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FrannyGallops

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My daughter is a T1 diabetic and we used fruit juices to bring her sugar levels back up when she had a hypo as it was the only thing that did it quickly, plus the little fruit juice cartons were easy to carry and contained the right amount. Trying to find any kind of soft drink these days with sugar in is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I fucking hate Jamie Oliver for that alone, the slug faced twat.
 
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panda_eyes

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Jack Monroe is unprofessional, unqualified, and begs fans for money when she's raking it in. I'm not a huge Jamie fan, but he's a far better choice for a tv show needed quickly than Jack Monroe.
 
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Mayday

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I really dislike his approach to making the nation healthier. I think it should be more focused on making healthier food cheaper (like how Lidl have done those wonky veg boxes), or educating on how to cook healthy, quick meals - rather than making junk food more expensive (although I do hate how a lot of junk food is always on offer, or easy to get in bulk at places like costco). Also having healthier options for school dinners. I don't know what its like now, but when I was at school the dinners were like...turkey twizzlers and some sort of cake/pudding as a dessert. 🤢
 
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Yel

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He definitely is; I almost certainly thought that gig would have gone to Jack Monroe.
Jack Monroe is far more guilty than Jamie Oliver than ripping off other people. Jack Monroe released a vegan cookbook jumping on that trend (full of stolen recipes) but yet claimed her whole life and career was ruined because Jamie Oliver is doing a show about the type of recipes people have been doing for a millennia.

I could go on about this low skilled entitled twat, but she's got a thread.
 
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poppycat

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Jack Monroe constantly cries poverty asks her 'fans' to contribute to her Patreon and Paypal account, despite living with her partner who is a producer at Channel 4 - surely they could both survive on one wage for a while as many people have to? Sorry but I don't believe a word she says.
 
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WillowM

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I used to work at one of his restaurants in London for many years.
Met Jamie Oliver few times, nothing bad to say about him - nice, friendly personality.
The place started to go down waaaay before Brexit campaigns even started.. So that is a very lame excuse in my opinion.
Main reason for this failure was being too greedy. Opening restaurants one after the other , instead of focusing on the existing ones. Quantity over quality. I don't know about other restaurants, but where I worked we were massively understaffed - they would save every penny on chefs, waitresses.. Hence the overcooked/undercooked food, ugly presentation, stressed waiters, angry customers and so on ..
I can't blame Jamie for this, but whoever is overseeing his business and management -they need to be sacked.
I also think that Area managers were pushed to the limits to hit the targets and sales .
It is not ''cool'' to have restaurants on each corner with shitty quality. He should've stopped at having 5 restaurants - couple of London locations and couple outside of London. I guarantee you if this was the case there would be still long lines outside of his restaurants waiting for the tables. But it's too late, the reputation is massively damaged now.
At the end all of the good, talented chefs started to leave because they didn't see any potential there and company was so desperate that they made kitchen porters into chefs within couple of weeks (literally).
 
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StephenTJackson

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Jamie Oliver is not the first and won’t be the last company to have huge amounts of unpaid debts. If you hear of a company doing a Compang Voluntary Arangement (CVA) like Jamie’s Italian did, like many of the other casual dining chains have done in recent years and other retailers, they are all at it. Because landlords have been charging ever higher rents for years even though the High Street is dying.

Jamie Oliver is a twat though. I already disliked him, but now Vimto, Ribena and Lucozade (as well as others, they are just my favourites) have all been ruined by having sugar replaced with artificial sweetener. They all already had sugar free alternatives, these standard varieties with reduced sugar and sweetener mix are just wrong. People already had the choice of sugar or not. And the whole point of Lucozade is the sugar - hence the term “glucose drink” on the bottle.

The thing about junk food being on special offer more is because it is more processed to produce, it has “added value”, there is more profit margin with a higer price as a result, whereas fresh fruit, veg, meat, fish etc. Generally have much lower profit margins in the U.K. for retailers, so there is less ability for promotional activity on these products and to still keep them profitable. Often at Christmas you will hear of “veg wars” when the supermarkets all make their veg loss making by selling them very cheap - but the supermarkets then try push that loss on to suppliers, who are already struggling to make money. Milk is a prime example, it is underpriced in the U.K., many dairy farmers sell at a loss to supermarkets and large dairy companies, becuase they have greater power over the supplier and it is better to make a small loss than sell no product at all.
 
