Gordon Ramsay

Week 1 Gordon Cookalong Live - And for afters?

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24/10/2008

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  1. You're too fast for me Gordon! 9pm is too late for dinner! National shortage of Rhubarb that day. Had to use plums instead. Still tasted great. Thanks for the inspiration.
    Posted by adrian on 31/10/2008 15:59:31
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  2. It was far too quick we had 2 expereinced cooks in the kitchen and it still flew by
    Posted by Fee on 31/10/2008 11:21:42
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  3. It was crazy trying to keep up with Gordon last week, I got all in a tizzy and almost gave up, but in the end after a little cheating (Thanks mum) we finally all got to eat dinner and it was delicious! Defiantly going to be more prepared this week for some speed cooking! Only negatives had to be the Rhubarb, I couldn’t find any so had to use frozen... oh and the indigestion from trying to eat in the advert breaks lol
    Posted by Gizmorella on 31/10/2008 09:33:45
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  4. My family and I had great fun taking part in last week's cookalong. My husband, who never cooks, was head chef, my mother-in-law was assistant and I was chief washer upper, runner etc etc. My 7 year old son even helped us. All 3 courses were delicious! I tried salmon for the first time and thought it was great. Thank you Gordon for fab food and a fun evening. We are poised and at the ready for tonight's show.
    Posted by Julie on 31/10/2008 08:07:39
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  5. i think the cookalong was great.i love watchin gordan hes apsaloutly briliant. i love the way he says what he thinks an isnt scared of anything. i loved it when gordon went to see jhon cristof an that he new it was him straight away it was so funny. i would jst like to say that anytime gordons on tv no mater what program it is i always watch him. THANK YOU DAVID WILLIAMS
    Posted by david williams on 30/10/2008 20:13:55
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  6. Absolutely fantastic...as alwas Gordon was fantastic to watch and makes cooking all the more fun. long may he continue to grace out tellies
    Posted by trudi flemming on 30/10/2008 18:31:12
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  7. we thought the starter was very acidic, so would probably adapt if did it again. There was no mention of when to put the oven on or what reg. so had to guess. Also, did not indicate when to boil broccoli. Bit disorganised. However we enjoyed the main and would definitely do it again. Didn't do the pudding, but looked nice.
    Posted by Sandy Miles on 30/10/2008 17:33:17
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  8. My wife and I recorded the show on Sky, so that we could pause the action to suit us at a later date, we cooked last night (Wednesday 29th) and it was very successful. Sadly our rum did not flash off, so no pyrotechnics. We did not photo the results but we were pleased with the result. We just wish the guest(s) would not fanny about so much. Our experience with the pilot show, which we tried live, without Sky, was chaos, as we had trouble keeping up. Overall, very good, looking forward to the rest of the series. RM
    Posted by Rick Mundane on 30/10/2008 10:58:10
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  9. FAB!!
    Posted by lisa golds on 30/10/2008 10:39:30
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  10. I was really looking forward to the cook along but i was bitterly dissapointed. Having brought all the ingredients and measured them out prior to the start of the show, Gorden's pace of cooking was rediculous. I thought cooking was all about taking your time, enjoying it, learning something and retaining the information. We your sure as anything didn't get that experience with last weeks cook along. It wasn't so much as cooking as sprinting through putting a load of ingredients toegther and simply hoping it would turn out ok. A terrible attribute to the already bulging tv shedule of cooking shows. I normally love Gorden's other shows, but this just didn't work. Why have all the little pre recordered interlude's when we could have done with that extra time actually learning something in the kitchen?? Great idea but very poorly pulled off, and the addition of a celebrity whilst clearly trying to add an entertainment element, i felt just distracted further from already rushed instructions. And finally, why use Rhubarb in the crumble when almost no supermarkets stock it at this time of the year? Thoughtless! Sorry Gorden, i won't be joining you again next show. SLOW DOWN!!!!
    Posted by Becci Irvine on 30/10/2008 09:31:42
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  11. Loved the first cookalong, missed it when he done it earlier in the year and am so gonna follow this series. It made for a great Friday night in with friends and will def follow the rest of the shows. Understand the comments re: the first menu, for alot of people it was quite an expensive menu. However try what we done so you have some tips for the following weeks: Substitue some ingredients, i.e. dried herbs for fresh. Obviously fresh ingredients are better but if you are on a budget then dried ingredients will do the job and a jar of the dried herbs will last for a while. Also, try using different cuts of meat work. We used Salmon fillets for our Salmon en Crute which worked out alot cheaper and still turned out fab. Also, for those who are on a tight budget or time restrictions, on the first week we only done the main course. Which saved on expense and time, but still enabled us to join in the fun. Just some suggestions in case they some in useful ... looking forward to this weeks :-0
    Posted by claracluck11 on 30/10/2008 01:50:45
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  12. Having done the first cookalong, I was really excited by the new series. We recorded the show, watched it live and then cooked with it the following day for my parents. Even having watched in advance, it was still frantic in the kitchen - I managed to forget to put the spuds on (didn't notice until we were told to switch them off!), we threw 750g of sugar in the pan instead of 75g (?) and totally lost the plot when it came to the brocolli. But even saying that, it made for a fab evening, we had loads of fun and the food was delicious! This weekend, I have printed the recipes in advance so I know what ingredients belong with each dish - there'll be no ginger nuts in my lasagne! Thanks to Channel 4 and to Gordon for great entertainment, and for getting me cooking!
    Posted by Jackie on 29/10/2008 19:39:51
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  13. I was really disappointed with the cookalong. My husband and I are both very competent in the kitchen, we regularly have friends for dinner, but that was the most manic hour of my life! Why didn't Gordon stick to the explanations insead of wasting time with his 'Ant & Dec' style prank on Delia? The food itslf was very tasty(except the crumble.. we abandoned by then)but I think it is a shame that people who don't normally cook, and were inspired to 'have a go' would have found this task almost impossible, especially when the ingrediens weren't cheap. Basically, I won't be doing it again.... sorry Gordon!
