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Elliott Grover - Cooking For A-List Actors At The Oscars & Why 'The Bear' Is Ruining Restaurants!
Today we're joined by the hilarious Elliott Grover to take us through his incredible career which has taken him from escaping Cornwall as a 15 year old to work for Jeremy King to go onto become the Exec Chef at the best steak restaurant in the country (The Cut @ 45 Park Lane) and also be in charge of the menu for The Oscars each year. Elliott landed a job working for Jeremy King at The Ivy followed by Le Caprice during it's heyday, before taking on a job at Scott's (London's Best Seafood Restaurant) where he worked his way up over 8 years of service. He then left to head up all of The Ned's 10 Restaurants, before going to oversee operations at Duck & Waffle. He was then head hunted by the infamous Michelin Starred mastermind Wolfgang Puck to run his restaurants at 45 Park Lane and also to oversee the food offering at The Oscars each year.
Elliott has got some of the most hilarious stories we've ever heard; from Robin Williams to Kate Moss to Lisa Vanderpamp to Lady Gaga he's seen it all and has worked at some of this countrys finest restaurant's; so sit back, relax and enjoy his incredible tales.
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What Willy Cook - Coked Up Head Chefs - A Near Death Experience & Pranking Pierre Koffmann!What Willy Cook - Coked Up Head Chefs - A Near Death Experience & Pranking Pierre Koffmann!
What Willy Cook - Coked Up Head Chefs - A Near Death Experience & Pranking Pierre Koffmann!
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Today we bring you a very silly yet entertaining hour with the wonderful 'What Willy Cook' aka William Hughes to discuss his incredible rise to fame over the last couple of years. We discuss; the fallout he's experienced since launching his homeware company 'Pleasant Home', his near death experience working in a professional kitchen as a teenager, a terrifying coked up old Head Chef he used to ...
Robin Gill - Life Changing Injuries & Abuse From Working In The Most Toxic Kitchen In Ireland!Robin Gill - Life Changing Injuries & Abuse From Working In The Most Toxic Kitchen In Ireland!
Robin Gill - Life Changing Injuries & Abuse From Working In The Most Toxic Kitchen In Ireland!
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Today we’re joined by a chef who’s had such a huge impact on London’s food scene it’s almost immeasurable, especially with the creation of The Dairy - a restaurant that defined the Nordic-flecked, produce-focused fine dining movement that has become commonplace in London today. He’s worked for the best chefs in the industry from Marco Pierre White to Raymond Blanc to René Redzepi & is now champ...
Jordon King - America Invented Pasta Carbonara Not The Italians!Jordon King - America Invented Pasta Carbonara Not The Italians!
Jordon King - America Invented Pasta Carbonara Not The Italians!
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Today we're joined by the incredibly charming and wonderfully knowledgable Jordon Ezra King, to hear about his journey from being a trainee tailor on Saville Rowe (working for everyone from Stephen Fry to some of the most renowned gangsters in the country) to becoming a chef and working at some of London & Paris's top restaurants. Jordon is currently on a culinary tour around Europe where he's ...
David Loftus - Gordon Ramsay's Toxic Abuse & Selling 40 Million Books With Jamie Oliver!David Loftus - Gordon Ramsay's Toxic Abuse & Selling 40 Million Books With Jamie Oliver!
David Loftus - Gordon Ramsay's Toxic Abuse & Selling 40 Million Books With Jamie Oliver!
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Today we're joined by multi-award winning photographer David Loftus who's worked with everyone from Jamie Oliver to Nigella Lawson and everyone in between and is the most in demand food photographer in the world. He's also shot some of the biggest celebrities, musicians and models and in this no hold barred interview reveals all the craziest sights he's witnessed in his career so far. From A Li...
Ben Tish - Why I Walked Out on 'Bully' Marcus Wareing & Why I'll Never Return To My Restaurant!Ben Tish - Why I Walked Out on 'Bully' Marcus Wareing & Why I'll Never Return To My Restaurant!
Ben Tish - Why I Walked Out on 'Bully' Marcus Wareing & Why I'll Never Return To My Restaurant!
