who's got the most michelin stars, simply put, it's who's food just seems to 'do' it for you.

My top 5:

1: Hugh Fernley-Whatsit - The man is a legend. I love the seemingly rustic & wholesome style of cooking
2: Rick Stein - Talented seafood chef, beautifully fresh ingredients.
3: Jamie Oliver - Despite the fact that most people consider him a mockney tt, he's certainly got a passion for food.
4: Keith Floyd - The pre-dinner/dinner/after-dinner drinks would make it worthwhile.
5: Nigel Slater - As bedders suggested in another thread, he is a little bit weird when it comes to food. Think, 'old man in a dirty mac rubbing the leg of a 6th former on a bus'. It verges on gross oddity. That said, some of the dishes he cooks just look simply fantastic.

So, who floats your proverbial food boat?

[bint]

All of those, especially Floyd as he adores seafood and I do too (have his fish course recipe book) - add to that Nigella and Delia for their puddings, Heston for his bizarreness, and that couple Guy Grieves & Thomasina whatsit from the Wild Gourmets that was on Sunday nights.

Oh and Richard Mabel the author of Food For Free - although he did an episode with Hugh F-W and even Hugh balked a bit at eating garden snails.....

[grumbledoak]

Raymond Blanc, Heston Blumenthal, and the Roux Brothers are all on my little list for 2008. I've got enough (chefs, not money) for one a month!

[escargot]

bint said:

Heston for his bizarreness

Completely forgot about Bluemental.

Edited by escargot on Monday 11th February 12:33

[bint]

escargot said:

bint said:

Heston for his bizarreness

Completely forgot about Bluemental.

Edited by escargot on Monday 11th February 12:33

I had in mind the fish pie with the MP3 player for added eating experience....

[escargot]

Definitely. The guy is a GENIUS.

I keep dropping not so subtle hints to my missus about taking me to the Fat Duck for a Birthday/Christmas/Justcosshelovesme treat.

[Roger645]

Anthony Bourdain, a mate is a critic and reckons his food is worth a try.

[silent k]

Roger645 said:

Anthony Bourdain, a mate is a critic and reckons his food is worth a try.

O/T but have you read his book Kitchen Confidential? I read it a couple of years ago and found it a really good read.

[Fidgits]

escargot said:

bint said:

Heston for his bizarreness

Completely forgot about Bluemental.

Edited by escargot on Monday 11th February 12:33

yeah, i have to say I fancy the Fat Duck (or whatever its called) just for the, erm, weirdness of the food he makes...

[sleep envy]

Fidg - it's worth it especially if you like fois gras

[Cotty]

Gary Rhodes, especially his "Great British Classics" dishes

[grumbledoak]

Cotty said:

Gary Rhodes, especially his "Salted Sea Salt with a Sodium Chloride dressing" dishes

EFA.

His presentation is superb, I agree. But everything tasted of salt.

[Bob the Planner]

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Madhur Jaffrey
Delia Smith
Ken Hom
Antonio Carluccio

All different styles but those 5 would cover my favourites and I think I would learn a lot too looking at the presentation, mixes of dishes and the flavourings.

[sleep envy]

Bob the Planner said:

Antonio Carluccio

he's such a tt, besides Giorgio Locatelli is a better chef IMO

[AlSharpton]

silent k said:

Roger645 said:

Anthony Bourdain, a mate is a critic and reckons his food is worth a try.

O/T but have you read his book Kitchen Confidential? I read it a couple of years ago and found it a really good read.

O/T but his tv show No Reservations is ace as well.

[navier_stokes]

Giorgio Locatelli - supposedly the best Italian chef in Britain. I heard his restaurant is fairly snooty but from what I've read, he's a genuine guy who just cares about great food and his books are some of the best around.

[grumbledoak]

navier_stokes said:

Giorgio Locatelli - supposedly the best Italian chef in Britain. I heard his restaurant is fairly snooty but from what I've read, he's a genuine guy who just cares about great food and his books are some of the best around.

We went recently (tick 1 off the list). It wasn't snooty. He even came out to chat with people and said goodbye to us personally as we left.

[Roger645]

silent k said:

Roger645 said:

Anthony Bourdain, a mate is a critic and reckons his food is worth a try.

O/T but have you read his book Kitchen Confidential? I read it a couple of years ago and found it a really good read.

No, I will look out for it and give it a try.

Thanks

Roger

[jas xjr]

my ex wife worked on a bbc show called hot chefs in the 90's. they had some chefs on showing how to make various dishes. obviously they make more than one so quite often she brought them home. i had a lemon tart made by gary rhodes ,nothing special. a salmon tureen by anthony worrall thompson , gave it to the dog. i know they were showing how to make simple dishes but they were not nice.probably had a few more but its too long ago now

[navier_stokes]

grumbledoak said:

navier_stokes said:

Giorgio Locatelli - supposedly the best Italian chef in Britain. I heard his restaurant is fairly snooty but from what I've read, he's a genuine guy who just cares about great food and his books are some of the best around.

We went recently (tick 1 off the list). It wasn't snooty. He even came out to chat with people and said goodbye to us personally as we left.

Might have to check it out sometime! What sort of prices did you end up paying and was it worth it?