It also very clearly illustrates why this court case WILL NEVER HAPPEN. It’s fluffy kittens over here compared to the bear pit that is Mumsnet. Plus Jack would be casting herself as an enemy of free speech (as well as monstrously vain). Just watch the blue ticks all melt away at that prospect.
Jack Monroe #23 Life would be so much easier if everyone was a chronic optimist.
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So I didn’t watch the live as was cooking and then family time - but I popped in a couple of times for a look see ... and saw these two things.
Classic. Jack.
Classic. Jack.
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imho I think they've written it off, will let it run it's course and then banish it, never to be spoken of again. Even if they've spent 10k (and if i know anything, they would have negotiated a reduction after yesterday) it's a drop in the ocean for a failed marketing campaign for them
I mean it's not the same (at all m'lud) but it makes me think of those benefit fraud types who've been caught doing the conga in Benidorm but turn up to their trial in a wheelchair (or a Zimmer with tennis balls in Harvey Weinstein's case).
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I liked the glasses I thought it was a bit of fun and showed her relaxed and relatable
What were they for?
chopping onions with a blunt bread knife
they're onion glasses, with a seal so you don't cry when chopping onions
I completely agree with this. She does very little in practical terms, most of it seems to be talk.
I remember a few threads back someone mentioned that she’d been nominated for a food writers’ guild award in the “inspiration” category.
The shortlist is below, and if you look at the AMAZING stuff her competitors are doing, it is frankly embarrassing that she was nominated alongside them.
Even when she was arranging to donate her books to food banks, you had to buy it first so that she got the money. It was NOT a selfless act.
Inspiration Award
Sally Brown and Kate Morris (Flavour School and My World Kitchen)
Barny Haughton (Square Food Foundation)
Jack Monroe (cookingonabootstrap.com)
Alicia Weston (Bags of Taste)
Chris Wilkie (Plan Zheroes)
She’s baffling. I can understand the reasoning for some of the lies, like those relating to her finances - poverty is her USP, the lies are still wrong but I get it. If the lies were contained to career-furthering subjects then she’d just be an unethical businesswoman
It’s the fact she lies about literally everything, even to her own detriment (most recently implying Hellmann’s expected her to meet contractual obligations on BOT). I’ve known people who are full of tit, but Jack is by far the most prolific liar I’ve ever encountered. She could tell me the sky was blue and I’d have to double check
On the basis that Jack verbally denigrated Boris Johnson's morals on a live broadcast just a few hours ago - she should reflect on her plan for legal action.
Remember the boy who cried wolf? It’s a fact of life that bad/difficult things happen to people but everyone has a breaking point so JM may push away her support network and find herself in a situation where she genuinely needs them
Jack wears many hats including cook, writer, journalist and activist. She seems to want to focus on being a cook now.
So focus. She said years ago that she wanted to get more comfortable in front of the camera so she did some presenter training. She did some YouTube readings. She's been on This Morning a few times. I don't doubt live TV isn't terrifying but she knows what she's getting herself into. I didn't watch all the facebook live tonight but the bits I saw I felt she was best when she did the Q&A on her own as it was more her comfort zone. She has admitted that she can't cook and talk so why continue. There are so many other foodies who are doing it well and seemingly effortless that Jack should see that the nervous edge is really off-putting. When you're a professional it's not cute or endearing to keep saying you're nervous or not prepared. I'm nervous in my job sometimes but you do it and don't show it. And if it makes you feel like that then change jobs. I really think with a different approach she could really appeal. A prerecorded video cooking one of her recipes and maybe using substitutions? What about setting a £50 budget on a Monday with a shopping list and cooking meals all week - doesn't have to be videos, just a recipe to show how you can use all your food? Use recipes from your books for meals for Monday-Friday. Treat days? Fakeaways? Find the enjoyment of food and cooking it for your family and friends. It doesn't matter if you're not poor now. You don't have to be. You know what it's like and people understand that. Find your strength of which you have many and go with that.
Sorry for the long post. Had to get it out.
So focus. She said years ago that she wanted to get more comfortable in front of the camera so she did some presenter training. She did some YouTube readings. She's been on This Morning a few times. I don't doubt live TV isn't terrifying but she knows what she's getting herself into. I didn't watch all the facebook live tonight but the bits I saw I felt she was best when she did the Q&A on her own as it was more her comfort zone. She has admitted that she can't cook and talk so why continue. There are so many other foodies who are doing it well and seemingly effortless that Jack should see that the nervous edge is really off-putting. When you're a professional it's not cute or endearing to keep saying you're nervous or not prepared. I'm nervous in my job sometimes but you do it and don't show it. And if it makes you feel like that then change jobs. I really think with a different approach she could really appeal. A prerecorded video cooking one of her recipes and maybe using substitutions? What about setting a £50 budget on a Monday with a shopping list and cooking meals all week - doesn't have to be videos, just a recipe to show how you can use all your food? Use recipes from your books for meals for Monday-Friday. Treat days? Fakeaways? Find the enjoyment of food and cooking it for your family and friends. It doesn't matter if you're not poor now. You don't have to be. You know what it's like and people understand that. Find your strength of which you have many and go with that.
Sorry for the long post. Had to get it out.
JM would get on well with a sister of mine. They could swap lies and fantasy lives
I was surprised to see JM’s rinsed spaghetti hoop abomination in this month’s Good Food mag
Good Food it ain’tI was surprised to see JM’s rinsed spaghetti hoop abomination in this month’s Good Food mag
I tried to have a cheeky peek on IG at 5pm but it was running late so I had a look for Alexis and followed her (see, you fab chefs are rubbing off on me! Not literally though, there’s a law against that kind of thing 
) but when I went back to JM, I saw that Alexis follows her. Maybe she has for some time, or maybe she’s following her to ‘keep an eye’ or maybe whatever JM said in her DM, Alexis was fine with it. 
) but when I went back to JM, I saw that Alexis follows her. Maybe she has for some time, or maybe she’s following her to ‘keep an eye’ or maybe whatever JM said in her DM, Alexis was fine with it.
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Seriously???I was surprised to see JM’s rinsed spaghetti hoop abomination in this month’s Good Food mag
Speaking of the fiancée, I notice that Louisa’s Insta has shared that one of her C4 shows has been nominated for a BAFTA. But Jack doesn’t appear to have commented or even liked it.
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