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Today we're joined by a proper legend of the industry in multi-award winning chef and cookbook writer Ben Tish, who takes us through his remarkable career which started off in Skegness working with Jason Atherton in an unappreciated fine dining restaurant and has ended up 25 years later with him being one of the most respected chefs in the country. From being physically bullied by Marcus Warein...
Michel Roux Jr. - The Real Reason He Closed Le Gavroche & Why He Walked Out On The BBC!Michel Roux Jr. - The Real Reason He Closed Le Gavroche & Why He Walked Out On The BBC!
Michel Roux Jr. - The Real Reason He Closed Le Gavroche & Why He Walked Out On The BBC!
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They don't come greater than Michel Roux Jr. and so for our 50th Episode we're delighted to be able to bring you such a treat. Michel is on incredible form as he takes us through; his greatest memories of running the 2 Michelin Starred Le Gavroche, what he's missing most from working in the kitchen, what he cooked for the Queen for her 90th Birthday, who the greatest chef he ever worked with wa...
Tom Brown - Shocking Bullying In The Kitchen & Why He's The Most 'Copied' Chef In The Industry!Tom Brown - Shocking Bullying In The Kitchen & Why He's The Most 'Copied' Chef In The Industry!
Tom Brown - Shocking Bullying In The Kitchen & Why He's The Most 'Copied' Chef In The Industry!
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Having risen from being Nathan Outlaw's protégé to go onto open his own Michelin Starred restaurant 'Cornerstone' & latterly the award winning 'Pearly Queen'; Chef Tom Brown is one of the most respected chefs in London. Today he opens up as he talks about; the struggles he's faced with having to close Cornerstone and the personal identity crisis which followed, bullying in the kitchen, the figh...
Tom Aikens - Sleeping 3 Hours A Night & The Poisonous Nature Of Working In Professional Kichens!Tom Aikens - Sleeping 3 Hours A Night & The Poisonous Nature Of Working In Professional Kichens!
Tom Aikens - Sleeping 3 Hours A Night & The Poisonous Nature Of Working In Professional Kichens!
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We're honoured to be joined today by the youngest ever British 2 Michelin starred chef in the trail blazer Tom Aikens, to discuss his incredible career which has taken him from working for arguably the 2 greatest chefs of all time in Pierre Koffmann & Joël Robuchon to running some of the finest restaurants to ever grace the London dining scene. For the first time ever Tom reveals all of his dar...
Joe Laker - Bullying, Lying & Stealing - The Brutal Reality Of Working In Michelin Star Kitchens!Joe Laker - Bullying, Lying & Stealing - The Brutal Reality Of Working In Michelin Star Kitchens!
Joe Laker - Bullying, Lying & Stealing - The Brutal Reality Of Working In Michelin Star Kitchens!
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We're joined today by not only one of London's hottest chefs, but also one of the most outspoken men we've ever had the pleasure of sitting down with in Joe Laker. He is the genius mind behind the much lauded 'Counter 71' in Shoreditch and has cut his teeth at some of the finest Michelin Star establishments in Europe from The Black Swan in Yorkshire to Jordnaer in Copenhagen to Elystan Street i...
Adam Byatt - Throwing Out Celebs For Misbehaving In His Michelin Star Restaurant!Adam Byatt - Throwing Out Celebs For Misbehaving In His Michelin Star Restaurant!
Adam Byatt - Throwing Out Celebs For Misbehaving In His Michelin Star Restaurant!
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Today we're joined by one of our culinary heroes in Michelin Starred Chef Adam Byatt, to discuss his incredible journey, from starting out as a 16 year old in Claridge's under the legendary tutelage of Chef John Williams to working with the iconic Philip Howard at 'The Square' to running one of the UK's finest Michelin starred restaurants. Adam is such a fascinating orator and takes us through ...
Ben Lippett - How He Became A Global Foodie Superstar Through MOB!Ben Lippett - How He Became A Global Foodie Superstar Through MOB!
Ben Lippett - How He Became A Global Foodie Superstar Through MOB!
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From working illegally in the kitchens of a Mexican bar in Brooklyn NY to becoming one of the most lauded chefs in Melbourne to latterly evolving into one of the most recognisable faces in online 'food' - Ben Lippett has some wonderful stories. His personal account is now followed by over half a million fans and he's helped take MOB from a small start up to becoming one of the most recognisable...

