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kimmie
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 Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:10 pm Post subject: Popular TV chef Keith Floyd dies |
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Only watched him on tv last night!  
| Quote: | TV chef Keith Floyd, whose booze-fuelled shows made him a household name, has died, his ghost-writer James Steen said.
Floyd, 65, who revealed in July that he was battling bowel cancer, died of a heart attack at his partner's home in Dorset, Mr Steen said.
Born in Somerset, after leaving Wellington School he began his professional life as a journalist in Bristol.
He honed his skills as a cook after joining the army, trying out his dishes in his officers' mess. After leaving the forces, Floyd worked in London and France as a barman, dish-washer and vegetable peeler as well as undertaking many other kitchen duties. He also owned three restaurants in Bristol, in one of which he had his big break after meeting a TV producer.
The result was his first programme, which led to a BBC offer of a seven-part series called Floyd On Fish. From there his career took off, with numerous television series, some of which were screened around the world.
He also wrote more than 20 books, many of which went straight into the best-seller lists. His latest autobiography Stirred But Not Shaken, in which he described his battles with the bottle, is due to be published next month.
Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White paid tribute to a "beautiful man". He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Keith, in my opinion, was an exceptional human being. He had great qualities. His ability to inspire people to cook just with his words and the way he did things was extraordinary. If you look at TV chefs today they don't have his magic. It's a very, very, very sad day for my industry and secondly for a nation."
He added: "Keith was intellectual, he was intelligent, and he was articulate - he used words which everybody could understand. He was very special. The thing which is very sad is a little piece of Britain today died which will never be replaced. He was a beautiful man."
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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How sadx
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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I never watched him, but apparently he just recently dressed down that F word bloke who swears all the time.
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zombiecazz
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Used to love his cooking programmes
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Fia
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Me too ZC - after the "this is the way thou shalt do it" school of cookery he was so refreshing. I'd always been a bit of this, glug of that sort cook but he inspired me to take that further.
Apparently his last meal, a few hours before he died, was, amongst other things, oysters and champagne. Way to go, Keith 
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wildgarlic
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| Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Fia wrote: | | Apparently his last meal, a few hours before he died, was, amongst other things, oysters and champagne. Way to go, Keith |
I like that... as you say, way to go indeed!
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Julie
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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I want his dog, Chalky.
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lachlanandmarcus
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yes sadly Chalky (he of the infamous killing the rabbit on camera during one of the programmes  fame) is no more....but he was really old I think. I do think RS has aged since Chalky died.
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Julie
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Trust me to get it wrong 
I must take more notice of the dog than the bloke................sounds about right actually, ha.
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