I think the ‘chef’ last night probably means well. He seems a very sensitive type, who probably would take it personally if people didn’t like his food. Obviously the facilities there are not good for anybody who wants to cook and present food. The look of food is key, isn’t it? We eat with our eyes and all that… And his stuff visually looks not very appetising in general. None of the presenters there ever seem very keen to try anybody’s food that I’ve seen. That says more about their knowledge about the prep and how long the ingredients have been hanging around and where, than the cook themselves, I suspect. The only one who used to produce attractive looking, creative and well-cooked food was the tubby man with the truck loads of pamphlets to sell on the previous version. Wisely - he may well have declined to appear on this one because of the lack of good cooking facilities at present.