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  • @kenfuller5160
    @kenfuller5160 30 хвилин тому

    Are these available as an audio podcast download? it would be useful, cheers.

  • @nickanderson8825
    @nickanderson8825 9 годин тому

    This is a good one, you guys are smashing it! Im glad youre uploading these all to youtube now, love the audios but prefer with the video. Thank you!

  • @ricatkins4918
    @ricatkins4918 13 годин тому

    ..I always thought he was very tetchy on Saturday kitchen! Not very impressed if people made jokes about the food.

  • @fun-with-purpose1436
    @fun-with-purpose1436 14 годин тому

    What part of the conversation is about how “the bear” is ruining restaurants?

  • @michaelrickard9890
    @michaelrickard9890 15 годин тому

    Surprising to hear that Mr Roux has retained all rights to the name Le Gavroche, the name of a street urchin who first saw the light of day in Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables. He figured prominently 'manning' the barricades of Paris during the French revolution. His image was also immortalized in a Delacroix painting bearing the French flag atop of the amassed cobblestones. Mr Roux must, most probably, have taken a patent out on it. He did emphasize proprietorship. I say surprising for two reasons. First, the French who are fiercely proud of their country do not not take kindly, to say the least, to a person of whatever nationality who would dare appropriate a name which represents and reflects a significant part of their culture and history. Second, there are two establishments in Paris already bearing the same name, Le Petit Gavroche. The first is a bar/restaurant in the Marais, situated in rue Ste Croix de la Bretonnerie. It was there in the 80's, and had long existed before that time, when i lived and worked in Paris. I used to frequent the place. It was cheap and i had very little money. All of this has long become gentrified and up-market alas. Beaubourg is few minutes up the road. The Bastile is 10 minutes on foot as the crow flies in the opposite direction. The second is Le Gavroche Bar-à-Vins in the 2nd arrondissement, 19, rue Saint Marc. I am not sure how long this establishment has been in existence. So Mr Roux's Le Gavroche has his competitors, waif of the same name, in Paris... and all over France i would imagine. All this can be verified on Google.

  • @flashladderacrobat
    @flashladderacrobat 15 годин тому

    What a gentelman ! What a chef! Wonderful person!

  • @GlassOfBubbly
    @GlassOfBubbly 16 годин тому

    Has an amazing evening at Le Gavroche pre the lockdowns... It was a Taittinger Champagne themed evening for press / journalists and Michel was there - Somewhere we have some nice photos all together. Lovely location, great restaurant... now a part of gastronomic history!

  • @BradshawBaller
    @BradshawBaller 17 годин тому

    Great interview as always. Freddy, has anyone told you look like a rugby league player called Herbie Farnworth?

    • @gotofoodpod
      @gotofoodpod 15 годин тому

      Thankyou so much - haha they haven't but I've just looked it up and I am very happy with the comparison, thankyou sir!

  • @joelbenedickter1484
    @joelbenedickter1484 18 годин тому

    Fantastic chat about real chefs and real food! This channel is a must for all Chefs, young and old!!!. So relatable. 👍

    • @gotofoodpod
      @gotofoodpod 15 годин тому

      thankyou so much Joel - massively appreciate it!

  • @clark10001
    @clark10001 19 годин тому

    never watch the bbc or any new programme.

  • @adeaston6553
    @adeaston6553 День тому

    your sound quality is shite! it's muffled and Bassie. Don't you ever listen to your own stuff?

  • @GinaGalianoTheSoulsAtelier
    @GinaGalianoTheSoulsAtelier День тому

    Such a wonderful gentleman!! Kind, humble, heroic...

  • @KevinDearing-l9o
    @KevinDearing-l9o День тому

    what crap...grow up . try being a MAN just fake news

  • @butterfliesandtape
    @butterfliesandtape День тому

    Great interview, chaps! A good wander about Mr Roux's brain. Fab!

  • @jamiecasey285
    @jamiecasey285 День тому

    What a legend! Big up Michel and big up them carambars and rotisserie chicken with potatoes boshh

  • @FrankLee89
    @FrankLee89 День тому

    Him saying about hours was a bit of a joke.. I’ve first hand experience of working over 100 hours on a 40 hour contract as a head chef in the chez roux company was my last full time job as an employee 🎉🎉

  • @chumley24
    @chumley24 День тому

    Recall watching a masterchef type program where Marcus Wareing was a guest chef and he went into the kitchen and started shouting at chefs as if he was Gordon Ramsay and always thought he wanted to be GR. Took dislike to him at that point but enjoy his programmes now so don't know if it was for cameras or what. James Martin later appeared on same program but encouraged the chefs rather than shouting at them.

