What TV chef suits your cooking?

Burnsy2023 · 1 Oct 2009 at 13:24

I know there are a few cooks on here and I'm curious to know who's cooking best suits your tastes?

Are you a very quirky and experimental Heston Blumenthal?
Are you a lover of healthy, organic and fresh ingredients like Jamie Oliver?
Maybe you're quite refined in your French/British cooking like Gorden Ramsey?
Or maybe you like all the delights of the sea like Rick Stein?

I would say I am normally like Nigel Slater, simple, fresh, quick and honest. Not really restaurant food, and I like it that way. Although I do have my Gordon Ramsey moments.

So what about you?

Burnsy2023 · 1 Oct 2009 at 13:29

Jph said:
The Hairy Bikers (not sure if they are trained chefs?) as they seem to enjoy the eating part more than the making it part

Doesn't matter if they're trained chefs or not. They remind me of the Two Fat Ladies, very rustic and obviously love the eating as much as the cooking. BTW, I think that's a good thing

Burnsy2023 · 1 Oct 2009 at 13:31

Jono said:
I really like that guy whose name escapes me... sounds and looks a bit posh, and he made meringues with lavender...think he called them "fairy ****".

Valentine Warner. His voice annoys me, his cooking less so

Burnsy2023 · 1 Oct 2009 at 13:36

oli collett said:
Most definitely Heston. Although when I don't have time, I resort to some other recipe books

This thread isn't about whether you use their recipes, but more about cooking style and food tastes

Burnsy2023 · 1 Oct 2009 at 14:03

CBJ said:
I enjoy cooking and trying things out, and I've watched quite a few chefs on the TV, but my opinion of all of them tends to gradually deteriorate the more I see of any given one. For example, Jamie Oliver's cooking style appealed initially but it soon became apparent that his idea of "simple" only applies if you've got endless time and/or a team of people to help you.

Actually, excuse me while I rant for a moment. Tearing up basil with your fingers looks good on TV, but try doing it for real and the results are disappointing to say the least. It's fiddly to the point of giving you sore fingers, takes forever to tear up enough of the damned stuff to do anything useful, you often miss bits and end up with long strips that aren't very nice to eat, and the results don't look as pretty and rustic in the flesh as they do on the screen! There, got that out of my system.

Have you seen any Nigel Slater? He's on iPlayer, I think he might be right up your street