There was a big build up to this all week with reports of a run on frozen scallops and deliveries of 40KG of Kalamata Olives. The idea was that Gordon would cook some dishes live along with self-confessed incompetent and slob Chris Moyles and tons of people around the country would join in and see how easy it is to cook good food quickly.
So we didn't actually watch it live since we were out having a meal, but it was just as good recorded. I'm an enormous fan of Gordon as a restaurateur and entrepreneur. I also adore Kitchen Nightmares but detest the F Word and Hell's Kitchen. This programme was in the style of the F word but I could quickly tell they had dumped most of the shite.
The dishes he had picked were exactly my kind of food. Scallops with a tomato and olive salsa, steak with chunky chips and rocket salad, chocolate mousse. All were trivial to cook and even Moyles was able to do it easily.
The cooking was interspersed with some of his F Word cookoffs against some B-listers which was superfluous. He also had cameras in Big Brother, a naturists kitchen and Janet Street Porter's house. Again I didn't think these added anything.
I did actually thoroughly enjoy the programme but a countdown timer might have added a bit to the tension and would Gordon ever stop slapping the back of his hand? A decent end to a great week of food programmes.
It is repeated at 8pm on Sunday and is worth checking out.
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