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Heston Blumenthal Saves Little Chef

post #1 of 13
7/16/10 at 4:02pm
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Great show.
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post #2 of 13
7/16/10 at 5:10pm
i caught one episode and really liked it. a little stagey for bbc, but still far from a fox production.
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post #3 of 13
7/16/10 at 5:13pm
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I had never heard of this chain until I had breakfast at one in the English sticks a few years ago. Spectacularly awful. Go Heston.
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post #4 of 13
7/16/10 at 5:15pm
never eaten at one, but my understanding is: think denny's with british food. but don't think about it for too long.
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post #5 of 13
7/17/10 at 2:18am
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never eaten at one, but my understanding is: think denny's with british food. but don't think about it for too long.

Oh God it hurts. Why would you make me envision that?
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post #6 of 13
7/17/10 at 4:03am
I don't even know why they brought in Blumenthal instead of another top chef. The menu changes really didn't reflect the style of cooking he's so famous for. Instead, it was more about a return to basics with better ingredients.

Has there been any updates since the show ended on how well Little Chef is doing now?

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i caught one episode and really liked it. a little stagey for bbc, but still far from a fox production.

Its just so disappointing what happened to Kitchen Nightmares, which was one of my favorite show even though Ramsay never really tried to work with the owner/chef's vision.
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post #7 of 13
7/17/10 at 4:11am
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Instead, it was more about a return to basics with better ingredients.
Yeah. It was basically Kitchen Nightmares with less arguments and thankfully no topless shots of Heston.



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Its just so disappointing what happened to Kitchen Nightmares, which was one of my favorite show even though Ramsay never really tried to work with the owner/chef's vision.

That's b/c the chefs/owners visions always put them hundreds of thousands in debt, whereas Ramsay's simple but delicious style has made him an absolute baller.
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post #8 of 13
7/17/10 at 11:03am
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Yeah. It was basically Kitchen Nightmares with less arguments and thankfully no topless shots of Heston.

deep inside, I always looked forward to the topless action shots of Ramsay.
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post #9 of 13
7/17/10 at 11:29am
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Has there been any updates since the show ended on how well Little Chef is doing now?

According to Wiki, there was a follow-up filmed about nine months later but I haven't seen it.
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post #10 of 13
7/17/10 at 11:31am
um, isn't this a really old series? like a year+? if I remember correctly he tried to help them out, they resisted giving him any actual power to change anything, then they pretended to be committed by letting him redo one store, the big boss comes over and says how great it is, PR stunt, then thanks and goodbye, nothing changes. I'd rather be watching Jamie's School Dinners.
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post #11 of 13
7/17/10 at 12:14pm
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I don't even know why they brought in Blumenthal instead of another top chef. The menu changes really didn't reflect the style of cooking he's so famous for. Instead, it was more about a return to basics with better ingredients.


So I guess you never saw his series "In Search of Perfection"? It should enlighten you.
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post #12 of 13
7/17/10 at 12:26pm
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if I remember correctly he tried to help them out, they resisted giving him any actual power to change anything, then they pretended to be committed by letting him redo one store, the big boss comes over and says how great it is, PR stunt, then thanks and goodbye, nothing changes.
Not exactly. That's the way it looked in the middle but the management came around. The trial was a success. According to Wiki, in the followup they show how the new menu was rolled out to several other locations and is in the process of going chain-wide.
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post #13 of 13
7/17/10 at 12:30pm
heston seems like a genuinely nice guy and doesnt feel the need to lie about once having a promising football career
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