So, of all the chef's in the world to ask to create a menu for little chef they asked Heston Blumenthal... the man who is famous for snail porridge, seachells that you can listen to on an ipod whilst eating and bacon ice cream or something or other...

The big chief in charge of the Little Chef chain is worse than David Brent, just coming out with big words, false encouragement and wanting free publicity ( by the looks of it ) and asking for the camera's to be turned off when he doesn't have an answer or is put under abit of pressure. The show is really funny though, how none of the Little Chef staff are actually chef's!!..

Anyway, theres one thing I learned from it, didn't know their headquarters were in Sheffield. :|

I didn't know they were based in Sheffield either - and I agree that Ian Pegler or whatever he is called, the Little Chef boss, is not painting himself in the best light.

They're just in it for some cheap publicity and couldn't give a fig for what their customers want, or for what Heston recommends for the business.

Bring back Happy Eater!

the formula of this program has spoiled it :mad:

the woman who was supposed to be showing her team how to cook the new menu throwing the towel in, so she gets in a car to go to Heston's place to hand her notice in :loopy: she's worked for little chef for 30 years. If she's handing her notice in, surely she does that with her employer?

It didn't look in the least bit staged at all, oooo no :rolleyes:

Why can't we have some reality tv that's actually real :suspect:

the woman who was supposed to be showing her team how to cook the new menu throwing the towel in, so she gets in a car to go to Heston's place to hand her notice in :loopy: she's worked for little chef for 30 years. If she's handing her notice in, surely she does that with her employer?:suspect:

Yes!.. what was all that about???:confused::huh: two minutes of 'I'm quitting' followed by 'ok, I'll give it another go'

:loopy::gag::loopy:

the formula of this program has spoiled it :mad:

the woman who was supposed to be showing her team how to cook the new menu throwing the towel in, so she gets in a car to go to Heston's place to hand her notice in :loopy: she's worked for little chef for 30 years. If she's handing her notice in, surely she does that with her employer?

It didn't look in the least bit staged at all, oooo no :rolleyes:

Why can't we have some reality tv that's actually real :suspect:

I think she went to see Heston as he was nearer (he has been given a Little Chef near his own restaurant for convenience)

I guess she was on her way back to her own branch of Little Chef to resign, but thought it polite to call in on Heston on the way?

Watched the first episode and we've recorded the second. From what I've seen so far, it appears to be the standard formula for chef based reality tele.

Take an existing place that's doing badly, make it slightly worse while making it look like your improving the place so that once the process is complete, it looks like you've made radical changes as it was bad to start with, got even worse and now everyone is happy and a winner.

Pretentious, overcomplicated dishes for a small roadside eatery. . as if.

In the end, I'm willing to bet they'll have the stereotypical epiphany that its decent british "local" food the public wants and the menu will be re-vamped with brit-classic dishes, and this will ofcourse save the day.

I didn't know they were based in Sheffield either - and I agree that Ian Pegler or whatever he is called, the Little Chef boss, is not painting himself in the best light.
I agree, I found his use of the expression '' Blue Sky Thinking '' nauseous.

I agree, I found his use of the expression '' Blue Sky Thinking '' nauseous.

Jezuz, I nearly lobbed the doopha at the tele when he said that.

I frikkin hate middle management power-phrasing and that particular one does me sweede in.

I've been doing some blue sky thinking about the programme but then everything bacame a little overcast and I'm still not sure what to think. I think Heston is trying a little too hard to be argumentative and confrontational, when sometimes there doesn't seem a need. It's very deja a vue watching bits of this programme, bit of Jamie there, slice of Ramsay over here. Heston is the best Chef in the country and would be in the top ten of the world, why he needs to do this, hell knows.

O yeah, the money. Blue sky thinking wasn't clear enough.

(NB - Read a review last week about the little chef he opened and it got a great write up.)

Jezuz, I nearly lobbed the doopha at the tele when he said that.

I frikkin hate middle management power-phrasing and that particular one does me sweede in.

He was '' outside the box '' when he said it. :gag:

I thought his 1st shot at new menu was terrible, A hot pot with oysters in, I mean what's all that about:gag:

As far as I am aware Little Chef is a place where people can stop of for a quick bite while traveling, doub't it needs to be over fancy, if you want that you can go to a nice restaurant and take your time over your meal.

Enjoying the programme but any sane person knows that his daft dishes in the first episode were doomed to fail, can't believe he thought otherwise.

