Celebrity Chef question for UK'ers

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:42 am

Does anyone know if this UK chef, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, had a tv show where he visited local people to inquire about their cooking style?

I'm a big fan of "Food Network" and in fact any show that portrays chefs cooking and using local ingredients especially filmed in their own country.

Before "Food Network" became so famous, I remember seeing this UK chef filming a few shows in England. One show was about a local woman who made meals out of flowers, another showing the firemen's cooking at the firehouse and a third show about local man cooking delicious meals in his wee kitchen.

I believe that I saw his show around 15 years ago...about the time when "The Two Fat Ladies" shows appeared in the USA. Like the "Two Fat Ladies" I thought this chef was was so lovely to watch and listen to...

Unfortunately, his show was gone after only watching 3 episodes. I'd like to know more about him.

Thanks for your help.

www.rivercottage.net/

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:31 am

He's a very popular, unassuming chef. What you might call a traditional "farmhouse" type chef, who rears and grows his own food.

Well known for his campaigns for ethical treatment and production of meat and for using natural, locally found produce

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:38 am

Snowfire;1262837 wrote: He's a very popular, unassuming chef. What you might call a traditional "farmhouse" type chef, who rears and grows his own food.

Well known for his campaigns for ethical treatment and production of meat and for using natural, locally found produce

Thank you Snowfire...exactly what I thought. He seemed to be lovely man and very, very interesting. I loved looking at the different types of UK homes with their furnishings and appliances....as compared to ours.

Do you know if he had a tv show where he visited the locals?

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:06 am

RiverCottage.net :-6

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:08 am

Kathy, I love Hugh and about three years ago on our way to Pembrokshire he passed us in his landrover lol...(One of my claim to fames:yh_rotfl)

Was the show your talking about called Cook on the Wild Side?

He has done lots of different shows Kathy, his Riverside Cottage show is on every week.

Cook on the Wild Side - Episode 1 | Free Lifestyle Videos - Watch Lifestyle Videos Online | Veoh

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:14 am

Cook on the Wild Side - Episode 1 | Free Lifestyle Videos - Watch Lifestyle Videos Online | Veoh#

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:14 am

oops snap chez!

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:15 am

Don't think I've ever seen this fella Ms Kathy - I'll have to go look him up now, thanks:-6

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:16 am

abbey;1262860 wrote: oops snap chez!

do you think we have the same google chap? :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:22 am

Kathy... I have a deep loathing and hatred for most British celebrity chefs... far too egotistical. I loathe Gordon Ramsey and Jamie Oliver etc. But I do love Hugh and watch him when-ever I'm home.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:13 pm

Oh, thank you so much Abbey, Chezzie, Floppy and Oscar. I am thrilled beyond words to finally have found him. I've been looking for info on this chef for years....15 yrs. I think

I just googled....hugh fearnley whittingstall youtubes and have quite a few of them...I have next weekend free so I'll be watching them all weekend. Plus I'm going to buy all of his books. I have $100s in gift certificates to Barnes and Noble.

I adore looking at the UK countryside in his videos.

I'm thrilled beyond words....Thanks for all of your help.

btw Oscar...I agree with you about Jamie and Ramsey. I used to like Jamie, but he seems too full of himself and Ramsey is very nasty....

Oh, Chez...You must have been thrilled to bits...

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:43 am

Oh, I do love your man, Hugh:-6

Just watched part one of "Cook on the Wild Side." It was spectacular. Hugh spent time with 2 vegans and their baby eating flowers:wah::wah:, then he was catching eels and crabs on a fisherman's boat in Cornwall and trying to catch fish off of a rocky area with the sea pounding all around him. He finished up the show cooking fish soup for the captain of the boat and the scuba lady who taught him all about seaweed.

Thank you everyone. I will be watching his shows over and over.

I've always wanted to walk the Cornish coast as my friends did, and I will one day.

I hope to buy the whole series...must look online today:p

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:54 am

So sad.....I can only find dvd's formatted for UK not USA. Will keep looking but at least I can watch some on youtube. I'd have to buy a multi-regional player to view them....~sigh~

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:37 am

I dont know if this is convenient Kathy E but I've just streamed an episode over the net using this site.

River Cottage - Watch Catch up Episodes Online | 123WebTV

It transfers you to other sites (in this case UK's Channel 4 ) and you have to suffer a few advertisements but the picture quality was fine and there seemed to be quite a lot of episodes available.

Sadly, searching for dvds in your format came up with a zero. I hope this satisfies your thirst for a bit of H F-W

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:52 am

.....In fact I'm now watching Christmas at River Cottage. Great stuff

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sun Nov 22, 2009 10:53 am

Snowfire;1264857 wrote: I dont know if this is convenient Kathy E but I've just streamed an episode over the net using this site.

River Cottage - Watch Catch up Episodes Online | 123WebTV

It transfers you to other sites (in this case UK's Channel 4 ) and you have to suffer a few advertisements but the picture quality was fine and there seemed to be quite a lot of episodes available.

Sadly, searching for dvds in your format came up with a zero. I hope this satisfies your thirst for a bit of H F-W

Oh, that is brilliant Snowfire...Thank you so much.:-6I didn't see that one and have saved it to my favorites.

I have seriously been looking for this fella for 15 years and so glad that I've found him with the help of the UK'ers...

I might invest in one of those media region players if I can find one cheap enough.

Thanks again. I'm in Heaven now:wah:

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:27 pm

Kathy Ellen;1264861 wrote: Oh, that is brilliant Snowfire...Thank you so much.:-6I didn't see that one and have saved it to my favorites.

I have seriously been looking for this fella for 15 years and so glad that I've found him with the help of the UK'ers...

I might invest in one of those media region players if I can find one cheap enough.

Thanks again. I'm in Heaven now:wah:

What is a media region player?:-3

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:01 pm

flopstock;1265269 wrote: What is a media region player?:-3

A multi-region player.

To make more money the manufacturers of DVDs encode them differently for each continent - you cannot but a cheep DVD from the US and play it in Europe unless you have a more expensive multi-region player and vici verci.

We're so used to it over here that you hardly find a region 2 only player for sale any more.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:15 pm

flopstock;1265269 wrote: What is a media region player?:-3

Here's some info on a dvd player that is region free...

Make your DVD player region-free in seconds | Wise Bread

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:21 pm

Kathy Ellen;1264853 wrote: So sad.....I can only find dvd's formatted for UK not USA. Will keep looking but at least I can watch some on youtube. I'd have to buy a multi-regional player to view them....~sigh~

Just a thought, but I sorted my mums dvd player the other day to multi-region. It is possible to do, you need the make and model of your dvd player to check out whether it can be done on your model. :-6

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:23 pm

Kathy Ellen;1265371 wrote: Here's some info on a dvd player that is region free...

Make your DVD player region-free in seconds | Wise Bread

Ah, you may have found out how to then...

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:34 pm

Betty Boop;1265373 wrote: Just a thought, but I sorted my mums dvd player the other day to multi-region. It is possible to do, you need the make and model of your dvd player to check out whether it can be done on your model. :-6

Thanks Betty...Just saw your post. I will try to see if I can decode this mystery this weekend on my dvd players. I probably can:D...hope so....I'd love to buy all of Hugh's UK tapes:-4