Gordon Ramsay Ultimate Cookery Course

[EcclesCake]

A cookery course implies an environment where one might learn.

Having just watched a few minutes he has cooked flat bread and pizza.

There were a number of individual stages in each recipe but instead of explaining the technicalities they were glossed over and the camera work was even more vague.

As a co-owner of a cookery school it is disappointing to see such poor teaching.

[Old_Geezer]

I have found it not unusual for those who know how to do something not being adept at teaching it. Thinking it just common sense not to waste time but to pass over what seems too obvious to go into, and leaving the students lost. Not seen Gordon's course myself, but it sounds a familiar situation.

[vodkancoke]

I agree Eccles, I love the man but it's not really teaching anyone anything. Even worse was Fiona Cairns programme yesterday. She never showed you how the different cake mixtures should look and there was always a bl00dy glass jar in the way of everything. Really bad :(

[Ratty2E]

I was going to watch that but I forgot, but it sounds like I've not missed much. I did see the Cake one though and I agree with Vodkancoke it wasn't very helpful, the camera never seemed to be in the right place. I defy anyone who's never made one before to make a sugar paste rose from what we saw of it.

[jan01]

Show the bugger how its done eccles!! YA!

[HowardKennitby]

You will get all the proper instruction when you buy the book.

[sherrardk]

What irritates me about this is when he uses upper and lower case letters when he writes what the dish is going to be on that bit of slate he has.

[shivvy]

I have only watched a couple of the episodes but I find them very difficult to enjoy based only on the camerawork. It seems to be filmed way too close, mostly out of focus, not capturing the look of the dish, quickly shifting from one shot to another, and overall just too hectic. I have seen close-up shots of Ramsays hand in a jar but not the actual dish. Very annoying.