    Posted by Hari on 29/10/2008 15:17:11
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  14. Watched it on Fri, my husband and I cooked it on Saturday - well the main and the dessert so we could take our time and enjoy it. Bit annoying as no supermarkets had any rhubarb so we did an apple and plum crumble left our the ginger and put cinnamon in instead it was delicious bet it was better than Gordon's.
    Posted by LizD on 29/10/2008 12:54:05
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  15. I love doing the cookalongs but we kept missing bits as Gordon goes really fast then cuts to pointless clips. I would rather he worked a bit slower and got rid of the clips! I also could not beleive that the dessert included Rhubarb which is totally out of season - we couldnt find it anywhere! So used apples instead. We also didnt know what temperature to set the oven as he didnt say in the programme so we just guessed. Anyway really enjoyed it, but it really could have been much better if it was a bit slower. We will be doing the cookalongs every week so hope to see a few more improvements.
    Posted by Sarah Potter on 29/10/2008 12:44:00
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  16. My friends and I had a great laugh following the cook-along. Although we did have to pause and rewind it a lot, which made the timings screw up a bit, so the salmon was overdone, but all in all the food was excellent and - franticness aside - it was pretty easy to make. The only complaints I have is that there could have been some preparation notes on the web-site to make things a bit smoother. At one point Gordon said to put some 'pigs ears' or something in, which seemed like cook's slang for one of the herbs. I had to guess which one, but I think I got it right. And lastly, what would be great is a sort of instruction feed that runs up the side of the screen throughout the programme. Having said all that, I'll be following along for the rest of the series regardless !
    Posted by Phillippef on 29/10/2008 12:41:44
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  17. I usually enjoy all programmes with Gordon Ramsay but this really changed my opinion. I was looking forward to the first programme but was so disappointed !! It was full of continuous suggestive antics and sexual inuendos between Gordon and Patsy Kensit. In fact, I turned over after about a quarter of the programme has been aired.
    Posted by Emelia on 29/10/2008 11:52:35
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  18. My Husband & I cooked along with Gordon we really enjoyed our night, all 3 courses would not have been our choice but we enjoyed our meal & we felt very proud, after the 2nd course we were shattered & full so we saved the dessert till sunday, it was delicious, what a fab night can't wait for the Lasagne. It was the 1st time I have followed a recipe & the 1st my Husband has cooked a meal
    Posted by jerseysue on 28/10/2008 21:54:21
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  19. Got all prepared ready to go, every item that was listed was out on the counter. The only thing that wasn't on the list was the grater - so that slowed me down. The starters: tasty and satisfying but the goats cheese was overcooked and had come out of it's skin. The main was delicious and easy to make - deffo do that again; although not sure about the raw garlic on the brocolli!?!? The thing that spoilt the whole meal was the pudding; we all (4 of us) did not like the pudding, some didn't like the hazelnut topping, some didn't like the ginger and i just didn't like the whole thing. Great night's entertainment though with friends - just wish it could be a little bit slower and help you become more organised in the kitchen, rather than having to leave a bombsite after rushing every step! Looking forward to tackling the Lasagna on Friday... :-)
    Posted by Kim on 28/10/2008 16:05:23
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  20. Cool idea, good learning opportunity and great fun on the night. Food, delicious. However I agree with other posts, steps should be explained at a slower pace, or it just becomes a big manic Buster Keaton-style comic. Also: - washing/ shredding-type preinstructions should be added to the ingredients list. - Menus should also be cheaper or alternative provided: buying a bottle of rum just to savour some rhubard doesn't seem very credit crunch-savvy to me...and the baked beans tin thing was just infuriating. How about the alternative 'JUST CUT YOUR TOAST SQUARE'? Ah well. Will give it another go this Friday, hopefully there'll be an improvement.
    Posted by Suz on 28/10/2008 14:24:17
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  21. Really enjoyed the cook along experience, my wife and I had a great laugh putting it together and people shouldn't forget that it is meant to be fun as well as a serious cooking programme. I had to Sky it because Gordon's too quick for me and its not easy to cook whilst trying to eat your starter! I also had trouble getting some of the shopping list (British Rhubarb season has ended early apparently!!!). I also got a bit ahead of myself and grated my bramely apple too soon and it turned brown before I could add it to the dressing. The salmon was especially delicious and all in it was great fun. Look forward to this weeks challenge, bring it on Gordon!!
    Posted by Yan on 28/10/2008 14:04:24
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  22. How could you do this without Sky . We stopped and started it every 5 minutes or so. It was excellent fun and the food was amazing. A few suggestions: cut the clips of the non cooking and have them at the end. list of preparation tips eg slice/oven -the show on earlier - eating at 10.30 didn't make of a good nights sleep. -Pick in season ingredients - we struggled with rhubarb and had to settle for frozen. Well done Gordon - something different to do on a Friday night.
    Posted by Fairy on 28/10/2008 13:57:10
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  23. Get rid of the time wasting clips, totally unnecessary. If the public is going to learn we need to actaully see what the chef is doing with the food. It's meant to be in real time, so slow down, cut out the rubbish and let us do it in that time.
    Posted by kp on 28/10/2008 13:03:08
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  24. Loved it... except disappointed that for a chef into fresh food you chose rhubarb in october in england for a live cookalong. I substituted pears fresh off the tree. P.S if you are still pulling rhubarb from the garden - stop. Give the plant a chance to feed it's roots before the winter
    Posted by David Brooks on 28/10/2008 11:57:07
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  25. As a trained chef I just went along for the fun of it but I do understand how other people can think it was way too fast and the instructions were not the best ones. Obviously the food turned out great and I am definitely looking forward to the next show! Patsy Kensit was a terrible mistake though!
    Posted by Marlies on 28/10/2008 10:32:41
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  26. Food turned out great eventually, way too manic, despite the fact that I was very organised I still couldn't keep up, trying to listen to instructions in between the bull celebrity chit chat (this is supposed to be a show for cooking fans not celeb gossip fans) How was anyone supposed to watch the clips in-between the courses, most people were running around trying to catch up. Good fun, but the salad starter wasn't tasty enough to warrant the effort and mayhem involved in making it, Salmon was lovely, as was the dessert, Broccoli and potatoes a bit bland. Less emphasis on the celebrity time wasting and more on the cooking please, lots of people have spent a lot of time and money getting ready for this, we can watch Jonathon Ross after if we want our fill of Celeb chat.
