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Chefs that dont scrape the bowl out on the telly?

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likelysuspect · 13/03/2026 20:38

They're wrong 'uns aren't they?

I spend a lot of time scraping every ounce of stuff out of my bowl or pan, I dont waste a scrap

I cant stand it when they're pouring something into the baking tray or cake tin or whatever and half it is still left in the bowl

Rick Stein did it last night on a programme I was watching. Infuriating.

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NeedToKnow101 · 13/03/2026 21:00

Totally agree. My Maurice (French for bendy spatula apparently) is my most loved, and used, kitchen utensil. I’m obsessed with it. How dare those TV chefs not use one. So wasteful.

StrawberrySquash · 13/03/2026 20:55

Cerialkiller · 13/03/2026 20:44

Yup. Can't stop thinking about it when they do the tasting bit. 'But...but...what about the WHOLE OTHER cake you could have made with the leftovers.

I have four spatulas though...maybe the poor souls don't have one.

Four? Amateur!

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likelysuspect · 13/03/2026 20:54

Well I admit my bowls are virtually clean by the time they get to the sink and some of that is obviously chefs privilege.

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k1233 · 13/03/2026 20:51

Well, it would have been a major win as a kid when you got to lick the bowl (talking cakes, not other cooking). But yes, it makes me irrationally frustrated that they can't properly empty the bowl.

Don't get me started on ice cream scoops to do patty cakes / muffins, let alone putting bloody cake batter into a cake tin with a stupid scoop. Or cakes so dry they're drowned in sugar syrup so all you taste is syrup, not the flavour if the cake. To be fair, it's probably flavourless as well as dry...

Offit · 13/03/2026 20:46

Absolutely with you. They fill the demonstration dish and leave SO MUCH in the bowl I always end up wondering what happens to all the food!

Cerialkiller · 13/03/2026 20:44

Yup. Can't stop thinking about it when they do the tasting bit. 'But...but...what about the WHOLE OTHER cake you could have made with the leftovers.

I have four spatulas though...maybe the poor souls don't have one.

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likelysuspect · 13/03/2026 20:40

Im watching Masterchef so Ive been triggered again

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BIWI · 13/03/2026 20:39

I agree! Drives me mad.