Rant

header — For the past 10 years now, Tripadvisor has been the bane of the Hospitality industry. So much so, over the weekend a hashtag started to appear in my timeline, #NoReceiptNoReview. In essence the idea is that to post a review, you must be able to prove that you’ve stayed or […]

How I beat Tripadvisor

21 Oct, 2015 in Rant tagged Copyright / Tripadvisor by chefhermes

Opinion header 2015 — Oh yes, it’s that time of year again when the Michelin naysayers come out to play. I’ve written on this subject in the past, it actually feels like an annual event. But after a conversation with Irish restaurant critic Tom Doorley on Twitter, it seems we must re-visit it again. […]

Restaurant critics & Restaurant guides, the differences.

12 Oct, 2015 in Culinary life observations / Rant tagged Bernard Loiseau / Jay Rayner / Michelin / The Fat Duck / Tom Doorley / William Sitwell by chefhermes

weekend edition — So in a week that saw Pizza Express capitulate to public pressure over charging staff to process card tips & gratuities, swiftly followed by Zizzi & Ask brands. There has been no doubt that theses decisions have only happened due public pressure, not the confrontational style of the Unite or […]

The Weekend Edition

6 Sep, 2015 in Culinary life observations / Humour / Rant by chefhermes

opinion — Last week I wrote about the “100 top chefs“, who signed an open letter to The Daily Telegraph complaining about the enforced additional bureaucracy which their kitchens face from the EU. As I mentioned in my reply to a comment on that post, I would also be doing a follow […]

The follow up: 100 top chefs write to The Daily ...

17 Mar, 2015 in Culinary life observations / Rant tagged Aldo Zilli / BHA / Prue Leith / The Guardian by chefhermes

opinion — By the time I publish this post, this story will have made it to more of the mainstream media outlets. The article headline on the front page of today’s Daily Telegraph reads: Top chefs left steaming by EU allergy law. It carries further weight by adding that the two headline […]

The Reply: 100 top chefs write to The Daily Telegraph ...

10 Mar, 2015 in Culinary life observations / Rant by chefhermes

opinion — Dear Sirs, Long before I started writing this site I religiously bought & read your columns about food, be it recipes, restaurant reviews or general food articles. The Observer Food Monthly (OFM) supplement was a particular joy, filled with exquisite images and insightful text, but alas, I won’t be buying […]

An open letter to the editors of The Observer, Guardian ...

7 Jan, 2015 in Rant tagged Bruce Palling / Jay Rayner / Joanna Blythman / Marina O'Loughlin / Michelin / OFM / Oliver Thring / The Guardian / Tony Naylor / Twitter by chefhermes

opinion — Cookbook writer & minor TV cook/sleb, Rachel Khoo has decided that the TV world needs to be told the truth. In an interview released today in the Radio Times, Khoo says: It’s great that Mary Berry got a primetime TV show, but I don’t think there are enough women chefs […]

Dear Rachel Khoo…………Shut up!

3 Jun, 2014 in Rant tagged Angela Hartnett / BBC / Gizzi Erskine / James Martin / Michelin / Rachel Khoo / TV chefs / Twitter by chefhermes