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... not as big a name as Swayze ... but an english culinary legend.
Tributes were paid today to Keith Floyd, television chef, restaurateur, writer and bon vivant, who died yesterday after a heart attack, aged 65.
Today's generation of celebrity chefs, whose careers he had arguably made possible, were quick to acknowledge his importance. Heston Blumenthal said Floyd had created "a new genre of television", while Rick Stein recalled a "red wine drinking hero". Jamie Oliver simply described him as "the best" television chef and a huge inspiration
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evm30HTbD0[/YOUTUBE]
With his enthusiastic presenting style, English gent persona and ever-present glass of wine, Floyd was instantly recognisable. Whether he was surrounded by emus in Africa, preparing a dish on the open deck of a fishing trawler in a storm, or taking stick from a French chef for his pipérade ("The way I cooked it was so off-putting that she knows, already, it's going to taste absolutely awful"), Floyd broke the mould of previous cookery shows. Marco Pierre White described him as a "very special talent", adding: "A little piece of Britain died yesterday."
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWaAPdUxvFU[/YOUTUBE]
Blumenthal said: "I think Keith Floyd created a new genre of television, something really quite unique. No one made TV food programmes quite like him. He had a wealth of knowledge but there was a no-nonsense approach to it all, borne out of years of being in the business and doing it for the love of food and wine."
Stein said: "I never lost that awe of him. He was the first devil-may-care cook on TV who made cooking something the boys could do too. He cooked like a dream and loved food and wine with a passion."
Oliver said Floyd was an "incredible man who lived life to the full"; Nigel Slater said his broadcasts were a "joy to watch"; Gordon Ramsay described him as a "true original"; and Matthew Fort said he was the "original rock'n'roll television cook".
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hleJ8Wx62Uc&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Floyd wrote more than 20 books and his latest, Stirred But Not Shaken, is published next month, detailing his battle with the bottle.
Legend !
Tributes were paid today to Keith Floyd, television chef, restaurateur, writer and bon vivant, who died yesterday after a heart attack, aged 65.
Today's generation of celebrity chefs, whose careers he had arguably made possible, were quick to acknowledge his importance. Heston Blumenthal said Floyd had created "a new genre of television", while Rick Stein recalled a "red wine drinking hero". Jamie Oliver simply described him as "the best" television chef and a huge inspiration
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evm30HTbD0[/YOUTUBE]
With his enthusiastic presenting style, English gent persona and ever-present glass of wine, Floyd was instantly recognisable. Whether he was surrounded by emus in Africa, preparing a dish on the open deck of a fishing trawler in a storm, or taking stick from a French chef for his pipérade ("The way I cooked it was so off-putting that she knows, already, it's going to taste absolutely awful"), Floyd broke the mould of previous cookery shows. Marco Pierre White described him as a "very special talent", adding: "A little piece of Britain died yesterday."
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWaAPdUxvFU[/YOUTUBE]
Blumenthal said: "I think Keith Floyd created a new genre of television, something really quite unique. No one made TV food programmes quite like him. He had a wealth of knowledge but there was a no-nonsense approach to it all, borne out of years of being in the business and doing it for the love of food and wine."
Stein said: "I never lost that awe of him. He was the first devil-may-care cook on TV who made cooking something the boys could do too. He cooked like a dream and loved food and wine with a passion."
Oliver said Floyd was an "incredible man who lived life to the full"; Nigel Slater said his broadcasts were a "joy to watch"; Gordon Ramsay described him as a "true original"; and Matthew Fort said he was the "original rock'n'roll television cook".
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hleJ8Wx62Uc&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]
Floyd wrote more than 20 books and his latest, Stirred But Not Shaken, is published next month, detailing his battle with the bottle.
Legend !
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