How much do I love this show "it's British TV at it's best" did anyone else see last nights show. Ed, the burger flipper/fast food vendor from Newcastle who's specialty was "beans on toast" grin had just four weeks to become a top Master Chef in London. Now who was that TV chef Gordon Ramsey bloke,anyone heard of him?
Ah, Gordon Ramsey...foul-mouthed ex-footballer turned gastronomique extrordinaire.
Still has a foul mouth though. roll
Don't think he was much cop as a footie player, whatever, I wouldn't give him house room.
Ed was brilliant last night wasn't he?! grin
Debs x smile
Deb's the upcoming show is a Vicar who learns how to wheel and deal as he becomes a used car salesman "can he convince the judges he's the next Barry" also a house painter tries to infiltrate the London art scene as a conceptual artist, And Gavin a sheep shearer from the irish countryside will have to compete a four nations hairdressing competition.
We love this show too, im taping it for some of my American friends.
We can remember watching some of them back home, the public schoolboy as a rough london bouncer is a great one smile
I remember watching Gavin the sheep shearer too!
Debs x smile
As someone who was an art student in the 70's and who came out of the experience, very disillusioned, I watched last night's programme with more than the usual interest.
Paul was definitely a talented artist as was evidence by his skill at drawing. The first ones were a bit hokey but as the days progressed he definitely developed a skill which was obviously sitting there waiting to be used.
Obviously, in four weeks, there is a limit to what you can learn, even if you are quick learner like Paul and the monotypes showed this I think. But the one thing the programme showed is that if you learn the language you are there, you don't have to learn to paint or anything! In one scene, where Paul was speaking to woman who was looking at prints, she was talking a load of bollocks! The art scene is just so shallow and self absorbing.
If Paul thought David Lee, the art critic, was hard, try being at Art school for 4 yrs and even your fellow students can be harsh. To be a successful artist, all you need is to have the balls and claptrap speech you heard in that programme, neither of which I had or learnt successfully. Of course, you cannot be successful and earn millions,like Jack Vettriano, that's just too cheap.( I like his work by the way).
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