Ninja TSV 7/12/24

[Grizelda]

To be fair, that’s quite a judgy thing to do (Julia scratching her meringue), so don’t blame Gail for her comment!

I used to really like Gail - but not seen her for couple years - and think it’s quite limited what she or anyone can produce as such insane speed and on TV.

Don’t think her cooking is bad at all but she used to have a tendency to sort of slop it onto plates/dishes at end (again, speed!) which probably did it no favours!

And it’s all about how it looks on air I suppose.
You need ages to make a “proper” risotto.
Hence decorating her pavlova with unripe nectarines etc.

(Incidentally I don’t think Tesco - or any supermarket - should sell things like nectarines and apricots out of season.
They’re usually unpleasant and also can’t be “green” as must be flown in from somewhere very far flung!)

I don't doubt she's under pressure to dish out the food, but most of it was prepared ahead and all she had to do was take it from the ovens and put it on plates. The only thing she prepared from start to finish was the focaccia. It looked very nice. I still think that the chef Theo does a better job of choosing the food to present. As you say, how the food on camera is really important. Her broccoli was very overcooked and looked awful.

 

[Cashers]

I personally think her food looks absolutely disgusting! That pavlova!! Nothing she does entices me to buy.

 

[C-Lion]

I thought Debbie Flint went to from QVC to Ideal World - maybe - then came back to QVC!

Not sure what brought Debbie back. I don’t know if it relates but Claudia Sylvester left then around 2020-ish Claire Sutton left; not long after Debbie came back.

 

[Sazza]

I thought Debbie Flint went to from QVC to Ideal World - maybe - then came back to QVC!

Not sure what brought Debbie back. I don’t know if it relates but Claudia Sylvester left then around 2020-ish Claire Sutton left; not long after Debbie came back.

Debbie returned to Q in 2009. Claudia left in 2011 and Claire in 2020.

 

[Totally Loopy Lou]

Debbie returned to Q in 2009. Claudia left in 2011 and Claire in 2020.

I remember Debbie coming back, think around when I hadn’t been watching QVC for that long.
And remember Claire Sutton leaving but have no recollection whatsoever of a Claudia on QVC?!
How did I miss her?

I remember a Sara who didn’t seem well liked on here and an ?Irish blonde lady, quite young who left and then presented on a jewellery channel I believe…

I thought Debbie Flint went to from QVC to Ideal World - maybe - then came back to QVC!

Not sure what brought Debbie back. I don’t know if it relates but Claudia Sylvester left then around 2020-ish Claire Sutton left; not long after Debbie came back.

I think money and “fame” brought Debbie back!! And freebies…
And access to Gatineau neck cream..!

 

[stratobuddy]

Just had a Facebook memory appear from 15 YEARS AGO!

I must have been "ahead of the curve" because it was about cooking chips in an AIRFRYER.

Here is part of it - -

"Just made delicious chips using my new Tefal Actify Airfryer. Lovely chips, some of the best I've ever tasted, and only about 25ml of oil was used to fry them".

And it was QVC that first showed me what an airfryer was. I still use it for chips, it is the one with the large rotating paddle to move the chips around. For most other cooking, I use a NInja. You can't cook many foods in the Actifry, for example, fish fingers get mashed up by the paddle.

 

[Battiola73]

I remember Debbie coming back, think around when I hadn’t been watching QVC for that long.
And remember Claire Sutton leaving but have no recollection whatsoever of a Claudia on QVC?!
How did I miss her?

I remember a Sara who didn’t seem well liked on here and an ?Irish blonde lady, quite young who left and then presented on a jewellery channel I believe…


I think money and “fame” brought Debbie back!! And freebies…
And access to Gatineau neck cream..!

I think that might have been Sara Griffiths. She was like an English version of Eyelid Naan. If it is her, I think she went on to be a bit actress as that’s what a job used to before.

 

[Toril]

I remember a Sara who didn’t seem well liked on here and an ?Irish blonde lady, quite young who left and then presented on a jewellery channel I believe…

I think you might mean Carmel. She’s now a presenter on TJC.

 

[donna255]

Okay, they did a documentary about IW vs QVC way back.

The owner of IW his wife on screen called Flinty the C word. IW had a fire and reopened and Flinty was no longer there moving to another shopping channel as I remember her on it, I actually bought some makeup from it and think it was a Sky shopping channel? It closed down, and Flinty appeared back on QVC a while after that. We were shocked she was hired back by QVC. Paul Lavers, another presenter who left for IW was not. There are rumours that IW held Flinty and Paul to their contracts so they could not immediately get another shopping channel job.

 

[Totally Loopy Lou]

I think that might have been Sara Griffiths. She was like an English version of Eyelid Naan. If it is her, I think she went on to be a bit actress as that’s what a job used to before.

Yes you’re right I couldn’t remember her surname!

And yes she was an actress. Didn’t know that’s what she went back to!

 

[Totally Loopy Lou]

I think you might mean Carmel. She’s now a presenter on TJC.

Yes that’s it!
I think I saw a couple of times when she was first on TJC but the channel did my head in! (She was very good at her job!)