All he needed to do was add a few new items and get the old ideas cooked better with a bit of a twist, which he'll prob do.

The owner is a prat, god knows how these people get to such a high level. When he wants the camera's off, nothing in writing and won't disclose profit margins he is just hurting himself.

I've been watching it, but can't concentrate on anything other than the fact Heston looks like he's wearing those joke glasses that have pictures of eyes in the lenses.

So, of all the chef's in the world to ask to create a menu for little chef they asked Heston Blumenthal... the man who is famous for snail porridge, seachells that you can listen to on an ipod whilst eating and bacon ice cream or something or other...

The big chief in charge of the Little Chef chain is worse than David Brent, just coming out with big words, false encouragement and wanting free publicity ( by the looks of it ) and asking for the camera's to be turned off when he doesn't have an answer or is put under abit of pressure. The show is really funny though, how none of the Little Chef staff are actually chef's!!..

Anyway, theres one thing I learned from it, didn't know their headquarters were in Sheffield. :|

It was a great watch, one of the better thing's ive seen on telelvision for a while.

[QUOTE=beckelina;4562727]They're just in it for some cheap publicity and couldn't give a fig for what their customers want, or for what Heston recommends for the business.

i watched this program as i love Heston but i also have to say i agree with you on this i worked it out in the first half an hour. I think they choose Heston as he is becoming more and more popular, If they wanted boring and traditional english they should have chosen Gordon as at times it seemed to me like an episode of kitchen nightmares. i love them both but i do feel Gordon Ramsey would have been better:)

Its a totally pointless exercise...

The only people who actually still go to Little Chef in this century are definitely not the sort of people who would appreciate fine dining (or even moderately fine dining)

And anyone that actually appreciates good quality food wouldn't be in a little chef in the first place...

so any kind of 'road test' (sorry!) is doomed to fail from the outset.

My favourite line was "but there are no pictures on the menu anymore, how are you supposed to know what to order if you can't read???"

:o Surely if you can't read, you really shouldn't be driving along the motorway...?

Its a totally pointless exercise...

The only people who actually still go to Little Chef in this century are definitely not the sort of people who would appreciate fine dining (or even moderately fine dining)

But those customers who were asked said the new sausages were better, so clearly they can tell the difference.

My favourite line was "but there are no pictures on the menu anymore, how are you supposed to know what to order if you can't read???"

:o Surely if you can't read, you really shouldn't be driving along the motorway...?

You could be a passenger though, although that line made me laugh too - I rewound and watched it twice :)

Its a totally pointless exercise...

The only people who actually still go to Little Chef in this century are definitely not the sort of people who would appreciate fine dining (or even moderately fine dining)

And anyone that actually appreciates good quality food wouldn't be in a little chef in the first place...

so any kind of 'road test' (sorry!) is doomed to fail from the outset.

My favourite line was "but there are no pictures on the menu anymore, how are you supposed to know what to order if you can't read???"

:o Surely if you can't read, you really shouldn't be driving along the motorway...?

Yeah but surely nobody would want to go in if they are serving dishes such as bats ear lobes in brine, bobbar choppers and ring ouzel soufflé or slugs tuppence and vinegar ice cream....the mans a nut job.

Surely they need to get people back to little chuff, not alienate the custom they already have? It's a masstige product, a brand recognisable as you get what you pay for and know what you are getting - the Ibis of the road. I nearly always stop at the one on the way to Brid and, depending on the time of the day, would have the veggie brekkie. You are not going to go -ooh I fancy a meal out, i know lets go to little chuff, it's a place you stop on the way to somewhere else. (Plus i always liked the free lolly.)
I dunno what the answer is but I'm glad they are getting some publicity, when it shut for a while, there is pretty much nowhere else i'd fancy stopping on the way from Brid.

Yeah but surely nobody would want to go in if they are serving dishes such as bats ear lobes in brine, bobbar choppers and ring ouzel soufflé or slugs tuppence and vinegar ice cream....the mans a nut job.

Alas we will never know because no such dishes were proposed, let alone served.

Did you watch it?

I didn't know they were based in Sheffield either - and I agree that Ian Pegler or whatever he is called, the Little Chef boss, is not painting himself in the best light.

I know! What a gumbie.

I loved seeing him, the purveyor of bland fry-ups, criticising Blumenthal's food for not having enough depth of flavour. Heston did well not to punch the tosser in the face...