    Posted by Gar on 28/10/2008 08:58:15
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  27. In my opinion, this latest offering from Gordon Ramsay made really poor viewing! With all the pre-series build-up, I was so disappointed with the first episode! I'm no prude but the continuous smutty and suggestive banter between Gordon and Patsy Kensit was completely over done to the point where you just knew that when either of them opened their mouths there was going to be a sexual inuendo of some kind! Thought this was a cookery programme? In fact, the cooking was completely rushed too and it was impossible to keep up! In comparison, Gordon's 'Nightmare Kitchens' series is top viewing!! Really entertaining! It's one of those programmes you never want to end!!
    Posted by Mark on 27/10/2008 21:03:20
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  28. The first cook along was fantastic...It took four of us to create the three scrumptious courses. The food itself was very good, found it a little difficult to keep up, but that just added to the manic fun in our kitchen. I like the way the website is set out and found it helpful to print of the ingrediant list and recipes. I also watched the training videos, glad I did as this helped when 'putting together' the salmon en croute. I am about to start preparing for week 2 and look forward to the rest of the series.
    Posted by Vanillamax on 27/10/2008 20:40:52
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  29. My husband and I had such a laugh doing this on Friday night. Our telly is in the conservatory so we had to watch it through the kitchen window. Consequently we couldn't hear very well and couldn't see either when the windows steamed up! My husband was supposed to do most of the cooking for a change but only grated the apple - spent the rest of the time running round the kitchen in a panic! I bought ready rolled pastry so made up some time. Surprised there are so many posts about rhubarb not being in season - I pulled mine from the garden! Will probably just do one or two courses next week as I can't manage to eat that much at 10pm!
    Posted by Alison Mills on 27/10/2008 20:04:59
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  30. I'm glad I recorded the show as the instructions were rushed - although Gordon did have to try and squeeze them inbetween Patsy Kensits drivel. Like the others a bit more instruction would have been good and for some reason my food took longer to cook than Gordons did on the telly. Looking forward to the next one though -and glad it will cost less to do!
    Posted by Gareth on 27/10/2008 19:56:50
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  31. Dreadful show. Gordon's descent from Michelin starred chef to the restaurant world's version of Hello! magazine is complete. Gordon's contived kineticism drove me to distraction. Will make time in my Friday's to be elsewhere. Come on Channel 4. Don't contract a name if you have no decent product for them to present.
    Posted by Jim on 27/10/2008 18:58:08
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  32. Please lose the annoying b-list "celeb". If Gordon needs a non-chef to help slow him down a bit why not use a member of the public? Or at least chose someone that isn't trying to compete for attention. Also please show more of Gordonj actually cooking - too many head & shoulder shots and not enough shots of what he was doing
    Posted by Sir_Burnalot on 27/10/2008 18:45:47
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  33. Mindless. Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too fast, we found it funny for the first few minutes, but I got progressively more annoyed and stressed out by the end. Like others, I had some ingredients left. Could have saved time by getting us to prepare the ingredients a little more (e.g. shred lettuce / cut ginger / herbs / walnuts /have butter at room temp . Didn't expect the pre-ad snippet before the programme started, saying about the oven temp. Glad to see so many other people thought it was rushed, because I don't feel as incapable as I did on Friday night. PLEASE SLOW DOWN in your next programmes Gordon. The pace totally took any fun out of what had the potential to be a great menu and experience. I'll give it another go this Friday. Hubby says he can't believe I am giving you another chance -
    Posted by Sheenz on 27/10/2008 18:20:38
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  34. Fab night which me and my friends really enjoyed!! Don't take it too seriously its just a bit of fun and a great way to get friends together, few glasses of vino and fab food. We didnt follow Gordons instructions too accurately (probably because of the wine!!!) but improvised when necessary. Brill !!!
    Posted by PaulaB on 27/10/2008 16:57:03
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  35. Product: 10/10 Presentation: 1/10 Much too rushed. Delia and other chef an unnecessary distraction. Patsy Kensit interaction, utterly nauseating. Better to slow down and include some of the training videos included on this site if you need to pad the time out. Aside from that, an informative and laudable endeavour.
    Posted by Mark Eason on 27/10/2008 14:42:10
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  36. Absolutely fantastic, enjoyed the show SOOOO much, Gordon was amazing and hillarious. But Patsy was just vile, dont invite her back!
    Posted by MJL on 27/10/2008 14:40:23
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  37. Hay i live in South Africa and got a tape of your an show and i thought it was great but then againe i think he is the best any way actualy in my eyes the sun stops shinning when he sits down Great show guys keep it up Allan Hurley
    Posted by Allan Hurley on 27/10/2008 14:19:04
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  38. Good idea - but do people really want to start cooking at 9pm? Bit late in my opinion - I'd rather be sat on that sofe with a glass of wine in hand at that hour!
    Posted by Anna on 27/10/2008 13:48:15
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  39. I was too stunned watching Patsy Kensit making a drunken tit of herself to follow the recipes (I hadnt bought any ingredients but was 'cooking along' in my head. Entertaining nonetheless and looking forward to next one
    Posted by Carly on 27/10/2008 12:18:30
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  40. Hi I really enjoyed it HOWEVER it would be nice if the ingredients would be displayed in 2 formats. the whole list for shopping purposes and then per dish: cuantities and how the should be prepared in advance as if you want to follow Gordon in real time cutting, chopping etc at the same time as a michelin starred chef is not quiet possible. I am a realy good home cook and i hae preped my ingredients intuitivelly but i am sure that most people did not and find it a little difficult to follow. so shopping list ingredient list and then per dish list with quantities and preparation needed would be a great help to the general public. many thanks in consideringthis suggestions Alina Meyer-Atkinson
    Posted by Alina on 27/10/2008 12:07:22
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  41. I watched the first cookalong and wished i had bought the ingredients to cookalong too - I want to try this on friday but am disappointed not to find a menu/ingredients list for week 2 - week 1's is still up there .... Also, It would help to plan the meal so that its ready at the end of the program - us poor cooks want to eat too!
