A Smorgasbord with the purported Swedish Cooks ( Nov 2021 )

• An abridged excerpt of a book to be updated in a series named Success : TV ... : ISSN 2466-670X . ( 2015-2022 ) , with internet links below . Nothing of this publication may be printed , reprinted , reproduced , copied or divulged ( via the internet or electronic means ) , even for educational purposes , without the written permission of the author ( PCP , Eendracht 18/1 , B – 2060 Europe ; [email protected] ). c. 2015-2022 PCP. ( Xeylon LLC / LT1 LLC )?.
• Let′s start cooking . Hereby an attempt to sketch some TV cooking programs , starting with some UK examples , and to make it as humorous as possible . After all , to paraphrase OSCAR WILDE : " I often use wine while cooking ; and sometimes I pour it into it . "
• Since the title refers to Swedish cooks , here a compilation from the MUPPET SHOW :
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN1hL9cn7s0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHyXxITass
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxhyxpN-thI
• Smorgasbord is popular in some places ; maybe it works best with a ton of Aquavit .
• Back to something serious . When I was at the university (Law School ) , I used to eat especially well at some restaurants . By the 4th year of the 5 obligatory ones , at 20 , I started a culinary club with 4 university females , and 3 other university males , to provide each other with top culinary meals , especially in the French tradition ( which also the British "Masterchefs" often refer to .) I was surprised to know , some years ago , that that culinary club tradition still lives on at the same university , in the most affluent circles .
• It is still the purpose to eat exceptionally well , also in the UK and the US , but You simply have to know where to go ( and what to expect ) .

JAMES MARTIN , now 49 as far as I know , and best described here ( his WIKISTUB may need some positive adaptation ) worked for years at the BBC , to move to ITV by about 2017 . At the BBC , he presented "Saturday kitchen" ( 2006-2016) , of which I just bought the Saturday kitchen cookbook pictured above .

In that book , some wonderful dessert , VANILLA AND GINGERBREAD CHEESECAKE , which I would love to taste .

By 2018 , when at ITV , he presented this television DVD ( 5 discs - 900 minutes ) named " American Adventure" , about novel American traditions .

Included is a very strange caviar dish which would be served at a very large estate in LOUISIANA , which I understood to be HOUMAS HOUSE , with a very interesting history .

Another famous TV cooking program is of course MASTERCHEF , of which I like the UK version better than the US or even Australian versions . I seem to have a natural aversion to GORDON RAMSEY and MARCUS WAREIGN , who were at a certain moment in legal problems together ( in this rather jealous world ) . The program , developed by one FRANC RODDAM since 1990 , is now produced in more than 40 countries (!) , and is distributed by a Paris ( ?) company named BANIJAY , which took over most assets of the Dutch ENDEMOL ( Hilversum ) , and now also distributes TEMPTATION ISLAND , which runs in a local version in more than 20 countries , and which originally was named ( Dutch ) BLIND VERTROUWEN ( Blind Faith ) .

One of the most memorable events must be the SOUTHAMPTON -MAURITIUS presentations by SHELINA PERMALLOO , MASTERCHEF winner in 2012 , pictured here with other winners .

There is also a MASTERCHEF : THE PROFESSIONALS series , where one restaurant did try to score with then rather novel sous-vide cooking , which in some cases may take far too long . ( believed to be THE FAT DUCK ) .

As stated previously , there also seems some bad envy amongst the "Professionals" , which may even be criminal at times ( attacks on those perceived to be competition ) , as in the RAMSAY - WAREING world .

Following a fall-out between Ramsay and A-Z Restaurants over Wareing's contract at L'Oranger,[15]?which saw Ramsay quit Aubergine to open?Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Wareing followed suit by leaving L'Oranger, forcing the restaurant into temporary closure.[16][17]?A-Z Restaurants commenced legal proceedings against the pair, and reopened L’Oranger with Wareing's former sous chef, Kamel Benamar, as the new head chef.[16]?The legal case ended in Ramsay and Wareing paying an out-of-court settlement to the Restaurant group.[18]?Ramsay and Wareing worked together to open?Pétrus?in 1999, with Wareing becoming head chef and operating the restaurant on behalf of Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH), at 33?St James's Street, London.[3] ( 1999-2002)

I claim that all the persons who do me and my western beneficials females always criminal harm , even when carrying British or American names , come from non - western criminal tribes and that such can be proven with the DNA .

In the specific case of WAREING , I found that he belongs to a criminal RED STAR ( clothed ) LADA (VNESHTORG-see BANK , 1965-1966 , now VTB "under western sanctions " ) / CCC ( communist ) terrorist criminal organization which was playing "destructive , often handicapped - poor , western females attacking " FBI , in the US ( Detroit , Wayne State University -1992 - , possible relation to BUSH con PATROONS ) , and which now is destructively active- TOD - in Antwerp-Berchem , for at least 20 years .

