The Goggle Box Thread

[Paddingtonwolf]

I think Wareing would be brilliant TV actually. Whenever he has appeared on the show as guest judge the contestants have absolutely shat themselves. It would make cracking TV.

 

[Langers]

Finished season 2 of Game of Thrones last night. I finally start my season 3 box set tonight.

The end of season 2 with the White Walkers making an appearance really is ace.

 

[machin05]

Tom Aikens was good on Great British Menu. Has an "alpha" air about him.

 

[Wombat del combate]

I think Wareing would be brilliant TV actually. Whenever he has appeared on the show as guest judge the contestants have absolutely shat themselves. It would make cracking TV.

As I said earlier, he would be brilliant. He's got the reputation and the putdowns, not to mention the look of a serial killer.

Please, please, please, don't let it be Marco Pierre White.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Raymond Blanc still has a BBC contract from The Restaurant I think. Awesome contacts for getting in great guest judges.

"Think cooking for Marcus Wareing was tough - here is your judge Paul Bocuse, or Alain Robouchon...."

 

[Wombat del combate]

Adria Ferran is twiddling his thumbs at the moment isn't he?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I think he just writes now since he closed El Bulli.

Not sure quite how good his spoken English is, but the bloke is an absolute culinary genius.

 

[Wombat del combate]

How about the guy whose name I forget who made each dish a work of art and caused the runner-up of the pro version to have a meltdown because of his style?

 

[The Bear]

I'd love to see Wareing on there. His put downs are brilliant when he guests.

There's another guy who's been on a few times and is really tough to please as well but I can't think of his name. Similar age as Wareing, thin and looks a bit like Willem Defoe. Not quite as cutting in his remarks but a real perfectionist and taskmaster.

 

[Johnny75]

How about the guy whose name I forget who made each dish a work of art and caused the runner-up of the pro version to have a meltdown because of his style?

Not great if you keep forgetting his name!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Was it Rene Redzepi of Noma? They definitely went over there for one year's final?

Either that or one of the brothers from Caler De San Roca - but their English is no way good enough to pull it off.

 

[Wombat del combate]

Massimo Bottura!

 

[Paul]

Has anyone seen Ludo Lefebvre on 'The Taste', total arse, and you wouldn't tire of punching him in the face

On a personal note, I have seen a fair few professional kitchens (my waist will testify to that), and why anyone would want to work in one is beyond me ??

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Massimo Bottura!

He of the pudding that looks like the plate has been dropped! Bonkers bloke.

 

[Wombat del combate]

Prices not all that bad at his gaff in Modena: Two hundred-odd quid for a nine course tasting menu with paired wines.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I was just looking at the same thing! Om nom nom

 

[Nando]

He's the one with the five stages of parmesan, yeh?

 

[Wombat del combate]

That rings a bell, yes. If not that then a certifiable five stages of lunacy.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Still on the menu, I just checked.

 

[Nando]

Dangerously close to Modena in July. Now to win a few quid...