SC - Re: Modern Chefs (OOP)

[Craig Jones.]

Umm, are you talking about the Seafood Chef, Rick Stein?

He's very popular in Lochac (Australia) and my and I are hoping to attend a
light supper and lecture he is giving in July.  His TV shows (more than 1
season worth) is currently showing on the ABC on Wednesday nights.

Why is it that here in OZ I watch a heap of cooking shows with famous chefs
(Gordon Ramsay, Rick Stein, Delia Smith, Nick Nairn, Jamie Oliver, Jennifer
Patterson & Clarissa ???) and they are all bloody English.  Are there any
American cooks doing good things / writing books / doing shows?

While I'm on it, what celebrity chefs are your heroes and why?

For me:
Gordon Ramsay - He's such a bastard.  Destroyed any fantasies I have of
	        quitting my IT job and becoming an apprentice chef.  Yet, his
                food is simple but superb.
Rick Stein    - Level headed.  Doesn't sensationalise but has a quiet passion
                for seafood education.
Delia Smith   - Total Babe. Great bod, well spoken, great cook. Nuff said.
Nick Nairn    - Dig the accent, great fresh scottish cooking.
Jamie Oliver  - Left me with "Pukka" as a permanent part of my Vocab.  New kid
                on the block introducing cooking to the younger generation who
                usually can't boil an egg.  His style of food is fresh, simple,
                tasty. Yumbo.
2 Fat Ladies  - Proving that low fat cooking isn't always the best, and that
                double cream has it's places. 

Cheers,

Drakey.

ps.  I suspect the prominance of english cooking shows might be a symptom of
     England's current renaissance in good cookery.  It's a shame about the
     foot & mouth/vcjd crisis though. That can't be helping.

>Oddly enough, I saw Rick Steinman do that pie on his show "Rick Steinman's
>Seafood" about a year ago, but I think he was in Cornwall at the time. So
>yes, it is still cooked here elsewhere than Wales.
>I don't think you get Rick Steinman in the US, he's a local seafoods
>specialist chef and IMHO is one of the best BBC 'celebrity' chefs there is. 
>Ciao
>Lucrezia
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