One would wonder if Russian (VTB ? ; ARMAND HAMMER ?) money ever went into "restauranting" in London .

As might have been expected , by 2008 , unsympathetic WAREIGN and dito RAMSAY were again legally feuding , now amongst 3 of them :

The split with Ramsay and GRH resulted in a public legal battle and feud between the three parties,[21]?which when resolved resulted in Wareing stating in an interview for?Waitrose?Food Illustrated magazine that Ramsay left him bitter and conflicted; "half of me thinks he’s a sad bastard and the other half still adores him."[11]?He went on to describe Ramsay as a?celebrity chef?who wasn't involved in the industry anymore.[11]?The legal dispute was resolved with Ramsay gaining the rights to the Pétrus name, and Wareing signing a?gag order?regarding the situation but continuing to open his restaurant?Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley.[5]?Wareing remarked of the situation, "If I never speak to that guy again for the rest of my life, it wouldn't bother me one bit."[21

By Nov 23-24 , 2021 , I sit an even stranger abuse situation , which may be defined as WAGAMAMA , a very strange Japanese - Chinese restaurant chain by one Chinese ALAN YAU , where I never ate or eat . Also there , very interesting "investment banker " moves , even by 2021 , rather strange in COVID -19 times . LION CAPITAL , founded in the UK 1998-2004 , invested in strange WAGAMAMA by 2005 , to sell it by 2011 to DUKE STREET CAPITAL . LION is investing again in GORDON RAMSEY HOLDINGS USA , where they already controlled about 50 % ?

On June 26, 2019, Chloe Sorvino, a reporter from?Forbes?magazine, reported that Lion Capital will invest?$?100 million in?Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited, to open 100 restaurants in the?United States?by the year 2024.[17]

in November 2006 Ramsay announced plans to create three restaurants in the United States. These opened in 2006/2007 at the London Hotel in?Manhattan, in October 2006,[26]?the Cielo in?Boca Raton, Florida, and at the London Hotel in?West Hollywood, California.

In October 2012, Ramsay opened The Fat Cow in Los Angeles at The Grove, a shopping area that is also popular with tourists.[51

The overall list is even more funny :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Ramsay#:~:text=in%20January%202019-,Restaurant,%E2%80%93,-Other%20international%20locations

United States

Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen at?Caesars Palace, Las Vegas in January 2019

RestaurantLocationRatingDate openedDate closed

Gordon Ramsay at The LondonThe London West Hollywood,?West Hollywood, California4 June 2008[212]14 February 2015[213]Boxwood CaféThe London West Hollywood, West Hollywood, CaliforniaOctober 2009[214]14 February 2015[215]Gordon Ramsay at The LondonThe London NYC,?New York City16 November 2006[216]October 2014[217]Maze by Gordon RamsayThe London NYC, New York CityNovember 2006September 2013[218]Cielo by?Angela HartnettBoca Raton, Florida20072013[219]Gordon Ramsay Burger[b]Planet Hollywood,?Las Vegas,?Nevada22 December 2012[220]–Gordon Ramsay SteakParis Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada11 May 2012[221]–Gordon Ramsay SteakHorseshoe Casino Baltimore,?Maryland28 November 2017[222]–Gordon Ramsay SteakHarrah's Atlantic City,?New Jersey4 June 2018[223]–Gordon Ramsay SteakHarrah's North Kansas City, Kansas City, MissouriNovember 2019[224]–Gordon Ramsay Pub & GrillCaesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada18 December 2012[225]–Gordon Ramsay Pub & GrillCaesars Atlantic City,?Atlantic City,?New Jersey13 February 2015[226]–Gordon Ramsay?Fish & ChipsThe Linq, Las Vegas, Nevada7 October 2016[227]–Gordon Ramsay Hell's KitchenCaesar's Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada26 January 2018[228]–Hell's Kitchen Lake TahoeHarveys,?Stateline, Nevada8 January 2020[229]–The Fat CowThe Grove at Farmers Market,?Los Angeles,?CaliforniaOctober 2012[230]March 2014[231]Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips (ICON Park)ICON Park,?International Drive,?Orlando,?Florida9 August 2021[232]–Gordon Ramsay Burger (name TBA)River North,?Chicago,?IllinoisLate 2021/early 2022?[233]–Ramsay’s KitchenMandarin Oriental Boston,?Back Bay,?Boston,?MassachusettsLate 2021[234]–Lucky CatSouth Beach,?Miami,?Florida2022[235]–

In March 2021, Ramsay launched his own brand of California wines; produced in collaboration with Master Sommelier Chris Miller and International Wine Expert Nick Dumergue at Seabold Cellars in?Monterey, California.[64]

What a strange world of mumbling cooks ..........

( To be continued later .... )