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Post by linseed on Mar 31, 2022 8:30:08 GMT
On tonight at 9 pm - is anyone going to be watching this? It looks like The Apprentice with food.
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Post by marion on Mar 31, 2022 9:15:08 GMT
I am going to try one episode and if it’s no good then it will be binned. All this jumping into the sea nonsense is putting me off for a start. I can’t swim so does that mean he wouldn’t employ me? Or would I have to walk over hot coals instead?
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Post by sootycat on Mar 31, 2022 10:40:19 GMT
Won't be watching this as I can't stand the bloke.
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Post by bidiein on Mar 31, 2022 18:17:58 GMT
Nor can I. I am amazed by the BBC's determination to find something for this has-been to present. The whole yelling/swearing/humiliating 'style' of presenting may have been novel in the 90s but I think we have ALL moved on from it (Jeremy Kyle for example).
Michel Roux jnr famously said that if a chef is shouting and swearing HE/SHE has lost control, not his staff.
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Post by sleepyp on Mar 31, 2022 18:21:11 GMT
Hadn’t heard about jumping in the sea!  No, I can’t face watching him either. How come he’s got away with his sort of behaviour for so long? |
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Post by Miranda on Mar 31, 2022 19:42:38 GMT
What's jumping in the sea got to do with being able to cook well? Sounds a load of nonsense. And TBH, I'm also not keen on the fella. Like you said, Bidie, that schtick is old.
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Post by bidiein on Mar 31, 2022 20:00:38 GMT
I remember discussing his programmes with one of the lawyers where I worked. They enjoyed the show but agreed that he would not have a leg to stand on at an industrial tribunal. That was 20 years ago. Society has moved on. I feel his attitude will come over as dated and unacceptable.
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Post by Miranda on Mar 31, 2022 20:13:10 GMT
His daughter's show is really popular. I wonder if she's threatened to go elsewhere if they don't find something for him?
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Post by bidiein on Apr 1, 2022 7:15:05 GMT
Maybe. She seems really sweet.
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Post by pandaeyes on Apr 1, 2022 10:33:12 GMT
Watching the trailers was enough for me. Can't stand Gordon. He's got enough shows on other channels.
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Post by Miranda on Apr 1, 2022 10:51:13 GMT
I just can't think of any other reason why the BBC are bothering with him
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Post by linseed on Apr 1, 2022 12:57:23 GMT
It was better than the Apprentice, at least they are all chefs in their own right. I may keep watching
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Post by bidiein on Apr 1, 2022 14:07:42 GMT
If you have to have stupid things like "jump off a cliff to prove your ability to cope with stress" you clearly have a very, very lame format. These contestants are pro chefs - yet t he Beeb want them to jump through hoops to make this entertaining.
Pity they signed up. I wonder how many declined when they realised what would be expected of them.
Coming next week - make souffles at the border with Russian and Ukraine...
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Post by marion on Apr 1, 2022 14:41:31 GMT
I didn’t find it too bad! The biggest shock was that Gordon wasn’t the most obnoxious person in it. I didn’t like some of the contestants much (like the vegan who kept on at Bola, and the guy who sulked because they wouldn’t do curry) but on the whole I thought it worked quite well. And the equivalent of the boardroom, so the restaurant, benefitted from being one to one with Gordon so we didn’t get the usual screaming rows! I shall keep it on series record. Some things were funny…. A forty minute wait for a cheese toastie with Gordon telling them he could go to Tesco, buy a Breville and cook his own in that time. Nothing looked very appetising to me.
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Post by cakewalk44 on Apr 1, 2022 19:32:52 GMT
Yes, I quite enjoyed it, although it did have very strong strains of the Apprentice. I'll probably stick with it (the sulky curry guy did make me chuckle!)
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Anymore to come?
