Gary Eats

[Sakkiedekock]

I remember he once said he worked in leisure for 35 years.

Gary in 1990...

 

[Millennial Pink]

Fine in small doses. Won't be watching that channel he started with the rate my takeaway fella, I find him unwatchable.

 

[Rockin' Robin]

I have just watched part of his latest video, and frankly I am appalled. He was in Padstow reviewing a fish and chip shop, owned by the same people who own the two pasty shops. The same pasty shops which Danny v food reviewed.

The title of Gary's video, says he was "thrown" out of the fish an chip shop, because of their previous visits and comments about the food ect. He mentioned that TripAdvisor had been bombarded with one star reviews for the pasty shop, because of Danny's visit. He did at least say that this is the wrong approach.

So Gary puts on a ridiculous wig, and allegedly goes to the fish & chip shop, where he is asked to leave. This supposedly happened off camera. So he made a very poor attempt at humour, at the expense of the owners of the pasty and fish & chip shop.

I don't know if you or any of your cronies read here Gary, but since you teamed up with Danny, your integrity, if you ever had any, has plummeted. You have gone right down in my estimation.

 

[Sabbie]

The way he describes food is so tedious, “The hash brown is very crispy on the outside” Groundbreaking!

He’s like your annoying neighbor that wants to talk endlessly about cutting his grass twice a week becuase it rained. 🥱

Sorry. He’s a complete idiot.

 

[PuritySpiral]

His latest video at the steak place was really bad form. It's like he went there to slate it. I can't believe he filmed himself telling the waiter everything that was wrong with the food. I thought it was reprehensible to talk at the end about how they gave him the entire bill free and then ENCOURAGE people to ask for their money back when they are not happy with anything. It just feels like Gary has now opened this place up to a load of chancers.

 

[didisaythatoutloudoops]

Stumbled across this thread by coincidence but feel almost vindicated reading what you've all put!

I subscribed to him years ago and rarely watch now, but I did put on the recent 'abuse' video wondering what it was about. I was instantly skeptical of his stories. I have no reason to be skeptical of him and before this, was completely ambivalent to him as a YouTuber (if anything slightly positive).

But people don't just run up to strangers, even YouTubing ones, in public and begin antagonising them - particularly men (and he's not small). At a basic psychological level there is no 'win', and there's the risk of physical aggression in return. He isn't a controversial figure, he isn't known for being extravagantly rich or able to grant wishes Mr. Beast style - and he simply isn't well known enough that his face is instantly recognisable. I just don't believe these examples happened.

And seeing the comment that @SwiftieNewRomantics posted - he clearly has the tendency to over-exaggerate. 'Where is your evidence' is not something I would describe as 'the type of things he has to read and put up with' - it's a reasonable question.

 

[LambSandwhich]

What a pest this man is, swanning into a business that’s been open for a long time like he’s saving the day. How did they get so far in their lives before Gary rocked up with £500?

What did bringing this bootlicker on and returning so soon to do a victory lap over a paltry sum do exactly besides feeding his ego? Random YouTube man says Gary is busy saving small businesses? Why do they all speak without any thought?

It does seem like anyone can knock about with a camera, describe food as beautiful [insert texture, flavour, smell or appearance] and you’re off to the races.

Please, please, please stop the “walking away” joke, it’s fucking dead. Also, we see you snatching all of random YouTubers food, passed off as banter or marking territory? Gary does seem to deal with the big green monster quite a lot. And I’m not talking about Greeno.

 

[Uncle Maniac]

He said the channel is going to end next year sooner if the abuse gets worse.

I don’t think that would be such a bad thing, these reviews (not just Gary’s) are becoming tedious. They’re all copying one another, going to the same places, formulaic … When every food influencer is queuing outside the same Claridge’s bakery or the same chippy in Margate, it stops being food criticism and becomes something closer to a social media trend dressed up as journalism.

 

[SwiftieNewRomantics]

Looks like the table is staying then

All these people like Gary, Danny, greeno are all becoming so similar with the tables and their reviews they all kind of meld into each other.

 

[didisaythatoutloudoops]

A narcissist. It’s a well known narc tactic to recruit what is called flying monkeys to pile on someone who has bruised the narc’s ego.

More and more, I find myself genuinely believing that 99% of those who start YouTube channels are narcissists. Aside from the very, very few who genuinely possess a skill/talent that is 'teachable' or keep their identity hidden... I think it takes a certain personality to think 'I am worth watching'.

For accounts like Gary's - where the food or travel reviewing isn't actually any kind of chef-level skill - I think it is genuine narcissism that drives them to think 'I am not an expert in this area but people will want to watch me anyway'.

 

[Haym13]

I used to love watching Gary and have watched from the beginning. Stopped watching when he teamed up with Danny, can't stand him

 

[benpetben]

I really liked Gary at the start; he came across as very genuine, and I enjoyed the whole easy-to-watch 'feel-good' vibe. He clearly went there just to wind them up and get content.

Maybe it's the natural progression of things: you have to do more extreme stuff to keep the YouTube algorithm happy. But since getting involved with Danny and the growth of his channel, the vibe is different, and I think it's all going to his head.

 

[Sabbie]

For someone who claims to have been in the industry for many years, I find his vocabulary to describe the food extremely limited and repetitive. But then again they are all the same, and not actual foodies.

 

[Anonymous_Daisy]

I always get the ick when people film themselves giving money or food to homeless people or people struggling financially as if to say "look at me, I'm being charitable." Ever since Gary has teamed up with Danny his content has been dire.

 

[SwiftieNewRomantics]

So that's £5-6k for one video!

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Thats not a fair comparison. Del Boy was charismatic and occasionally kind.

 

[Sakkiedekock]

Thats not a fair comparison. Del Boy was charismatic and occasionally kind.

Better?

 

[SwiftieNewRomantics]

Once someone admits to doing paid reviews once, I’d never trust they wouldn’t do them in the future. And i don’t believe for a second Gary doesn’t do them.

 

[SwiftieNewRomantics]

imagine describing himself and Hannah Ricketts as ‘famous’

 

[mrsfeather]

I don't watch any of them anymore, they're all boring cardboard cut outs of each other.

Same here - don't watch Gary, Greeno or Hannah anymore, they are simple boring and just using their subs purely to make money now.

 

[TheAJ]

The view counts are crazy, the title definitely sells the view counts.

its the gross thing of the influencers who make content off of homeless people and the like. Just give them the money you dont have to film and make a song and dance about it, people arent your content, utter pricks