Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Not For Publication
I'm a fan of the BBC program Full On Food and in particular a fan of Richard Johnson, the show's main presenter. He is articulate and direct about the subject of food and has a dry sense of humour, coupled with a rapier like wit.
The episode I was watching had a demonstration by chef Giorgio Locatelli and he asked Richard to man the pasta making machine. Richard rolled out the pasta incredibly badly, admitting that he did in fact own a pasta machine but never used it, forcing Giorgio to come to his rescue.
Those of you that have watched Giorgio's own cooking program would know of his rather thick Italian accent - he has been known to strangle a few vowels and murder the odd sentence. So there he was rolling out the pasta, showing Richard how to do it properly, when Richard suggested they should do a book together. Giorgio rather disparagingly said,
"And what would you do?"
"I could do the English."
Which brought the house down.
The episode I was watching had a demonstration by chef Giorgio Locatelli and he asked Richard to man the pasta making machine. Richard rolled out the pasta incredibly badly, admitting that he did in fact own a pasta machine but never used it, forcing Giorgio to come to his rescue.
Those of you that have watched Giorgio's own cooking program would know of his rather thick Italian accent - he has been known to strangle a few vowels and murder the odd sentence. So there he was rolling out the pasta, showing Richard how to do it properly, when Richard suggested they should do a book together. Giorgio rather disparagingly said,
"And what would you do?"
"I could do the English."
Which brought the house down.
2 Comments:
I hate the way Locatelli flops that thick mane of hair all over the food he's preparing. I reckon if I ate at his restaurant I'd spend my time looking through my meal for long black hairs. Yuk.
Hi reb, I know what you mean, let's hope he wears a hat out back.
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