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pink321

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Am I the only one who thinks that all the celebs are looking a real state during the lockdown and when doing interviews/ filming things whilst at home? How is it that us ordinary people's image and appearance don't manage to unravel as badly as theirs whilst at home? They look like tramps! I mean, how high maintenance can you be if you can't manage to put a brush through your hair in the morning without assistance??

(AND, they also have more time on their hands than us ordinaries do!!)
 
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Yel

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This show is getting watchable - for all the wrong reasons, half of it yesterday was blending greens and dairy to make a pasta sauce.

He's really struggling without a team with just Joules as an assistant.
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Palpatine

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My niece wrote him a letter when the school dinner stuff was implemented. It went like this:

Dear Jamie,

The only thing I ever liked about school was the food. Then you came along and fucking ruined it, you pontificating fat bastard.

I hate you


I was so proud of a 12 year olds use of pontificating. She never did get a reply :LOL:
 
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Yel

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I'm shocked there are 8 Jamie's Italian places left still open. That place was average food, very overpriced with rude staff that would make you wait even if it was half empty.

I know lots don't like the Murdoch press but it's facts will have been checked. Of the 1.4m due in rent, just 350k will be paid back and they consider the matter dealt with.


His showboating with David Cameron is the reason why almost all drinks have artificial sweeteners rather than sugar these days. Even if you're not convinced about the harm of these sweeteners they do taste awful.

 
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Yel

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@Mayday I totally agree, his heart is probably in the right place but he's going about it in totally the wrong way and it's not particularly helpful. This sums it up well

 
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letsmeltthatlard

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It really couldnt have happened to a better smarmier, marshmallow tongued prick. The only celeb I hate more than him is amanda holden.. imagine being told you're shit by that frog bint.
 
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SarcasticEllis

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Jack Monroe is unprofessional, unqualified, and begs fans for money when she's raking it in. I'm not a huge Jamie fan, but he's a far better choice for a tv show needed quickly than Jack Monroe.
Yep a far more convenient prospect to have a seasoned presenter fronting the show especially if put together quickly. Plus Jack Monroe doesn’t strike me as someone who’d take direction very well, in a broadcast sense or otherwise.
 
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JulieScoobyDoo

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Am I the only one who thinks that all the celebs are looking a real state during the lockdown and when doing interviews/ filming things whilst at home? How is it that us ordinary people's image and appearance don't manage to unravel as badly as theirs whilst at home? They look like tramps! I mean, how high maintenance can you be if you can't manage to put a brush through your hair in the morning without assistance??

(AND, they also have more time on their hands than us ordinaries do!!)
Make up artists. Normally they have their hair and make up done by professionals and have professional lighting. Now we’re seeing them in their true light without all the fakery
 
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coconochanel

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Jack Monroe is far more guilty than Jamie Oliver than ripping off other people. Jack Monroe release a vegan cookbook jumping on that trend (full of stolen recipes) but yet claimed her whole life and career was ruined because Jamie Oliver is doing a show about the type of recipes people have been doing for a millennia.

I could go on about this low skilled entitled twat, but she's got a thread.
I cant stand Jack Monroe.
 
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Sp20191

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I'm shocked there are 8 Jamie's Italian places left still open. That place was average food, very overpriced with rude staff that would make you wait even if it was half empty.

I know lots don't like the Murdoch press but it's facts will have been checked. Of the 1.4m due in rent, just 350k will be paid back and they consider the matter dealt with.


His showboating with David Cameron is the reason why almost all drinks have artificial sweeteners rather than sugar these days. Even if you're not convinced about the harm of these sweeteners they do taste awful.

I can’t have sweeteners because they trigger my awful migraines...buying squash/fizzy is a nightmare :(
 
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NoHellNo

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I can’t have sweeteners because they trigger my awful migraines...buying squash/fizzy is a nightmare :(
Same! Aspartame gives me the most awful 3 day migraines and a feeling that my brain cells are being killed off (brain fog, confusion, dizziness) so I've avoided it for years but I bought a fanta the other day not realising they've started to use aspartame in it to get round the sugar tax and I was sick as a dog. They really should put it in clear writing on the front because I've heard of loads of people getting sick from it. I also get the most awful toilet trouble with sucralose/splenda used in sugar free sweets, I don't understand how they're allowed to use these so frequently in food when it's a known problem.
 
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