    Posted by Jane on 27/10/2008 11:29:40
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  42. me my boyfriend paul and 6 other friends had the most amazing night...all three courses were great although we didnit keep up...i cannot wait to do it again....i love patsy but she was annoying and the flirting was unreal..xx
    Posted by pammyp on 27/10/2008 10:47:08
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  43. Hi did the cook along on Friday night, food was great but i thought everything was just a bit frantic. I thought things could have been a bit slower. If there had of been less clips in between with Delia Smith Gordon could have taken slightly longer or spoke slower and given clearer instructions. Looking forward to next week.
    Posted by Andrea on 27/10/2008 10:10:00
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  44. Friday was a manic night and did find it hard to keep up despite being superorganised and having everything chopped up in advance!! Things did go wrong as my butter/basil/dill didn't look as well mixed as Gordon's , the food processor broke down and almost forgot the demerera sugar but the food still tasted fab (particualry the Salmon en croute) and I really did enjoy it even if I was exhausted by the end of the night and my kitchen looked like a bomb site!! Gordon was super fast but this added to the adrenalin rush!!! Will participate again but will focus on one course at a time!!!
    Posted by Pangie on 27/10/2008 09:39:18
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  45. Great idea but lots of room for improvement in delivery. If Gordon wants us to cook with him, he needs to give clearer verbal instructions because when cooking you can't be constantly watching the screen. A scrolling banner along the bottom with the last few steps would help those of us who miss a vital piece of info (like the oven temperature) - we did it from a recording and still missed stuff! Great fun though and the results were very tasty even if the presentation wasn't qute as good!
    Posted by Sarah on 27/10/2008 07:53:58
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  46. Gordan is a bloody funny man! DONE! :D
    Posted by rachael_p on 27/10/2008 02:51:22
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  47. Chef Ramsay what can I say! Again a great menu which was so delicious. The cookalong is such a good idea, I love it and will defintely cook along to the whole series with family and friends, it is such a fun night and I kept up although I said the F word more then Gordon! Thank you can't wait until this Friday to do it all again!
    Posted by Claire Hunt on 26/10/2008 22:01:47
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  48. All i can say is thank god i was prepared!!! Had a bit of a panic with the pastry but other than that a great night in. Cant wait till next week. Thanks Gordon. x
    Posted by donna55 on 26/10/2008 21:52:32
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  49. Enjoyed the meal again but Patsy Kensit nearly ruined it for me!!! She wouldn't shut up and i found it very hard to keep up with Gordon due to her! Pastry for the salmon wasn't as great looking as on tv but think i needed to roll it thinner? I'll hopefully be doing all cookalongs but not if Patsy Kensit is on again!!!
    Posted by Andy Mac on 26/10/2008 21:17:27
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  50. Well, we learned that for the next one we will have to put all the ingredients, weighed out etc in bowls ready to use. We watched it on Sky so we were able to pause and rewind which was essential. The baked bean tin thing was wasteful, we have cutters for that. Not sure what the baby gem lettuce was for, nor the walnut oil. Also Gordon didn't egg wash the pastry in the live bit, but it was in the summary - bit late! Despite all that, we had a great laugh and produced a really tasty meal. We will be taking part again on Friday.
    Posted by Rob, Kay, Ali & Daz on 26/10/2008 20:55:47
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  51. absolutely brilliant show and although only cooked 3 courses, there were plenty of ideas to be used in conjuction with other dishes. definately looking forward to next weeks cookalong!
    Posted by Chris Miller on 26/10/2008 20:43:05
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  52. Dear Gordon, I have followed some of your recipes in the past and they have been wonderful. Last week, I decided to cook along with you with very dissapointing results. My twin boys (7 years old) told me that your food was too salty...they didn't like the salmon (and believe me, they eat everything i cook) and said that they prefer jamie oliver's recipes (horror!). I will try your lasagna next week. Don't dissapoint me again!
    Posted by Moreica on 26/10/2008 20:40:43
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  53. Once again it was a very enjoyable, if not frantic evening with friends. I was a little disappointed by the equipment list, determined this time to be very organised and keep up we arranged all of the equipment off the list ready to go.. all i can say is thank god we do have a stocked kitchen including a grater, scissors, a rolling pin and a pastry brush, otherwise i think we may have been a bit scuppered! We are keen to do this again, please can the researchers put a bit more effort into the preparation?! we got the impression we were meant to fail, proving how great gordon is..?!
    Posted by Helen Heaton and friends on 26/10/2008 20:19:25
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  54. We thought it was great fun, and although it is fast and a bit manic, that is what it is like in a proffessional kitchen. I enjoyed the pressure of trying to live up to Gordon, and that is part of the fun. Food was great, not so difficult that people will be put off trying, but not every day menus.
    Posted by Richard Franklin on 26/10/2008 20:01:03
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  55. Had a great time, although I knocked the TV arial off the top of the cupboard and lost the picture for a few minutes, then had to try to keep up. Luckily I printed the recipes off so could catch up that way, in between Delia (Where are you) Smith and the adverts. Great starter, just forgot the apple! Great main course. Didn't do the dessert, as the better half doesn't like rhubarb. The kids loved the broccoli, never had it done that way before. Great! Very funny disguises, but Raymond caught you out! Had the recipes alongside, as I knew it was rather manic, but managed to keep up with the aid of the recipes and watching the videos on channel4.com. I was entertained throughout, although a bit stressed, but all that adreniline is healthy. (Isn't it)? LOL Roll on Friday! Got the mother-in-law over too.
    Posted by Bloomers on 26/10/2008 19:30:38
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  56. An overexcited and swearing Gordon teaching children receipes. Stupid jokes, Unnecessary celebrity presence and poor untertaining value. overrated and unbearable.
