‘It was local wisdom,not the chef’s success on grand British Menu, that led me here, or I’m happy it did: it’s a little treasure’I’m not vast on food telly. I’ll watch everything Nigella is in,but that’s nothing to do with the food and everything to do with Nigella. I love the quietly charming, cerebral approach of our own Yotam Ottolenghi. And I’ll try to catch episodes of Masterchef that feature my critic colleagues, or to scream obscenities at Gregg Wallace. Thats because there haven’t been many marvelous programmes about restaurants,my specific food fetish. I liked The Restaurant and Michel Roux’s Service (and I adore First Dates), but that’s about it.
Anyway, and I’ve never watched grand British Menu,which causes the manager of Benedicts some consternation. He talks us through the menu with a litany of “Richard did this on grand British Menu. Did you see it?” With every shake of our heads, he seems more deflated. Didn’t we know that Richard Bainbridge, and Benedicts’ chef-patron,was a TV star? Didn’t we know that he won? We didn’t. Our very, very snide.
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Source: theguardian.com