AIBU to think that James Martin seems like a nob?!?

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just that really. Obv I dont know him IRL so im only judging on what ive seen on TV. He just seems really rude to all his guests on the show... what does everyone else think?

Yup, certainly didn't come out well out of it:

www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/3933293.former_stepmum_wins_action_over_james_martin_s_new_book/

Oh dear, bless - well he definitely styles himself as older doesn't he?! Knows his target audience, same as Paul HW... And I do know of his background but tbh that's no indication of talent/experience as 2-4 yrs in a Michelin star environment (2 of which were actually in pastry) would barely see him out of the veg peeling.... Right place, right time - again just like Jamie - plus big enough balls/confidence (is arrogance/cockiness)... Still, gives me something to rant at of a Saturday! Love a verbal punch bag session to release all those week day tensions! :)

I hated Raymond Blanc for years when he bitched about British women feeding their kids on beans on toast instead of slaving over a hot cassoulet like his Maman.

Then I saw a programme where his kitchen staff seemed to genuinely like him. They even took the piss out of him and he went along with the joke.

So I think he's probably a good ouef.

He is lovely, charming and well mannered in real life and has a very impressive cv before he became famous.

Clash , bloody hell I didn't know that, not good.

Actually BOF, what has happened to Gary Rhodes?

Mitchell and Webb surely didn't destroy his TV career

2 years in pastry is pretty good, I thought? Technical, innit.

JM is dyslexic and I heard him being interviewed once - he prepares and rehearses lots for Saturday Kitchen because he is terrified of messing up. He learns the scripts because he can't read the autocue properly. Perhaps that has something to do with how he comes across. That said, I don't see him in any bad light - seems like a nice guy.

I watched a documentary about him a few years ago. He bought some hugely expensive classic car to drive in the Mille Miglia. He was AWFUL. His co-driver was a women, and a highly experienced racing driver, and he made so many vile sexist jibes to her. Was rude and arrogant and an all-round dick.
And of course ignored all advice and stuffed his expensive car and then cried like a baby.

Gary Rhodes insisted on an artist to retouch the make up on his hands for any close ups because they're quite raw-looking.

I can't help you with his whereabouts though.

Doesn't Gary Rhodes have a cruise ship /Dubai restaurant empire now?

I've met Raymond blanc and he is very lovely. OBSESSED by food and the cooking and the growing of. And he had some seeds sent to a friend who had mentioned that she remembered a certain tomato. He had no need to do that.

James Martin has the most magnificent... greenhouse. On his show. I lust after it.

The thing is with someone knowing JM and thinking he's nob, is that it's their opinion.
I know someone who I think is a massive nob and everyone else thinks they are lovely, and vice versa.

It is lovely what Matt Goss is doing for the cancer patient though.

That is true, Sparking. I'm a complete bellend, but several people seem to like me enough to want to hang out with me, and I recently got promoted at work.

I can think of a few who really, really dislike me though

I love James Martin. He's a genuinely nice bloke. And he's not full of all the fucking superlatives like Jamie Oliver and Tom Kerridge. I can't stand all the amazing this and brilliant that bollocks

I always think he comes across as a bit awkward, almost amateurish (although he's been doing it for years) and quite clumsy when talking to his guests.

I think Simon on Sunday Brunch is similarly awkward.

Gary Rhodes was SO annoying and don't get me started on Tim bloody Lovejoy.

I like him. Can't watch Jamie, ugghhh.

True, sparkling.

I like Nigel Slater and his gourmet leftovers. I have never had 'a few bits of chorizo, manchego cheese, devilled prunes and leftover vine leaves' hanging about the back of the fridge.

I like him. The hospital food thing he did was great and he cooks food that I could eat unlike some of the crap on the TV.
He has an interesting past wrt the beautiful Tiffany ring he wears.

He doesn't strike me as an obvious nob at all. Gary Roads does.

I don't want to watch him though every Sat and Sun though.

What's the Tiffany ring thing?

I had half a tin of sweetcorn hanging around in the back of the fridge. I only remembered it when I opened the door and the smell hit me. Like vomit.

I bet that never happens to Nigel.

I like him. I like Jamie. I like Nigella. I like Delia. I like Lorraine. I like Mary Berry.

I can't stand Nigel Slater (Although I like his recipes)

I love Nigel Slater. That's his real kitchen and backyard isn't it, that they film. It's bloody lovely.

I need to know about the ring.

Gary Rhodes is all right. We were doing a thing at Great Ormond Street Hospital about cheap and easy food to tempt sick children with.

He wasn't very friendly with us - not horrible, just distant. But when the children came to eat he was great with them.