Toast

[mollykins]

It was quite good but why make a programme about Nigel Slater, i've heard of him but I'm sure many people haven't, so why not someone more well known perhaps like Gordon Ramsey, Jamie Oliver or Nigela Lawson . . . .

What did you think of it.

[mrs_overall]

Because Nigel Slater wrote the book called Toast

[ummmm]

Because his story was better...

How boring would Nigella's be? Mummy and Daddy paid for me to go to uni...and I spent the money on delicious food...

The End..

[mollykins]

They could have called the programme something else for a different chef mrsO.

What about Gordon or Jamie, or someone completely different then?

[ummmm]

Maybe they haven't got a story to tell Molly....it really is that simple.

[ethandron]

i really enjoyed it, mind you, i'd read the book a few years ago which i also enjoyed, and find nigel slaters programmes very interesting.
why not make a programme/film about him? i'd rather watch a programme about him than blooming gordon, jamie or nigella.

[mrs_overall]

I didnt see the programme but the book Toast is very good

[mrs_overall]

At least he's not a bighead like the others you mention

[Robinia]

Many people who enjoy cookery programmes will know of Nigel Slater and I think we already know all there is to know & more about Jamie, Nigella etc.
I watched Toast & quite enjoyed it, especially all the 60s fashion & music but I thought it seemed padded out. I hadn't read the book.

[mollykins]

How much of it wasn't in the book? And Nigel msut have had a bit of a say in those scenes, seeing as he was in the programme, at the end . . .

[dotty.]

sorry Molly, gordon and jamie make enough money as it is, don't give them more moneyspinning ideas, Jamie is a bigger selling author than JK rowling

[gina32]

totally agree, didnt see it but the other chefs are so much in your face and nigel doesnt get mentioned much

[ummmm]

But did the other Chefs get to train at the Savoy with no prior chef training?

[mollykins]

I thought that might have been one of the bits that was exagerated.

[mollykins]

If that bit was true, do you think they managed to actually film at the savoy with the proper uniforms, not during service obviously . . .

[ummmm]

Well the Savoy has been shut for the last 3 years so probably not...

It's only just re-opened.

[mollykins]

. . . was that the one where they made a programme about it reopening?

well they might have real uniforms then seeing as they wouldn't have been being used when it was filmed . . .

[ummmm]

It wouldn't be hard to get some made...

[boxtops]

Because his book - which has already been out for several years - was called Toast, it was about food which has influenced him during his lifetime. Nigel Slater is on prime time BBC1 - and is far less in your face that the others you mention. The others are quite highly publicised enough, thank you.

[Invictas]

I don't think it was the real Savoy Hotel in the film,they probably just used any large kitchen.
If the staff badge/logo is the one from the Savoy when Nigel joined, then it is so out of date that the present Savoy have no say in whether it was used or not