That's funny that no one commented on Slumdog Millionaire. Perhaps you didn't want any spoilers, or you haven't seen it.
Anyhoo, I'm off to the South Bank Show Awards today, but before I go, did you see that Heston Blumenthal takes on the Little Chef programme last night?
What were they thinking? The clearly deluded celeb-obsessed MD of Little Chef was convinced Heston's wacky fare would pull in the punters. So far, it seems he's wrong. But couldn't we have told him so? If you stop in at the Little Chef, you want burgers, bangers and especially fry-ups. Lamb thyroid casserole and dry ice chocolate sorbets are way over the heads of the core clientele.
Heston sort of got this, but his sneering, rather superior chefs did not. They quite clearly thought they were a cut above and threw their weight around with the loyal staff, mocking their lack of sophistication and laughing at the menu. Little Chef is what it is, and we love them for that. That said, what sort of person grows up wanting to work in the Little Chef like the manager at the Winchester branch did? It's a bit of an odd ambition, it must be said.
So I'll be interested to see what happens tonight. Will Heston get to know the budget from that over-excited starfucker of an MD? Will passing trade go for his offal dishes?
* That's what my brother used to call the Happy Eater. How we laughed!
