RIP Keith Floyd
Just a quick note to mark the passing of Keith Floyd, who died Monday at the age of 65 from a heart attack.
Floyd was the orginal food punk, cooking glass in hand with a devil-may-care attitude while Anthony Bourdain was still washing dishes (no disrespect to Tony.)
I first encountered Floyd on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen, where re-runs of his mediterrean adventures ran at just about the same time as my own, latent relationship with cooking was starting to develop.
He embodied a relaxed, fun and creative approach to cooking, emulated today by chefs such as Jamie Oliver (one of Floyd's most vocal eulogisers) and played a part in taking alot of the starch out of British food culture.
Cheers Keith.
Floyd was the orginal food punk, cooking glass in hand with a devil-may-care attitude while Anthony Bourdain was still washing dishes (no disrespect to Tony.)
I first encountered Floyd on the BBC's Saturday Kitchen, where re-runs of his mediterrean adventures ran at just about the same time as my own, latent relationship with cooking was starting to develop.
He embodied a relaxed, fun and creative approach to cooking, emulated today by chefs such as Jamie Oliver (one of Floyd's most vocal eulogisers) and played a part in taking alot of the starch out of British food culture.
Cheers Keith.
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posted by Street Foodie at
01:22
1 Comments:
If you think about Keith,he was more honest, about food then the latest crop of celebrity chefs. I still remember when he cooked an omelet in competition with a little old French lady. When the little old lady told him that his omelet was crap,he admitted that she was right.
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