    Posted by peter on 26/10/2008 19:20:32
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  57. I loved the cook along! Sky is essential in order to replay anything you might miss. I dont normally cook but was astonished by my results. It was great fun and my whole family got involved. Cant wait for next week as we have invited the neighbours over for dinner lol!
    Posted by Tim on 26/10/2008 18:16:12
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  58. Really good fab atmosphere but as Patsy kensit said - it was too quick!!!! take a bit more time to show us plebs how to do it properly!!!!
    Posted by cindy west on 26/10/2008 17:50:54
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  59. Thought we were well prepared but felt incredibly rushed and managed to forget to add some of the ingredients. So frazzled, mananged to cut my hand on the bean tin. Such good fun, definately do it again
    Posted by huttons on 26/10/2008 17:32:02
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  60. I used Sky to record the show, but it appears channel 4 got the timing wrong because I didn't get to see the dessert. The show came to an abrupt end shortly after returning from the ad break, so after Patsy takes her head off Gordon's shoulder the programme stopped recording. I hope you are able to sort this out by the next show because not all of us can view the programme live, and I am left wondering what the heck happened in the final segment of the programme. Will you please put it on the catch up since it appears to be your timing error leaving me in the dark?
    Posted by dar on 26/10/2008 16:17:30
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  61. that girl had a big mouth.gordon did well to shut her up.cheers dave
    Posted by dave on 26/10/2008 15:27:12
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  62. Great menu, except why is crumble with rubarb? ?Not in season, cannot get hold of it, three different supermarkets.m Tesco/sainsbury's and Marks & spencer???
    Posted by vicky on 26/10/2008 14:53:35
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  63. He's crazy! As much as we enjoy reading and making (eating) some of his recipes, watching him sends us all reeling! His ranting and raving is immature and jumping up and down simply forced us to turn the show off, again.
    Posted by Barbara on 26/10/2008 14:08:23
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  64. The show was great and everything workout as planned. Gordon talks very quickly for inexperienced cook like me. Could the recipe come up on screen as he talks or be available before the show to be kept on hand? Your list of equipment was missing a rolling pin. This made my life difficult as I don't have one. Ended up using the plastic one the kids use with their playdough! Needs must! Can't wait till next week.
    Posted by lynn on 26/10/2008 13:40:22
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  65. Brilliant programme. Gordon fantastic as always. Patsy Kensit sadly for me didn't do the prog any favours. Janet Steet prtor would have been great. Looking forward to next week. Thanks
    Posted by Patrick on 26/10/2008 13:05:55
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  66. Didn't cook along this week but will be doing next week. Patsy Kensit was the most annoying person ever, I think she thought she was funny but totally drove me mad. I was trying to listen to Gordon but couldn't hear him for her. Try to slow down for next week please.
    Posted by Kathryn on 26/10/2008 12:20:19
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  67. I was really looking forward to the cookalong on Friday night but ended up somewhat disappointed. We were only doing the main course, but still I found it incredibly hard to keep up. I probably should have been better prepared (by the time I had cut the basil you were already spreading the butter on the salmon), but still - a bit less of that manic rush would do the show good. I must say we enjoyed the fish a lot, though.
    Posted by Thomas on 26/10/2008 11:30:44
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  68. I watched the cookalong and began to feel ill by the first break!!! Can Gordon slow down and not be so manic. I'm surprised that Patsy didn't hit him over the head with a pan!! She did very well to keep up. I was going to try and cookalong next week but not sure if I'm up to speed.
    Posted by louise on 26/10/2008 11:21:12
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  69. Why on earth is Cookalong not available on 4OD? I couldnt do the cookalong on Friday, or Saturday when the repeat was on, so was going to do it tonight and watch it online as I cooked. But for reasons best known only to Channel 4 they havent made it available to watch. Very very annoying indeed! Sort it out Channel 4.
    Posted by Kat on 26/10/2008 10:58:29
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  70. I enjoyed watching even though I wasn't cooking, though I will try the lasagne next week. However, I was very tempted to change channel several times because Patsy Kensit was incredibly annoying! She was useless and wouldn't shut up.
    Posted by Neil on 26/10/2008 10:57:41
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  71. what on earth is the point making it so so manic ??? whats the rush? only watched for 10 minutes as it was too stressful and i wasnt even cooking. better to have 2 courses that everyone can keep up with
    Posted by sarah mcgougan on 26/10/2008 09:09:18
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  72. Making a fool of Delia! Was that going to endear you to anyone? I don't think so.
    Posted by Karen on 25/10/2008 23:26:09
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  73. I was really looking forward to the cookalong series on Friday night and started to watch, but felt it was spoilt due to Mr Ramsay's swearing and insults to Delia Smith and Raymond Blanc. I wish he'd cut this type of antics and stick to teaching cooking. Cut the comedy and stick with the cooking, if you know what's good Gordon.!!! G.S
    Posted by Nigellain on 25/10/2008 21:46:04
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  74. i think that cookalong live is wounderful.it is great fun with alot of laughter also you get to learn to cook the most delious food ever. may i suggest that if you want people to cook along with you ,it would probably be better to put it on early like about 8.00pm
    Posted by yummy food on 25/10/2008 21:39:29
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  75. Well....what can I say.... I very rarely cook for my husband as he does such a good job on his own. Trying to do the 'good wife' bit, after a hard week off for him.. I offered to cook him the Gordon Menu. Totally paid off. He has done nothing but smile for the last 24 hours and keeps telling everyone about the menu and how well it tasted (sorry Gordon - apparantly i give you a run for your money). You know what they say - the way to a mans heart is via his stomach. Big thank you to Ramsay - the man with the recipes - can't wait till next week.
    Posted by Michelle on 25/10/2008 21:08:30
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  76. I THAUGHT IT WAS GREAT BUT PATSY KENSIT WAS SO RUBBISH ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS HER ALL THE TIME. SHE WAS TRYING TO TAKE OVER YOUR SHOW , I LOVE COOKING PROGRAMS AND WATCHED THIS BECAUSE I ENJOY YOUR COOKING BUT ALL WE HEARD WAS HER.
