Big Chef Little Chef

[d000hg]

I'm young but even I can remember them being good/busy... as a child their breakfasts were great. I think they've been trying to relaunch for a couple of years now - keep seeing special offers.

Personally, I think their breakfasts are still quite good, but nothing else on their menu tempts me.

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the bit where the two menus went head-to-head missed the point: they could have run two identical, bog standard chips 'n' pasta menus, one labelled "Little Chef" and one labelled "Heston Blumenthal", and the hapless proles would still have overwhelmingly chosen the "Little Chef" one simply because of inverted snobbery, fear of the unfamiliar and "it's not for people like us" class self-identification. oh, and because they're f***ing thick.

honestly, what's the point?

Did the public know it was Heston's menu, or just a new menu? I'd think many people would pick his simply because he's famous if the food wasn't weird.

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I loved the greeting he was given when he went into the first restaurant before meeting the CEO: "hello sir, table for one?" - not a flicker of recognition from the waitress - immediate indication of the gulf between the chef and the organisation/punters that he's been brought in to help.

[norrahe]

I loved the greeting he was given when he went into the first restaurant before meeting the CEO: "hello sir, table for one?" - not a flicker of recognition from the waitress - immediate indication of the gulf between the chef and the organisation/punters that he's been brought in to help.

Not many people know who Heston Blumenthal is.

As for his head chefs being snobs, most chefs will come across this way to anyone who is completely ignorant about real food. (and yes I know they play around with molecular gastronomy etc, etc.... I kick myself sometimes that i turned down a stage at the fat duck when i was a chef )

As for the CEO of LC, he didn't get such a good write up in restauarant magazine when he "acquired" the failing institution for a very small fee. He wants the publicity and a free menu design for nowt.

As for the outcome of the programme, the sunday times reviewed the menu two weeks ago

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle5390168.ece

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As for the outcome of the programme, the sunday times reviewed the menu two weeks ago

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle5390168.ece

Will read that after watch the rest of the show... want to keep it a surprise (no spoilers please)

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Will read that after watch the rest of the show... want to keep it a surprise (no spoilers please)

no more spoilers

[tim123]

Did the public know it was Heston's menu, or just a new menu? I'd think many people would pick his simply because he's famous if the food wasn't weird.

Is he?

I've never 'erd of him.

tim

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Is he?

I've never 'erd of him.

tim

Well he's had a TV series or two. Not famous like Jamie/Gordon, maybe he is too busy actually running his restaurant...

[norrahe]

Well he's had a TV series or two. Not famous like Jamie/Gordon, maybe he is too busy actually running his restaurant...

He doesn't appear to be in his restaurant as much as he was initially, he goes to rather a lot of food fairs and lectures around the world.

I've been to his restaurants 4 times now and he was off doing summat.

[badger7579]

This program is really annoying, I thought it would be Kitchen Nightmares on a grander scale. Why is Heston trying to change the LC Breakfast when it’s the best selling item on the menu?? Would it not be better to concentrate on the rest of the menu that’s obviously crap?

The CEO seems to be spineless when confronted with the fact that they had changed the national menu and not told Heston? He looked like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar.

Where is the justice in the world when companies like Woolies, Zavvi and Wedgewood go into administration and LC is still going? Great Britain