EDITOR'S CHOICE NEWS Update: Man appears charged with shooting murders Police say Croydon getting safer despite 'litter attack' Police appeal after attempted abduction Officer attacked by mob says he feared for his life EAGLE EYE NEWS Palace swoop for striker Warnock: We still need strikers BIZARRE LONDON BROMLEY: Man held over alleged sheep sex GREENWICH: Car crushes confectionery in supermarket accident VOTE Do you think people caught carrying knives should automatically be jailed? Yes, it’s the only way to stop knife crime. No, it’s too simplistic a solution. Don’t know. GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register

Most read Comments 1 Officer attacked by mob says he feared for his life 2 Police say Croydon getting safer despite 'litter attack' 3 Police attacked in rubbish row 4 Police appeal after attempted abduction 5 Drug dealers caged for 27 years 6 Update: Man appears charged with shooting murders 7 Soares expected to return on Monday 8 Teen murder suspect 'was also stabbed' 9 Palace swoop for striker 10 Warnock: We still need strikers Today | 7 Days 1 Adult service ads banned 2 Police attacked in rubbish row 3 Officer attacked by mob says he feared for his life 4 X Factor's Ashley to release single 5 Three hour wait for police after stab threat 6 Man jailed for killing dad-to-be 7 Glamour model Jordan in Croydon 8 Two men shot at Thornton Heath party 9 Police say Croydon getting safer despite 'litter attack' 10 X Factor's Ashley rejects 'reject' tag

Wandsworth celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has slammed fellow TV cook Delia Smith.

The plain-speaking star of Channel 4's The F Word said Smith's latest recipe book, How to Cheat at Cooking, was an insult to his profession.

Speaking to BBC Five Live the foul-mouthed chef said: "I expect students struggling on £15 a week to survive eating from a can. But the nation's all-time icon reducing us down to using frozen, canned food. It's an insult.

"And it makes our lives, from a chef's point of view, a lot harder. Here we are trying to establish a reputation across the world for this country's food and along comes Delia and tips it out of a can. That hurts."

He added: "She removed all intimidation out of food, gave the nation an amazing amount of joy for years.

"I'm frustrated that we have to teach the nation to cook from a tin, tinned mince! So I'm insulted and I share that view with a lot of top chefs."

8:06am Monday 12th May 2008

Print

Email this