    Posted by samantha on 25/10/2008 20:43:47
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  77. i think the idea is great, i was looking for the ingredient list for next weeks show could not find it? i think last weeks guest was a bit too much she distracted from the whole idea of cooking and made it a look at me, kind of thing, which unfortunately put me off but i have out the tele in the kitchen to carry out the lasagne for next week just wish the ingredient list was their for me to look at now. thanks for this series i just finished uni last year so now have the money to buy nice ingredients but only get to go shopping once a week as of working long hours but i will be their for next week cant wait!! wishing for a nicer guest next week who will focus on the food not swearing more than gordon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted by michelle on 25/10/2008 19:43:41
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  78. loved watching it :D learned so much. . . seemed he was on a hi or something he was so fast :D gotta love him though
    Posted by kezza on 25/10/2008 19:11:29
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  79. Hi Gordon, We had a fabulous night last night. Food was great and all came together perfectly thanks to me and my brocolli!! Nat, Steve and Adie were on hand luckily to make sure everything else was perfect. Bit worried about the caramelising though as we'd had plenty to drink by then!! Roll on next week for the next Cook along live party! YEE HA! "DONE!"
    Posted by Amie Bickley on 25/10/2008 19:08:17
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  80. I think the cookalong live is a brilliant idea although it was directed and produced really badly. Is cookalong a serious cooking prog or is it some kind of chat show-meets top of the tops-meets comedy-meets who knows what ? I like cooking but i'm not really interested in Patsy Kensit. I like cooking so I want to see one top chef cook well rather than hundreds of amateur chefs ( like me ) cook badly. Sorry but it was just poor and almost pants. Come on Gord teach me how to cook and throw cookalongachatshowtopofthepopstyperubbish in the bin Kindest cooking regards Sam
    Posted by Sam Evans on 25/10/2008 18:42:19
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  81. Well Gordon, I shall be doing the cookalong tonight (Sat) for 6 friends having recorded the show from last night. The one hiccup I have before I start is that rhubarb is not in season here in the North West! Having searched Sainsburys, Asda, Morrisons, Tesco, the local market and local farm shops - not one stick to be had anywhere! So, I shall be using apples instead!! For your next show can you please make sure all produce is available for us Northener's!!!!! I'm sure we shall have fun!
    Posted by Anita on 25/10/2008 18:38:07
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  82. I was cooking for my husband Carl who is a chef (downstairs in the pub)and who nobody ever cooks for, along with my son Aaron(12)and neice Clara(15)who had just finished waitressing. We set the portable tv up in the kitchen and at 9pm Gordon didn't come on?? We live in Chester but can only get S4C on the portable! So we had to divert Sky to the kitchen and wait for CH4 1 and ate an hour later. Didn't get a chance to eat the starter but got good feedback, salmon was perfect, pudding divine. Carl was very impressed with our efforts and we had great fun!
    Posted by Helen on 25/10/2008 18:29:22
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  83. We had laughter, tears and a lot of mess!!! It went very well, my husband did it and he has never cooked a meal in is life! The only thing was that I think Gordon went way to fast at times, the camera should stay on what he was doing for longer. We were amazed the ingrediants that were given could have made such a nice three course meal. A meal that i will trying for myself. Will get my husband doing it again next week!!!
    Posted by Jennie on 25/10/2008 18:23:23
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  84. Great food last night, absolutely loved the starter!! Just wondered why it was rhubarb crumble when it is out of season? Vouldnt get any so used apples from our orchard...still tasted great tho!
    Posted by Rachel B on 25/10/2008 18:23:21
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  85. We enjoyed the first cook along but we agree it was a bit late!
    Posted by Jenni & Jon on 25/10/2008 17:06:01
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  86. Gordon, only YOU could suggest rhubarb when it's out of season and B. difficult to source, I changed this for plums, which are in season!!! Think before hand, saves on the car mileage, trekking from store to shop, only to be disappointed, if unsure you could always ask Jamie Oliver!!! Otherwise, good effort.
    Posted by angie roberts on 25/10/2008 17:02:12
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  87. Good program, I thought the recipes were great, however, it was spoiled by Patsy Kensits big mouth, made the show into a circus rather than an informative cook-a-long. Hope No. 2 is better.
    Posted by Steve B on 25/10/2008 16:53:48
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  88. What a shambles, i thought it was meant to be cookalong with the public not Patsy!! Not as good as the last series where Gordon had time to talk to the public who were taking part in the show. After last nights show i certainly will not be watching it again. What is the point of having amateur cooks on the show if you dont use them, I thought that was the whole point of the show?
    Posted by mushroom on 25/10/2008 16:13:46
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  89. wow, it was very,very fast. Thanks and frustration to ch 4 who were helpfully were doing 'maintainance' on the web (unbelievable timing) so had to keep running back and to the lounge. we ate around Quarter to eleven! Fun as ever though, we loved it and had never used pastry before. Did anyone else find Patsy Kensit totally unecessary...and annoying?
    Posted by robnsaira on 25/10/2008 15:52:47
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  90. Absolutely brilliant !! Completely inspired to cook and not get a takeaway for Week 2. Only thing is it could be on a bit earlier I may have consumed too much wine by 9pm to cook properly.
    Posted by flowerstork on 25/10/2008 15:33:07
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  91. cant belive people cooking properly did not even get shown! it is surpose to be a cooking show for God's sake!how come a man with a horse in the kitchen got on live while people that were cooking their socks off got ignored?
    Posted by pp on 25/10/2008 15:31:15
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  92. The cooking with Gorden was good but his guest Patsy Kensit ruined the whole show by acting like a child throwing food and being disrespectful to Gorden.
    Posted by Aileen on 25/10/2008 13:13:58
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  93. 1. Presentation style was same a Floyd... lot of fast talk and talking to camera. 2. Too much of Gordons face and shoulders, and often not showing how the food was being cut and prepared. This became frustrating. 3. Very entertaining and enjoyable
    Posted by Tim on 25/10/2008 12:53:23
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  94. really enjoyed it. not a complete disaster, but my first attempt at pastry can be improved upon! tried to be prepared as much as possible before show started and only glad I did - no way I would be able to keep upwith the man. Roll on next week.