    • @Hacienda_27
      @Hacienda_27 7 годин тому

      James Martin's just A beast Love his Chipotle

  • @TheBSM100
    @TheBSM100 День тому

    My wife and I have been fortunate enough to eat in numerous 1,2,3 starred restaurants over the years….in many countries in the world…we ate in Le Gavroche….on our bucket list at the time and it was really no better than a basic bistrot the lighting was very dark, the food average and our server had a French accent so thick that it would ( we speak French) barely be understood anywhere outside Paris….a shame as I have the greatest respect for Michel as a chef…..

  • @jamescree6732
    @jamescree6732 День тому

    Watched a few of your podcasts. Enjoyed the format. Can you put time stamps on them?

  • @keithskelton4914
    @keithskelton4914 День тому

    excellent Thank you 👍

  • @sarahobes2758
    @sarahobes2758 День тому

    The Lars Van Trier of food! Interesting interview, thanks! x

  • @nickparry6763
    @nickparry6763 День тому

    Loving these Yeh can’t wait for mark Sargent one

  • @hugobranca
    @hugobranca 2 дні тому

    Great pod guys

  • @paulgibbons2320
    @paulgibbons2320 2 дні тому

    Anyone would work 80 hours in their own business, and it will make you wealthy. It's a bit different when 80 hours doesn't cover your rent. 😂 Slave dynamics lol.

  • @alasauerkraut
    @alasauerkraut 2 дні тому

    no timestamps, who gives a fuck

  • @wormsnake1
    @wormsnake1 2 дні тому

    Brilliant interview. Congrats.x

  • @tomhirschel8524
    @tomhirschel8524 2 дні тому

    Great episode!!

  • @jamesc264
    @jamesc264 2 дні тому

    You want great food and diversity of cuisine? Try Melbourne in Australia!

    • @elaineblackhurst1509
      @elaineblackhurst1509 2 дні тому

      Most of the English-speaking world is good at food diversity as most of the countries don’t really have strong national cuisines of their own; they have also been magnets for worldwide migration which has added to this diversity.

  • @mariGentle
    @mariGentle 2 дні тому

    i ate there......singularily the worst meal EVER in a michelin starred restaurant,coupled with the worst service.....glad theyve gone

  • @daleboyd8531
    @daleboyd8531 2 дні тому

    People seem so jealouse on Here

    • @aphexrhubarb
      @aphexrhubarb 22 години тому

      Why say that? People know what he is really like, you work there for almost free. That's not jealousy!!

  • @luap89
    @luap89 2 дні тому

    Absolutely loved this

  • @Colin_Power
    @Colin_Power 2 дні тому

    There are very few things better than proper ham, the kind that crumbles. I think traditional baguette butter ham, maybe some Dijon and choucroute

  • @robertowilco7422
    @robertowilco7422 2 дні тому

    Is it true he stole the tips

  • @tonyaldridge8917
    @tonyaldridge8917 2 дні тому

    That cheesy soufflé sounds absolutely rank to be fair

    • @mariGentle
      @mariGentle 2 дні тому

      tbf its shit

    • @funkychickenthesecond2102
      @funkychickenthesecond2102 2 дні тому

      I was lucky enough to have eaten it twice and I can assure you that it definitely tasted delicious.

  • @misterzero8667
    @misterzero8667 2 дні тому

    Why let dicks bully you just so you can work 100 hours a week for min wags

  • @nigellee9824
    @nigellee9824 2 дні тому

    Never been, but have dined in top quality restaurant's, and it's all over rated as to the price, just hype..

  • @MrDavey2010
    @MrDavey2010 2 дні тому

    The restaurant Michel Jr inherited was truly awful. Michel wasn’t a very good cook & isn’t too bright. My wife & I dined there over 10 years ago and the service & food was awful. I complained about it. The place closed as it was dreadful. No other excuse! In addition his staff were kept on minimum wages & Michel Jr kept their tips! If his daughter is a chef, why hasn’t she taken it over? Doesn’t make sense.

