Who is your favourite TV chef?

[FunTimes2020]

I love Ainsley Harrison. He comes across so well, really personable, kind, funny but not ott, and like he genuinely wants the novice to succeed in making good home cooked food.
Who do you like?

[EsmaCannonball]

@LadyofMisrule

The most amazing chef I've seen on TV was one of the Masterchef Professionals semi-finalists in 2016 - Matt Campbell. I don't think I've ever seen anyone cook in such an inspiring and innovative way.

Sadly, he collapsed and died when running the London Marathon for charity. I still think there is a hole in the world where he should be.

I remember watching that series of Masterchef: The Professionals and thinking it was clear he was about to become a massive culinary star, and then he died just a few months later. It was so sad as he was just on the cusp of everything. Although he didn't win, he was probably the most memorable chef I've seen on that show.

[MrJollyLivesNextDoor]

I used to love watching Tamasin Day-Lewis in her cramped kitchen and old fashioned cooker with (probably) chipped enamel bakeware

Love Nadiya and Nigella and Nigel (for all his pretentiousness!)

Don't mint Hugh and Jamie

Cannot watch Stein

[WildRosie]

Keith Floyd was my favourite. Not above making mistakes, using rudimentary kitchens and freely admitting he had a professional Home Economist (chef, in other words) doing much of the work. I used to quite like watching Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall until it became clear he was very up his own arse, didn't like being proved wrong or upstaged and stealing his employee-chefs' ideas. Git.

[lavieengrenache]

Nadiya, Jamie and Ina (we watch Barefoot to count the tbsp of salt).

Used to love Nigella but her programmes are such a parody now and some of her recipes are a bit odd.

Like Rick Stein's programmes but he is sometimes annoyingly patronising - we also play 'spot the second wife' - she obviously goes on film trips with him to stop him going off with a younger model (marrying the mistress and creating a vacancy.....)

Want to like the bikers but can't stand the joshing around.

Follow Nigel on Instagram and want his 'lifestyle', the trips to Japan, the puritan house, but am inclined to snigger at him slowly serving things back to front from a spoon.

Hugh uses too many puns. This gets annoying very quickly.

Delia's Christmas series is a classic.

[EsmaCannonball]

The Fanny Cradock shows the BBC repeat at Christmas are great. The food looks terrible but Fanny is absolutely mesmerising.

[Ilovedthe70s]

Loved James Martin until he lost the bandana then it all went wrong for me,
Nigel Slater always looks like he’s in need of a wash.
Could never watch Tamsin Day Lewis her hair was beyond irritating.
Lorraine Pascal is brilliant and easy to watch.
Delia is the goddess of the kitchen.
I remember Fanny Craddock from my childhood and still find her quite mesmerising, lm some of her programmes are available on Netflix or Prime

[magicstar1]

James Martin every time. I love his recipes...never had one not turn out well.

[SheldonesqueTheBstard]

esma

Fanny is for Christmas and not for life.

Love her!

[Giay]

Ina Garten is life goals 😍

A successful career in the Whitehouse, an adoring rich husband, a beautiful place in the Hamptons and friends who are florists, and cheesemongers, and wine merchants, and mixologists in the contemporary cocktail scene.

[ichundich]

James Martin
Jamie Oliver
Nigella

Cannot stand Gordon Ramsay, and Rick Stein is too posh for me.

[CartTriesToDriveTheHorse]

I think Ainsley is absolutely lovely, such a cheerful soul!

I love Michael O’Hare, Michel Roux Junior, Monica Galleti, Nigella, Hairy Bikers, Raymond Blanc, Nadiya, Sabrina Ghayour, Lisa Allen. I think I watch too many cookery shows.

[Kljnmw3459]

I totally agree that Ina Garten does have an enviable life. Being paid to cook and hang out with friends while her (presumably rich??) husband is working away from home...... who wouldn't want that?

[ClingFilmAndGafferTape]

Jamie Oliver for cooking.
For watching - Nadiya Hussain, James "a bit of butter" Martin, the Pioneer Woman.
Matt Tebbutt's my crush though.

[Anordinarymum]

@FunTimes2020

I love Ainsley Harrison. He comes across so well, really personable, kind, funny but not ott, and like he genuinely wants the novice to succeed in making good home cooked food.
Who do you like?

I love him for the comedy value

[FinnegansWhiskers]

Gordon Ramsey for me, I definately would. I like a bit of rough 😉

[lollipoprainbow]

HFW did a really good cookery programme years ago where he went to peoples homes and they cooked, remember the lady that cooked her placenta !!

[TinySongstress]

Fanny Craddock.

[WildRosie]

Another of Keith Floyd's admirable qualities was his appreciation of using the best quality ingredients possible, so long as they were affordable. Always the 'affordable' caveat. He was fond of using pricey stuff like saffron and premium wines and olive oil in his recipes but cautioned that his viewers should 'always use the very best that YOU can afford'. Having said that, I think he was stretching the truth when he claimed that any wine that wasn't good enough to drink wasn't good enough to cook with. I've disputed that since I first heard it.