    Posted by shaznpete on 25/10/2008 12:53:11
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  95. My husband and I done the starters and main course last night. It was a bit hard at times trying to keep up with Gordon and we weren't quite sure what he was doing some times as it wasn't being shown on the TV. But it turned out very well and tasted lovely!! My husband is actually cooking the warm goats cheese salad for my parents on Sunday for a starter. Can't wait!!!!! Roll on next week!!!
    Posted by Vicki Jameson on 25/10/2008 12:36:18
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  96. i think that gordon went way to fast it wasvery hard to keep up with him next time go slower cause beginers like myself anit that quick at doing things.
    Posted by Burton on 25/10/2008 12:33:37
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  97. Great fun! Shame about Patsy Kensit, incredibly annoying and off-putting!!
    Posted by Giggyvillas on 25/10/2008 12:29:20
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  98. Gordon Great recipes BUT I thought hygiene in yur kitchen left a lot to be desired. Patsy was touching her hair, your clothes etc and then touching the food Ugh! Am dreading Johnny Vegas sweating everywhere! Sue
    Posted by Sue McShane on 25/10/2008 12:05:20
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  99. It is such a great concept, although Gordon really needs to cut down on the amount of gestating he does. It has now become annoying and offputting.
    Posted by Lynne on 25/10/2008 11:56:35
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  100. Bit stressful but we had a great night and a lovely meal that I would never have thought to put together myself - Thanks Gordon! Hardest bit was following the instructions for the dessert when cooking on an electric hob. With gas Gordon was able to caramelise his rhubarb straight away, but he'd finished and I was still waiting for my sugar to heat up. Next time can Gordon give us elctric hob owners a bit of extra notice please? Thanks.
    Posted by Liz on 25/10/2008 11:44:42
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  101. Could not find rhubarb cooked an apple and blackberry crumble intstead very good it was too
    Posted by Wondermum on 25/10/2008 11:41:39
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  102. Best meal I have ever cooked Gordon, but thank goodness I spent the evening preparing or I would have been doing a Patsy!!! I need you to do a cookalong Christmas day meal now. Bring it on...
    Posted by papu27 on 25/10/2008 11:23:59
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  103. what a programme - brillant - Patsy and Gordon were so good together As for the the recipe it tasted so good. thanks
    Posted by Dublin Dave on 25/10/2008 10:53:49
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  104. Overall we really had a great night and thought the food was very good. It was fun and fast in the kitchen but we stayed on top of things with the help of the online recipes when we had missed a bit. Would be much better to use sky plus, but not having it on the TV we used we managed all the same. The starter and desert were stunning,We had substituted tinned rubab as had been unable to find any fresh but it worked really well and the main was nice and looked impressive but maybe a little bland for my taste.Maybe i should have used some more herbs or seasoning. Looking forward to the next one!
    Posted by fi1006 on 25/10/2008 10:48:23
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  105. FRANTIC !! holey moley I can only describe my kitchen this morning as armageddon and normally I am a tidy cheffette. starter was great , pastry was suspect.... a bit thick my fault but encroute salmon lovely , pudding was improvised as there was not a stick of rhubard in ireland north or south !!. used apples and blackberries went down a storm . plenty of vino collapso to ease the nerves.great nights craic and roll on the next one.
    Posted by specky chef on 25/10/2008 10:31:40
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  106. Hi Gorden that was the most fantastic and exhilerating cooking experience I have ever had. The kitchen is a huge mess, we are both exhausted but i actually managed to cook something that tasted good. It was the first time i had seen my friend eat a salad ever!!!! Had fun with the rhubarb as its apparently out of season, couldnt find frozen either so we used tinned rhubarb!!! not ideal. Thank you so much for doing this series it has inspired me to cook more - unfortunately for everyone else who has to try my food!! - but i loved it. Will be joining you next week. What about doing a christmas or new year special??
    Posted by becky on 25/10/2008 10:27:49
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  107. excellent food , a mad scramble , sore neck from watching t.v and chopping at same time ,still got all fingers , wife still washing up , didnt have time to eat everything though!!! Gearing up for next one , get to swear at wife again
    Posted by glen&liz on 25/10/2008 10:26:30
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  108. Phew, that was fast! Never before was so happy for every minute of ads... guess Sky + with its pause and rewind live tv really comes into its own with this programme, wish I would have it! That cookalong map doesn't work for me, it seems to have something against Mozilla and Linux? The training videos are fab, wished I would have watched them before the broadcast, especially the one about skinning the salmon! It was nice that there was a summary of what had been done to the salmon before/after the ads, could that have been done more often? The starter was lovely by the way, but just wasn't able to keep up with the speed so the dessert will be on tonight, hopefully the cookalong is on Channel4 On Demand? The pastry went a bit temperamental but in the end behaved itself though it wasn't looking as professional as on TV but a bit patched together. My salmon piece was brilliant never had such a fantastic piece of salmon before! But it was too thick to flip the two halves on top of each other! So my salmon en croute had only one layer, but that means we can have a second helping of it tonight. I am very much looking forward to the Lasagne, and this time will try to print out recipe and prepare ingredients more so I can catch up better. Anyways a very exciting cooking show! Loved the pony in the kitchen and the increasingly frustrated celebrity - could really sympathise with her! I also love that this show rewards socialising and cooking together with friends as you really need several people to a) prepare and b) eat and c) have fun!
    Posted by Ulla on 25/10/2008 10:07:00
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  109. What a lot of boring rubbish this program was. Neither a Cookery or Comedy, to fast to follow, camera jumping about all over the place made it very confusing to try to follow. We switched channels after an agonizing 30 mins. YOU MUST DO BETTER!!!
    Posted by Gordon Sanbrook on 25/10/2008 09:48:59
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  110. Good job I had a pause button and I never did use the Lambs Lettuce, although I did hear it mentioned in passing at one point, kitchen is a mess...!!!
    Posted by Steve on 25/10/2008 09:46:32
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  111. Enjoyed the 1t of the cookalongs. Great to see Gordon showing that his cooking talent is 2nd to none.. Looking forward to the next cookalong.
