Keith Floyd Chef Dead

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 11:01

Remember having a beer with him in the 'Grey Hound' pub back in the '80s.



Richard

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 11:22

What a shame heard he was a nice guy

RIP Keith

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 11:22

JEEZ .. been off air for 2 days and missed this..





Just watched him with Keith Allen on C4 last night - first time on TV for five years..BRILLIANT TV.. What a sad coincidence.



http://www.channel4.com/programmes/keith-meets-keith/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1



Went to his Maltsters Arms in S. Devon - it was a brilliant location.



WHAT a character.. !

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 11:34

Another great character gone! he was a p--s head but great fun, he always kept the public amused with his antics.........

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 12:37

I watched that programme too last night. Used to enjoy watching his unusual cookery

programmes and have a book of his recipes given by one of my sons. Recipes from all

over and he even has one for Cullen Skink! Sad, but he hastened his death by his drinking.

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 12:38

It was so sad to see the man looking so old and pickled on C4 last night. His torment with his daughter was hurting him greatly.



He was great to watch in the 80's



Cheers Keith.

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 12:41

Just heard on "Morning TV" that he was 65 years old.......he looked like he was in his 80's

bootneck



Joined: 23/06/2008
Posts: 242

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 12:46

He even appeared on balamory with penny pocket!! certainly kept me entertained whilst cooking!!

Corbo



Joined: 13/09/2009
Posts: 627

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 13:08

He was the best of the TV chefs and started it all really..at least after the Galloping Gourmet. He also ventured into France before this cooking TV lark took off, and started restaurants and lived the life. A real character and one who enjoyed life to the full even if the he died relatively young. RIP Chef!

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 14:47

RIP



loved watching him cook



Bet they dont cremate him though

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 14:59

I watched him on TV last night and he looked an old man, so it was a shock to read he he had died but was only 65. I agree all that smoking and drinking had taken it's toll on him but he seemed to enjoy life and lived it to the full. Four ex wives and being estranged from his children wouldn't have helped his health though, so I hope he made it up with them before he passed away.







The butlers wife

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 15:10

RIP Chef.Although I cant beleive he was only 65. He seemed to be around forever. So sad xx Went to his pub in Devon and he was a true character xx

phylray



Joined: 21/09/2007
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 15:46

Always remember him cooking a steak by wrapping it and tying it to the exhaust of a

vehicle while driving through a desert!

Hope his daughter managed to forgive him (some of us have had to forgive a lot of our fathers!)

It's too late now if she didn't

breezyboy


Joined: 14/05/2007
Posts: 1179

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 17:27

Shares in Diageo and various breweries have plumeted following this news.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 17:58

The best tip I ever picked up from him was about wine and he said "If it is not good enough to drink it is not good enough to cook with". In other words if it is crap ditch it.

RIP Mr Keith Floyd.

He loved life!

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 18:08

Greatful for him "having a slurp"as he cooked.My kids always got me a glass as I started cooking.

Had one of my best lunches ever,he was partner in a restaurant on the Algarve.

He also filmed a programme on the banks of river,by Dalaman,Turkey.Stuffed grouse,or partridge "he'd caught earlier !!"Yeh.

I lift a glass to you now,"Serife"

Thanks for making cooking simple

Mike

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 19:17

sorry guys liked the program didnt like him much

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 19:22

cyprusairsoft



He now speaks very highly of you too!



Richard

Yellowbelly


Joined: 17/05/2009
Posts: 70

Message Posted:
15/09/2009 22:08

It was his human frailties that made so endearing... I would have loved to have shared a bottle with him