to be irrationally angry with Nigel Slater?

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I am watching his show at the moment and I am stabby!! For petes sake get a move on. It's like watching a grandad sloth lumbering around the kitchen. The way he reverently handles his organic butter made from the pure unpasteurised milk of a yak in Tibet wrapped in hand made brown paper!! Aaaaaaah! The length of time it takes him to get the sodding fork to his mouth' it's a wonder he hasn't died of starvation.

As you were

Who annoys you on telly?

I actually nearly started a thread when watching him earlier.

I used to quite like watching him but he has become increasingly irritating with his so called "leftovers" and handwringing smugness.

I have also started to think he is a bit "Childcatcher-y".

"The leftovers in my fridge are 2 babybel, some sad looking celery and half a jar of teriyaki sauce. Make a simple supper with that and some lurpak, motherfucker."

Had to read this to my husband as I was laughing so hard!

I do believe tomorrow is the Observer Food Monthly...

I think he is probably a troubled individual. (probably has a back room stuffed to the ceiling with his bits of string and leftover brown paper)

I did find the autobiography-tv-drama-about-his-childhood a very very odd thing indeed for a sleb chef to be involved with. It was sad and touching and bloody mawkish actually, and just totally unnecessary I thought. How much exposure does he need? Not even Jamie bloody Oliver has had a movie biopic done. But NS has? Odd odd odd.

But he was lovely on the webchat I remember and told every single MNer they were his favourites and he was touched and honoured and loved them all.

He still has Gwynnie's head in a box though, in that back room with the string and brown paper.

I tried making friends with buying bread in my local bakery.
Silly cow rolled her eyes on me.

I bake now.Send DH there.

Bugger!

yes his mouth is creepy nomnomtoastnom dribble

but don't wanna victimise you if you are reading this nige. my greedy bad smelling mouth would you make feel worse nigel.

@mum47 - "I have also started to think he is a bit childcatcher-y" - THIS.

I like him and enjoy watching his shows. Lovely food, lovely shopping, lovely kitchen.

Did anyone read "Toast" his autobiography. He had quite a sad childhood after his Mum died. The only thing she could cook was....toast. The BBC adaptation was brill too.

Sorry x posted with NotTreading. I don't think it's odd that he wrote his autobiography. It was a really interesting story, I thought.

Iirc it sold very well.

Ah, now. You see I love him precisely because he seems so awkward on the TV. Give me Nigel playing Fantasy Leftovers over the rictus grins of those awful buggering Baker Boys. They are the ones that have me mentally sharpening my kitchen knives...

If I see one more cookery programme where the chef has to make an outsize faggot to feed a hungry rugby team or a football pitch-sized angel cake for the Girl Guides, against the clock, I'll fecking do for them.

(But Nigel, if you're reading this, please find a cameraman who doesn't suffer from delirium tremens. Ten minutes in to Simple Suppers and I feel sea-sick )

Toast, I feel so bad now . Bless him with his marshmallow. I wonder if he made a supper out of it.

I don't understand the head in a box stuff.

I didn't like 'Toast' the book, which I thought was quite 'poor me' and over indulgent - but I did like Helena BC in the TV thing.

I know, TeamEdward. It's as though they don't really believe that any of us would be interested in watching a cookery programme unless it's filmed like bloody Cloverfield.

TV programmes shouldn't use camerawork that leaves the viewers feeling sick. They should leave it to the recipes to do that

He reminds me of my dad. A bit dithery, and makes me want to sit on the counter top and chat inanely about small things with a cup of coffee...

I am just upset that we now know that is not his kitchen! I have not been able to concentrate properly on his cooking, dribbling or leftovers for obsessing about what sort of house is it, who else lives there, what sort of achingly-trendy life would you have with a kitchen like that near artisan shops, etc. Now it is all ruined! Ruined I tell you!

That and knowing LaQueen does not swan around from one artisan shop to another on a bicycle has shaken my world!

Come to think of it, my 'local' bakers is Greggs.

I do love Nigel's books and recipes but agree that what he calls dinner I call a light snack.

I think we are greedy in this house.

ALso the whole "I am delighted to say I have never been to Tesco's"

However I do love his passion and how he likes sandwiches ad roast chicken and chocolate. Kitchen Diaries 1 a lot better than 2 tho.

I just know that he is

going to end

up

living

in Lewes.

I think he

Seems a

Little

Lost and

Lonely

Poor nige

OOOOH another thing that bugs me about the bleedin' camerawork Teamedward is that they often look at the FACE of the chef not the effin' food. I don't want to see their stupid faces I want to see what they're cooking FGS

I find him annoying on telly but love his books. Especially the early ones. This is a bloke who likes food and - certainly in Real Fast Food and Real Food in Half an Hour - is quite happy to demystify it and make short cuts with it. And actually I bloody love the fact his recipes are for two and you have to scale up - having bought his first books as a single thirty something it was fab not to have yet another Smug Family cookbook. You can always double his quantities, hardly rocket science.

I keep watching just for his garden.