I'd quite like to retrain as a chef
I really enjoy cooking, it's probably now my favourite hobby, so I may well enjoy doing it for a living.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:04, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Cooking commercially is a wholly different game - and a fucking horrible one at that.
The hours and conditions are horrendous.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:08, Reply)

Aye, this is true
The thing is, aside from that, or getting some major computing qualifications behind me, there isn't really a huge amount I'd want to do.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:14, Reply)

You should have a read of Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.
He refers to himself and fellow culinarians as "Restaurant Lifers", and not without reason. He also makes Ramsay & his ilk look like a bunch of schoolgirls by comparison!
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:29, Reply)

ramsey is a fucking dick

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:31, Reply)

but a rustic, honest, fresh dick

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:32, Reply)

I do not like the image this puts i n my head.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:34, Reply)

is it a roughly cut cock
on a bed of seasonal, organic lettuce leaves?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:35, Reply)

it is now *bokes*

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:39, Reply)

you mean he's a fucking peasant
with ideas above his station.

I dislike Marco Pierre White as well.

You don't need to be a complete cock to be a good chef.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:35, Reply)

i'll be honest
I was just trying to be funny, you have now reached the edge of my knowledge of cheffing. Although I did watch those dudes on motorbikes, but mostly because they seemed to be two guys arsing about and proving that sometimes you can make money from the things you like to do
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:38, Reply)

I thought they made a really sweet couple.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:39, Reply)

can't cook all that well though

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:41, Reply)

this, I put it to you, is not the point of most cooking shows.
It's food porn, mixed with entertaining personalities.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:42, Reply)

perhaps
these days I tend to only watch Masterchef Australia, because it has good cooking, entertaining personalities, and if you are lucky, hot women.

or the occasional bit of Nigella, but that has very little to do with the food.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:49, Reply)

I really enjoy Man vs Food
I know I shouldn't, but I just find it hugely entertaining. Also, his excitement makes it even better.

The Good Cook is currently my favourite though, the stuff he makes is good, homely food, which looks fantastic.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:00, Reply)

I completely agree with you on this

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:37, Reply)

I think for me, rather than chef in a working kitchen, I'd like to write menus for places, or recipies for books/magazines, or present TV shows.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:29, Reply)

I would totally tune in to Cooking with Gonz
You have just the right amount of infectious enthusiasm to make it work. For bonus points you should have B3th as a co-host that you repeatedly fail to get off with.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:33, Reply)

Then in the final episode
there would be a wedding after Gonz ccoks B3th's husband a special dinner
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:39, Reply)

+as a
Have you seen The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:41, Reply)

No, is it good?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:43, Reply)

I honestly cannot remember
It was on late night channel 4 when I was a teenager and had tits in, which will be why I watched it. It was probably good and had lots of clever stuff in, but I won't have appreciated it at that age. I'll add it to my Lovefilm queue and let you know.

Anyway it involved cannibalism as I recall which was kind of the joke.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:48, Reply)

It's an awesome film.

( girlinthehole, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:50, Reply)

Probably.
Sadly in my teenaged years I watched a lot of quality/foreign cinema waiting for the inevitable tits.

I should put for Amberl's sake it was pretty gross too in places.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:54, Reply)

Hah, awesome =D
Do you fancy a youtube project? That could be fun !
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:53, Reply)

WE'd need to Get B3th to join in
Or Amberl or some other target for your doomed advances. Nigella Lawson would be perfect but I think she's busy.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:55, Reply)

Totally up for that =D

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 15:21, Reply)

This would be even better
But I think I'd have to work my way up to it first.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 16 Aug 2011, 14:59, Reply)