    Posted by Nookiebear on 25/10/2008 09:15:24
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  112. Excellent. Struggled to get all the ingredients at Sainsburys which I was surprised at so only managed to get the stuff for the first two courses. Enjoyed the Goats Cheese Salad which surprised me as the cheese itself smelled like the inside of our Friends goat "Colin's) stable!!! The salmon was delicious and definately something i'll make again. I already enjoy cooking and without sounding smug am quite good at it so for us it was more a fun thing that my husband and I could do together. We had a few beers whilst doing it and had a really good time. Can't wait for next week
    Posted by Sarah Stothert on 25/10/2008 08:54:57
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  113. Gordon - I think you assumed everyone looked at the recipes in advance, and therefore knew how much of their butter to use in each recipe. Perhaps any ingredients that are used several times should be listed with how the amount is split. Cheers Carol
    Posted by Carol Ramsay on 25/10/2008 08:04:59
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  114. This was great TV as the January show, but we did not see enough of Gordon's hands as he was cooking, I thought. How about a "red button" iso of Gordon's hands?
    Posted by David Steele on 25/10/2008 05:55:51
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  115. This was a manic attempt at cooking! Was it me - or did I miss most of the instructions? What temp should the oven have been at to cook the salmon and the starter? How much butter should we have used with the herbs for the salmon and how much should we have saved for the crumble? Gordon talked to Patsy but mumbled instructions to the rest of us. I could not keep up and felt that I was under prepared. I had printed off the lists from the website and had measured out all that I thought we needed - but on the night we were still left scrabbling around for extra bits. Having said that we had a good go at guessing what he meant and despite adding garlic to the dressing (we could not hear his instructions clearly) and not taking the salmon out in time, and not cooking the broccoli for long enough, everything tasted very good. We tried everywhere to get rhubarb without success and went for apples instead. I was sure that the baked beans were a hoax and didnt bother opening the tin and used pastry cutters instead for the toast. There were several items of equipment not itemised on the utensils list and I found this was quite a manic night. It was very late to sit down and eat as a family and whilst the ingredients and menus were interesting I am not sure that the chaotic speed and lack of clear instructions will encourage me to "go live" again. Well done Patsy on telling Gordon to slow down - not all of us can work at his pace from day 1 - and he definitely does need to give clearer instructions for each stage.
    Posted by JulieC on 25/10/2008 00:50:20
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  116. cutting herbs with scissors come on gordon stop being a big girls blouse.
    Posted by the lie-in king on 25/10/2008 00:17:16
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  117. Brilliant show. Cooking went really well, especially the crumble! Patsy Kensit is an extremely annoying woman though...
    Posted by tinklestoe on 24/10/2008 23:49:18
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  118. The worst hour of my life. Not even superman could have kept up with that. Gordon you owe me ?43 and a decent meal!
    Posted by nickybee on 24/10/2008 23:32:58
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  119. Gordon, Please stop slapping/thumping your hands/fists together. ANNOYING!!! It so takes your focus away from the cooking and is irritating. The camera shots need to also focus on the food more to show what it is you're doing, but otherwise - fun.
    Posted by Chrissie on 24/10/2008 23:32:09
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  120. have just finished our delicious meal, i was ultra prepared and organised ... there would have been no hope if i hadn't been. i confess to making a few improvements Gordon, choosing filo pastry to encase the superb salmon and seasonal fruits apple and blackberry for a scrumptios crumble. naughty but nice. looking forward to next week.
    Posted by lauralush on 24/10/2008 23:13:08
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  121. Well i think it should be re-named Rush-along, way too fast!!.For the first time ever my 16 year old showed an interest in cooking so we did everything that was required before the show aired.Unfortunately my son couldn't keep up, both my husband and i had to help which was not what my son wanted.Why did we have to have crap vt's in about getting one over on Delia etc. Without this nonsense Gordon could have gone slightly slower and my son would have enjoyed it more. Such a shame really.Come on Gordon we're not professional's like you.
    Posted by Heather on 24/10/2008 23:07:52
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  122. oh my god that salmon was gorgeous!!!!!! We managed to keep up with Gordon and have a fab time too. It did go a bit quickly and u couldn't have done it on your own but we loved it!! long live King Gordon. We had a good bottle of sauvigon blanc with it, perfect match!!
    Posted by debs'n'kate on 24/10/2008 23:05:19
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  123. SO much fun!!! It was great - but - I followed Gordon nearly to the button but my potatoes were underdone and raw in the middle and when I cut my salmon it was still raw in the middle!!!!!!!! Otherwise I cant wait till next week!!!
    Posted by alexthechef on 24/10/2008 23:01:58
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  124. TTTTTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bloody fast! The garlic ended up in the potato's, the cinamon didn't go anywhere while the pudding very nearly had no ginger. If you want to teach us to cook, you'll have to say (clearly) all of the instructions, not just a few of them. We are now exhausted and Peter has tummy ache. And what the hell is a lamb's lettuce? Two supermarkets didn't know, so why would we? Don't know if we will be joining in next week, we will see how we recover. Ta Ra, Sharon
    Posted by Sharon on 24/10/2008 22:48:52
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  125. Great fun! Starter and dessert delicious and fairly easy to prepare. Way too much pastry on the salmon though! You went a bit quick for me I am afraid, I intend to do a bit more prep for next week!
    Posted by Jason Whitehouse on 24/10/2008 22:48:47
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  126. Food was fab! We will be doing those recipes again. Pace was way too manic - we have had to leave cooking the crumble until afterwards - it's in the oven now. Maybe the show should be on over a longer time. Lots of laughs though. Looking forward to doing it again!
    Posted by Kelly&Ian on 24/10/2008 22:46:20
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  127. it was just amazin it looked like a proper restaurant meal.....
    Posted by 360gam3r on 24/10/2008 22:41:18
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  128. Was Gordon scraping the barrel looking for a celeb to cook with him tonight!!!!! She is so annoying I cant be bothered to watch this programme any more...........
    Posted by Eliza on 24/10/2008 21:43:58
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