Nigel Slater......ARRRGGGHHH so smug!

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Isn't he?
Its all the little rubber sealed jars full of organic sugar and butter wrapped in brown paper. And the way he says cheese.

Nigel and Nigella did do a double act on Channel 4 many moons ago before either had hit the big time. Think C4 spotted Nigella's potential and she took off, whereas Nigel was consigned to the back of the cupboard until the BBC weirdly decided to make something out of his leftovers.

I will try it, Freebuttonbee, all my baked potatoes are pretty crap...

I think that's exactly what happened mrsshackleton. I heard from someone that used to work with him that he was bitter about it for years.

I feel I must add a elf and safety warning - a friend tried the bash the spud thing without the tea towel FreeButtonBee describes and ended up with burns. Please follow her instructions carefully

Roger that Clairedeloon!

actually he does have the look of someone that has been nursing bitterness for a few years....poor Nige.

I do love Nigel Slater's books - he writes so beautifully.

But on telly he is like Alan Bennett crossed with Anthony Worrall-Thompson. Not a good look.

It really is twee - what the hell were the producers thinking. It is like one big smug middle class food-wank.

I love the way he says 'cheese' though am always expecting it to be followed by 'gromitt'

i quite like nigel

he, along with rolf harris, has mastered the Art Of The Pause, illustrated thus:

"I do like Autumn , all the plums and blackberrys etc i think i'll make a crumble and i'll have it with custard" etc etc

over the whole half hour i think he only actually says around 4 sentences

I love his books and the way he writes, but can not watch him on TV. Except kitchen diaries which is an exercise in urban-smuggery.

Actually, same goes for Nigella, but with bells on.

i find it very strange that he isn't all carry on camp and mincey, yet my first thought is always oh nigel you are so very very gay, bless you :)

What a genius he is.

Take one of last nights gems; what do you do with an old potato? Imagine my surprise when he sliced it and then fried it!!
Who else could come up with such imaginative ideas.

I love Nigel's marrow.

"Middle Class Food Wank" that made me laugh!

I don't think I could fancy Nigel even if I was ovulating.

I remember that show nigel did where he cooked with a sleb and then did a bit of a chat show over the meal.

It was turrible.

He has grown on me recently...never really liked him before.

I adore him, his recipes are so easy to follow

I am always jealous of his kitchen! I like his recipes too but don't love him that much on the telly.

I love him, especially after reading toast, and the BBC are making Toast for Christmas! Toast for everyone!

I love him and least his face hasn't been botoxed beyond reason. Watched Nigella tonight and she is a procedure away from looking mask like (see Lulu, Caprice, Carla Bruni etc).

yes but he WROTE to me, I have his letter in my 30 minute edition..... He has

beautiful

handwriting! I love him.

But one of the papers said it's hard to take a man earnestly talking about using up leftovers while standing in a kitchen large enough to land a plane in I thought that was funny.

People in Islington never know why they're so funny like that extraordinary woman Rosie Millard moaning about how hard life is when you can't rent out your flat in Paris and the three houses in London you bought as investments are jolly expensive to keep up when the tenants are cruddy chiz chiz chiz. I bet SHE knows Nigel but I bet her hates her.

Well why won't anyone talk to me about paul hollywood now there's a baker who can knead my buns any time

it must be late!

is he the blue-eyed silver fox from british bakeoff??

Love Nigel Slater - think he is actually very sincere.

Don't slate the Slater!

It's his family on Eastenders I dislike!

Oh goody! I love bashing sleb cook threads!

Nigel gives me the absolute heebs. (I agree, his recipes are wonderful, and his books are lovely, but he is just so greasy)

Doesn't quite heeb me out as much as that dreadful Valentine slurpy slurpy sucky sucky man though. (can't remember his surname, just his cringey first one) did that thing on ingredients and kept slurping into fruit and veg in a way that if it were one of our children we'd slap 'em round the noggin for disgusting table manners. Ate everything in hoooooge portions and talked at the same time so we could see it all being masticated. Uck Uck Uck.

Nigella is still my goddess. (but she needs longer cashmere, lovely though it is to see a woman with a real belly)