Nigel Slater Great British Biscuit..

[FiF]

Caught this the other day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n4jnz

Now I know that Slater seems to be a hate figure for some on here which I've never particularly understood.

Anyway in his discussions with Stuart "Nicey" Payne from http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/

Well I got to wondering if Nicey drives a Saab?

link

Any connection?

Also I agree with Nigel and Stuart, the demise of the Abbey Crunch, a travesty.

[bingybongy]

I don't really hate him but he gives me the creeps, I sometimes actually shudder when he's on telly.

[rsv gone!]

I don't hate him. He has some good recipes for leftovers. It's just that his leftovers usually include 20kg of prime steak or half a dozen unicorn eggs.

[Pferdestarke]

He just minces around too much.

The guy is a talent and a great cook but my word does he faff.

[Colonial]

bingybongy said:

I don't really hate him but he gives me the creeps, I sometimes actually shudder when he's on telly.

I don't get that. He's not a shouty, eager lads lad oi oi mate type, but he is pretty passionate about what he does.

I have a few of his books, and every recipe I have done is perfect - and also a great starting place for further inspiration.

[Mastodon2]

I actually really like his books and tv programs. That he is so into food it's almost perverse just adds a subtle comedy element that livens them up.

[mattdaniels]

bingybongy said:

I don't really hate him but he gives me the creeps,

This.

rsv gone! said:

I don't hate him. He has some good recipes for leftovers. It's just that his leftovers usually include 20kg of prime steak or half a dozen unicorn eggs.

This.

Pferdestarke said:

my word does he faff.

And this.

The way he comes across on his programmes, to me there is something slightly sinister about him. If he was charged with kiddy fiddling I can honestly say I would not be surprised.

[anonymous-user]

I used to enjoy his programs, but I think he's spent too much time watching Nigella and now spends most of his time making out with, rather than making the food.

Simon Hopkinson programs have better recipes without the requirement for a sick bucket whilst watching.

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 14th January 08:11

[rsv gone!]

Bluequay said:

Simon Hopkinson programs have better recipes without the requirement for a sick bucket whilst watching.

He's OK, but do we really need the freeze-frame-panning shots (à la The Matrix) every time he pours anything into the bowl? Seems OTT for a cookery programme.

[Fishtigua]

He get's on my wick too. As said above, the amount of faffing about is so irritating. As soon as he comes on telly, the channel is switched over.

[Davey S2]

bingybongy said:

I don't really hate him but he gives me the creeps, I sometimes actually shudder when he's on telly.

This.

[obob]

Bluequay said:

Simon Hopkinson programs have better recipes without the requirement for a sick bucket whilst watching.

Edited by Bluequay on Tuesday 14th January 08:11

He's worse, has about as much personality as a paper cup.

[Bill Carr]

mattdaniels said:

The way he comes across on his programmes, to me there is something slightly sinister about him. If he was charged with kiddy fiddling I can honestly say I would not be surprised.

Don't be so bloody daft!

[Baryonyx]

I've always enjoyed Slater's work. I got a copy of [i]The Kitchen Diarys Vol. II[/img] for Christmas 2012 and it is a superb read. It's a cookbook so good you could read it in bed, because much of it is dedicated to discussing ingredients, utensils, appetite and the very essence of cooking itself, as much as it is a collection of recipes. I always find his recipes are excellent too; he demands a level of care and attention beyond what the equally admirable Jamie Oliver may ask for but he does so out of love for the ingredients and the end product. Slater seems to take genuine pleasure in elevating good, humble ingredients into superb food.

Some of my cookbooks, like the Annabel Langbein, just go straight on the shelf and never come down!

[berlintaxi]

To be honest, can't stand either of them, but that may be the fault of the directors/producers rather then themselves. The Nigel Slater idyllic lifestyle nonsense gets on my wick, as does the slow mo/freeze frame on the Simon Hopkinson show.

[Pferdestarke]

I believe Slater and Hopkinson's programmes are both produced with some involvement from Peter Gordon, the Kiwi chef who suffered oil burns at a family barbecue when he was a child.

He consults for Air New Zealand, Gourmet Burger Kitchen and runs The Providores.

That explains the overly-complicated editing and slow-mo shots in both.

[Baryonyx]

berlintaxi said:

The Nigel Slater idyllic lifestyle nonsense gets on my wick

Yes, amongst Slater's flowery descriptions is the pervading impression that he has never worked a day in his life. When he's not lazily walking through a farmer's market he's talking of trips to foreign countries where the purpose of the trip was to eat. Then he talks of days when he just can't be arsed (doing what?), so he whips up something quick and easy.

That said, I still like reading his stuff.

[FiF]

So to sum up nobody is bothered about biscuits but prefer to spout irrational bile at someone they don't actually know but based on a directed screen persona.

PistonHeads : being unpleasant tts matters - apparently.

[CAPP0]

I like many of his recipes and cook them regularly, but I'm afraid I have to agree that there is something distinctly strange about him, or at least his TV persona. He's just very very odd - I can quite see where the view of him being "creepy" comes from. Slimy, even?

[drfrank]

I don't mind the chap I just think his cooking isn't to my taste. As with Jamie Oliver his cooking isn't particularly refined and not what I like to eat or cook.