    • @rexiioper6920
      @rexiioper6920 2 дні тому

      ouch

    • @davidlauder-qi5zv
      @davidlauder-qi5zv День тому

      How do you come to the view that he wasn't a very good cook? Do others agree with your somewhat harsh view? How do you run a Michelin-starred restaurant if you not a good cook?! And what makes you think that he's not very bright? I've not heard anyone suggest that before. Compared to whom? You? He gives every indication of being very smart. You really seem to have it in for him. Why?

  • @antonyvaughan7808
    @antonyvaughan7808 2 дні тому

    This assho.. refused to allow his staff to keep their tips, he was and is a vile employee!!

  • @garygoldsmith3887
    @garygoldsmith3887 2 дні тому

    Great listen, thanks. Totally agree regarding the Sauce Bernaise, having all the reduction elements left in. Have made hundred of litres in my career, mostly passed through a chinoise. However, when ive made for myself, family, friends Always left the reduction ingredients in, give it such depth of texture and flavours......Thanks all for the interview 🥖🍽🍴🔪😊

  • @DinoViveiros
    @DinoViveiros 2 дні тому

    Put hi,M back on the boat

  • @DinoViveiros
    @DinoViveiros 2 дні тому

    Never trust a frog

    • @ChuckMarteau
      @ChuckMarteau 2 дні тому

      Says a Brit who laps up everything Prince Andrew says and laughed at Jimmy Saville's jokes.

    • @tofty21
      @tofty21 2 дні тому

      His father and uncle were instrumental in raising the quality of British cuisine and pulling us out of a culinary desert!

  • @DinoViveiros
    @DinoViveiros 2 дні тому

    He keeps the tips

    • @tuberjr
      @tuberjr День тому

      and paid below national minimum wage...disgusting

  • @tonygreen9033
    @tonygreen9033 2 дні тому

    First time watching for me and I cannot think of a better guest to start with. Very enjoyable conversation and I especially enjoyed the obvious culinary knowledge of the interviewers. The format was also excellent.

  • @mac-vl4ib
    @mac-vl4ib 2 дні тому

    Who cares eat it shxt it live Repeat

  • @webMonkey_
    @webMonkey_ 2 дні тому

    A true gentleman, his response about the young people was spot on this absolutely terrible idea that people should be slaves to their employers is such a sick and twisted view of life, populated by those that benefit from this exploitation.

  • @misterzero8667
    @misterzero8667 2 дні тому

    He is notorious for stealing staff tips and pretending it was a misunderstanding ,being millionaire not enough ,complined staff wouldnt work 100 hours a week with no overtime

    • @tuberjr
      @tuberjr День тому

      the guy is a total mean plonker ....i wouldnt eat a meal of his even if it was free.

    • @Colin_Power
      @Colin_Power День тому

      Wow that's quite an accusation

    • @kingk2405
      @kingk2405 День тому

      I am for a 100% free speech but you must have strong proofs to say that because free speech is all about opinion which cannot be right or wrong so cannot be sued …totally different from defamation.

    • @seansines
      @seansines День тому

      @@kingk2405it’s literally been published

    • @clutcher96
      @clutcher96 День тому

      Yet another idiot that throws an acusation with no proof

  • @howardroden
    @howardroden 2 дні тому

    I’ve always admired the way Michel shows his love of eating food. It’s not all for show and accolades it’s for the pure excitement of eating something amazing.

  • @uberseehandel
    @uberseehandel 2 дні тому

    I went to Le Gavroche in 1967, soon after it opened, early in the evening. I was seized upon by M. Roux, who was working on the principle of catch'em young, which worked. Fortunately, I had the presence of mind to ask "What would you like me to eat?", the result was astounding. I looked at the wine list, mostly beyond my youthful purse, and settled on a half bottle of champagne from as close to my birth year as possible. Some things one never forgets.

  • @londonman8688
    @londonman8688 2 дні тому

    le gavroche was over rated sorry

    • @63humanbeing
      @63humanbeing День тому

      I respectfully disagree, Le Gavroche was a great French Cuisine restaurant

  • @Hacienda_27
    @Hacienda_27 2 дні тому

    Eh, 65 hours A week for 5.50 an hour makes me feel less shite about not getting into Gavroche as A teenager

    • @graemecatty9921
      @graemecatty9921 2 дні тому

      If you don't like working at a place with those wages and hours, don't work there.

    • @Looper444
      @Looper444 День тому

      @@graemecatty9921of course you dontbhave to work ther, but I'm happy for people to say its too low, driving down cost of living wages.