Putting An End To The Jeremy Clarkson's Saga.....

[trt]

A lot has been posted the past week or so about the above person, and I have read most of them here, and in the media.

What nobody has mentioned was how easily it could have been avoided & why it did at the luxury hotel, which is not cheap, and prides itself on their excellent services.

I am aware that the kitchen cant stay open all night, as the chef has to go home, but why couldn't the Manager or Assistant Manager put a steak under the grill, and a few chips in the fryer, surely they would know how to do that.

I spent 30+ years in the catering/hotel business, and you have to go out of your way sometimes to please residents, and 9pm is not that late.

So IMHO, all this could have been avoided if the Manager had done what a Manager should have done, and thats Manage!

[Jomlett]

Jeremy Clarkson and producer Oisin Tymon have both given their accounts of the “fracas” that led to the suspension of the Top Gear presenter.

It is understood that the pair have spoken to BBC Scotland head Ken MacQuarrie who is leading the investigation into the events that took place a fortnight ago, reportedly following an altercation over hot food at a Yorkshire hotel.

Both Clarkson and Tymon are thought to have had legal representatives with them as they gave their reports.

It is believed that MacQuarrie and his advisers planned to compare the two accounts before moving on to speak to further witnesses.

Let us hope they can reach agreement soon...

[Gromit]

Sounds like you are shifting the blame. The problem was not with the hotel but with the Top Gear production company and its prima donna exployees.
Clarkeson is not royalty. If they arrived too late and the food was finished, they should go for a curry (or get one delivered) instead.

[Buenchico]

Many hotel managers (in larger hotels) are simply business administrators these days. As such, they're unlikely to possess food handling qualifications and therefore can't prepare food for their guests.

[DTCwordfan]

I agree - if it's a prestigious hotel, then they should serve 24hrs....and 9pm is not late for a quality restaurant. I once had this happen in the States and, as trt accounts, the manager went and fixed a reasonable steak.

The altercation should have been sorted out behind scenes and not blown up into a national media event as it has been, backing all parties into their respective corners, a simple apology from JC and then OT settling this. True Daily Wail stuff.

[ichkeria]

Why does this reminded me of the Waldorf salads and obnoxious Americans :-)

[Baldric]

Should have read a little bit more trt, that's what happened!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2990616/A-row-steak-luvvie-BBC-boss-wants-Clarkson-Gear-host-said-got-row-producer-finding-hotel-offer-cold-platter-dinner.html

///In the end the general manager cooked the Top Gear star a steak himself, which he ate in a private dining room.///

[ichkeria]

It could all have been avoided if things had been different? Well spotted lol

[youngmafbog]

Who really cares anyway.

Much more to life than this rubbish.

[ichkeria]

Quite so ymb

[Hopkirk]

Er ... as I understand it the manager did indeed cook Mr Clarkson a steak.

[ludwig]

I sympathise with Clarkson on this. Whenever I can't get a steak after 9pm I always end up punching someone too.

[weecalf]

he will be in big brother I tell you .....

[Bazile]

//I am aware that the kitchen cant stay open all night, as the chef has to go home, but why couldn't the Manager or Assistant Manager put a steak under the grill, and a few chips in the fryer, surely they would know how to do that. //

Or they could have simply asked for a Waldorf salad .

[Peter Pedant]

// I spent 30+ years in the catering/hotel business, and you have to go out of your way sometimes to please residents, and 9pm is not that late. //

I thought of that trt - and even if there is an extra charge - the beeb isnt exactly reputed to be short of money

[Sipowicz]

.....as opposed to big bother!

[whiskeryron]

I was a guest at a hotel in Cromer last year & missed a bus from Great Yarmouth which made me late for dinner & was told that the Chef had left the premises & I had therefore missed dinner. I went to a Fish & Chip take away & had a lovely meal, so we are all capable of correcting our own mistakes.

[sp1814]

I strongly believe that Jeremy Clarkson threw an almighty hissy fit.

He is in a position of power and he threw his weight around. It's what many, many, many celebrities do (it's the kind of behaviour you expect from Russell Crowe).

If a senior manager at my company had done what Jeremy Clarkson (allegedly) did, he or she would be sacked. You simply cannot call someone a '*** thick Irish ***', punch them hard enough to split their lip and get away with it.

If it were me and I'd missed the kitchen (because I'd been sat in a pub for three hours), then I would shrug, ask an assistant to get a take away and that would be that.

I'm suspect most people would act like that...that's reasonable.

Punching an underling isn't.

[ToraToraTora]

didn't realise it was only 9, what kind of hotel has no hot food around at 9? I have stayed in many hotels all over the world and even in Wales you can get a hot meal at 9, never found one where 9 was too late for food. They should be shot in front of there families, death's too good for them!

PS that was Clarksonesque hyperbole at the end there!