So you may have noticed that this post about the weekly round up of social media has been re-named. Whilst it originally served a purpose, it was a bit long winded. New look – same old tripe, to be honest. Yes, it’s a round up of various food/chef related material, that somebody thought was a good idea to share with the world.
We want plates continues….
The ‘We want plates’ band wagon continues to roll on, with this classic catching my eye:
@WeWantPlates – A pickled onion tree
Social media at its best.
I have to say from the word go, if this is you in this picture, then I’m really sorry. But it’s just too funny not to mention.
Twitter user @Grainne43‘s picture some how got retweeted into my timeline, which I just have to share:
Hipster chef – we all know one
ChefHermes tweets about Masterchef shocker
Yes, I’m just wondering how many of you that were probably rubbing your eyes on Tuesday night when you saw me tweet:
Oh lordie, masterchef Ireland on watch now @cliffhousehotel #Foodporn
And here’s the reason. I’ve been a big fan of Martijn Kajuiter ever since I saw the beautiful images for his first book (reviewed here). He currently has 1Michelin star & 4 rosettes, and those sort of accolades just don’t come a long by chance. True to form, the contestants were in the firing line, with one having to serve a variant on this dish:
Ballynatray Pigeon from Cliff house hotel, Ireland
With service looming, Martijn Kajuiter then did the infamous battle cry, which lead to the name of his second book ‘Let’s go disco’
Come on, we have to be more disco.
It was a great half hour of food TV, well done all concerned.
Journalists – Oh dear #fail
Part I
As you may have noticed, in the prevailing 10 days or so, the whole ‘100 Top chefs’ letter refuses to go away. One journalist even accused me of harassing them, because I sent them a two line email. Here’s the thing, if you don’t want people to send you emails, then don’t put your contact details on the internet. The said journalist then tried to ring me, but bottled it and hung up without leaving a message. Hard to say then who is harassing who; but I know who is crying wolf!
But the day got better when I got to tweet this:
*Smug Face*
Love it
Yes, the Guardian had obviously discovered that it was a poor piece of writing, which had lacked proper research, & they had posted it online. Bit of a sorry state of affairs really.
Part II
This week saw the leaked release of the Michelin guide for Brazil, with World’s 50 Best regular Alex Atala from DOM scooping the most, with the only 2* rating in the guide. I’m just wondering how the Guardian journalist who once described Atala’s food as:
shitty fleshed river fish that taste like mud
is feeling; vindicated is probably not the answer. 😉
Real life foodporn
We all see the pictures used to promote restaurants & chefs. Carefully orchestrated optical illusions of culinary masterpieces, which occasionally never see the dining room table. This is one of the reasons that I feel that bloggers do actually serve a purpose. Their documentation of real food & their experiences takes the edge off a PR controlled image. Don’t misunderstand me, you still have to trust the blogger enough that they’re telling the truth & painting the whole picture.
This is one of the reasons I follow ‘Elizabeth on Food‘, ethically sound, beautiful pictures & writing and respected amongst chefs. This week she posted about her meal at Belgium 3Michelin star Hof van Cleve, it is the first time I can remember that she’s awarded a perfect score to anywhere she has eaten. It was this image of a sea buckthorn dessert which really caught my eye:
From Elizabeth on food: Sea buckthorn – Hof van Cleve
Troll being trolled?!?
Whilst many may not like what or how I tweet, I wouldn’t say I was a troll. Utilising the silly comments that others make for humorous purposes is hardly trolling, that said one particular chef really does go to some lengths to pick a fight with me. To the point where he claimed that nothing on chefhermes.com was original. The replying tweet was simple enough:
Wannabe sleb chef: Free
Litigious statement on Twitter: Costly
Imortalised forever with a Screengrab: Priceless