Heston Blumenthal or Gordon Ramsay - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I'll vote Heston.

I've not seen Ramsey cook for ages. In recent years I've only seen him shouting at failed American restaurant owners about how useless they are.

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Blacksword wrote:

I'll vote Heston.

I've not seen Ramsey cook for ages. In recent years I've only seen him shouting at failed American restaurant owners about how useless they are.

Ramsay is just a big mouth. The series about Heston trying to improve Little Chef by introducing weird food to the menu was brilliant.

When Ramsay just cooks his tv programmes are watchable and informative (ie his Ultimate Cookery Course series), but as an entertainer and tv personality I tend to avoid him.

Blumenthal is far more entertaining, though most of what he does is just plain silly and the molecular-gastronomy "science" is a little redundant and vastly over-played, often there is little similarity between what he plays around with during the programme and what is presented to the invited guests at the end. Sometimes it's all just too contrived.

As cooks I like them both, probably equally: both are quite technical and precise, both produce food that I want to eat.

As cookery writers I'd go for Blumenthal. Ramsay is not as easy to follow as say the boy Oliver or St. Delia, but his recipes work, I just rarely feel inspired to cook any of them. While I think that Blumenthal has only ever written one book that you can practically follow and use (Heston Blumenthal at Home), it does contain recipes that you can use regularly ... and I do... I always do thrice-cooked chips now... and the basic cheese sauce from his ultimate cheese toastie is now my standard for fondue, welsh rarebit and chicken 'cordon bleu'.

What?

Nigella.

Bigger on the inside.

Heston

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Gordon I guess as I have not seen Heston yet.

Heston is more entertaining...and that is without ever having to reduce himself to an infantile yelling person.
Ramsay works if he is only cooking or food travelling (and cooking). If he is in the show to talk or in any way convey opinion, then he fails miserably. I loved seeing him fly for India and get inspired. But that's essentially what food is about, so why wouldn't it interest?

Tom said Heston is like a chef on acid, I pretty much agree. He's like the food world's answer to Stanley Kubrick:-P
Maybe he should do a series of dinners with different Kubrick movie themes. I'd love to attend the 2001 dinner myself.

Edited by Guldbamsen - May 19 2014 at 05:42

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

Me too Chris;-)
Then again, that's a show where he is cooking and actually have to be nice to people. After all he is visiting them:-P

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

I really like Danish food shows tbh. Kamilla Plum, Nak & Æd, something called 'Stjerner på slottet' or something to that effect, and had some of the very best Danish chefs on board making food for one another. Also had my own favourite, Søren Gericke, who is like a real life version of the Swedish cook from Muppet Show.
Anyways, these are shows where you really get a sense of the produce and the love put into cooking it.

“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

- Douglas Adams

Poll Question: who do you like to watch on TV
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Heston Blumenthal	3	[60.00%]
Gordon Ramsay	2	[40.00%]
both	0	[0.00%]
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