When Mary Berry took over the role of Mary Berry on The Great British Bake Off in 2017, Dame Prue Leith, who wanted to eat fish and chips at “what used to be a good pub,” was unsuccessful.
Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith blasted a restaurant after a waiter’s “lectures” between courses dashed her hopes of a romantic dinner.
The veteran broadcaster, who became a judge on The Great British Bake Off in 2017 to replace Mary Berry, slammed restaurants with increasingly complicated menus following her visit to an establishment with her husband. The star recalled she hoped to have an “intimate (I hoped romantic) dinner” but the waiter “gave us a lecture on every course”.
Prue, 85, agreed that there was “no chance” of having an intimate meal with her partner. The Cordon Bleu-trained chef wrote, “The night before our wedding, my husband-to-be and I went out to a Michelin-starred restaurant for an intimate (I hoped romantic) dinner.
There isn’t a chance of that. The waiter lectured us on all of the courses, gave us a map of the restaurant’s locations, and promised to read it at the end, the chef came out for a round of foodie talk and wouldn’t leave.
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Prue also claimed in a letter to The Oldie magazine that she had gone to another restaurant in search of “what used to be a good pub” in the hope of having fish and chips. The mother of two initially couldn’t find this on the menu until she examined the document more carefully.
I ordered “Sustainability-certified North Sea halibut loin, coated in tempura-style batter made from Hook Norton Ironstone lager and Billy’s free-range organic eggs,” according to Prue, who was born in South Africa and immigrated to London in 1960. “Fish and chips” are served with “local Maris Piper potatoes, triple-fried in Cotswold Gold corn oil.”
The presenter, who was previously on The Great British Menu, said her experience shows how “pandering to foodies” are they? She remarked, “Menu-devisers now write essays on every course, pandering to foodies.”
“Hand-dived Scottish King scallops, daily-picked marsh samphire from the Solway Firth, Arran Victory organic new potatoes,” and “and on and on.”
Source: Mirror
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