| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Cho-ku-ri |
MasterChefI'm enjoyed MasterChef last night, but do wonder that just two guys who can't even hold a fork or spoon properly, can judge fairly. They don't even award points that can be totalled and verified. How did these two guys manage to hijack the long running MasterChef program anyway? |
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| bingo |
I don't like the veg guy, I think he's a horrible man. John Torrode on the other hand .......Top bloke......Veg man, don't like him.
I don't think he knows much about cooking anyway, I saw a program the other day when he refused to eat some liver saying it wasn't cooked.........yes you don't have to cook liver all the way, it's not chicken. |
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| Silas |
Agree - why is he even there? | ||
| Jonnyboy |
Because he knows his stuff, he's a self made man who has been growing veg and supplying top restaurants for years.
Gregg Wallace I've seen him eat pink liver, and I've seen both of them reject an underdone steak. |
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| Cho-ku-ri |
Good on him, but can he hold a fork? | ||
| jema |
I find the programme pretty annoying at times, but I think that's as much the fault of the editing and format as it is the judges. | ||
| sean |
Haven't watched it in about twenty years. I always have a vision of most members of downsizer sitting down in the evening and saying "Gosh, I haven't had a good shout at something for ages, I know, I'll watch something on telly." | ||
| LynneA |
Well at least it's not Gary Rhodes anymore - I can watch it now without fear of involuntary TV trashing.
But why do they want people to add salt to everything? |
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| Brownbear |
Because unsalted food is bland and tasteless. |
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| Jonnyboy |
Yes, it's the way he nigella's it into his mouth that I worry about. |
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| bingo |
I used to work for Gary Rhodes. |
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| dougal |
Re: MasterChef
Unfortunately, I saw the programme a few weeks back. Seemed to encapsulate so much of what is crap about "good telly" these days. Celebrity as authority. Encouraging unknown but unusual "characters" to compete in areas beyond their experience in the hope of "drama". And the competition being to win the subjective judgement of the arbiters. Who are seemingly themselves chosen to ape the exaggerated and again subjective opinionation of Clarkson and Cowell. But on a lower budget. As with the rest of the programme. Anyone can be a gladiator, and whether the Emperor's thumb goes up or down depends only on the opinion of the Emperor-for-a-day. Distasteful. |
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| bingo |
We've had this Gregg Wallace spoon conversation before. |
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| bingo |
I don't really watch much tele these days but will be watching Rambo in an american nightmare tonight........brilliant, american restaurants are even worse than some of our worst horrors. | ||
| cab |
What happened to Lloyd Grossman and that nice, quaint show that demonstrated just how posh middle class dinner parties can look? I used to like that for being so completely ludicrous. The current one... I don't get it. I don't get whats meant to be entertaining or interesting about it. | ||
| Jonnyboy |
try three quaterfinalists getting worcestershire sauce and balsamic mixed up on a taste test. Just watching it on iplayer. | ||
| dougal |
Re: MasterChef
Or have we missed the point, and its supposed to be comedy rather than drama? |
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| Jonnyboy |
They don't know what a gurnard is!
Well, I'm certainly entertained. 
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