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| 67Rob |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 17:39:12
....have just called me. I was sent a letter telling me they are looking for people in my area so I returned an application form for a laugh....and they like what they've heard so far.
Apparantly if the producer agrees I will get a call next week to arrange a bit of filming before the proper week of filming at the end of May.
Down the gym or belly in.  |
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| Captain Bubble |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 12:30:26
Shame you did not get it Rob, but TV people can be very strange. Their self-importance, and their ideas of how people and things SHOULD be are sometimes contrary to common sense. I helped to make a recreation of the first ever ice making machine, which was pumped by hand and grossly inefficient. The producer decided to film it in the Hot House at Kew Gardens and was very upset that it did not produce ice within a minute of pumping it!
Even the best modern freezer would struggle to make ice in a Hot House! |
| WendyB |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 11:32:19
Edit:
What a shame. Perhaps you were too gay/loud/obnoxious/ugly.
No, that can't be right, Rob is a drummer not a guitarist. |
| mully |
Posted - 18/05/2012 : 06:52:10
quote:
Originally posted by WendyB
What a shame. Perhaps you weren't gay/loud/obnoxious/ugly enough.
Oh I find that hard to believe. He's a drummer, after all.
Stephen |
| WendyB |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 20:51:07
What a shame. Perhaps you weren't gay/loud/obnoxious/ugly enough. |
| 67Rob |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 19:36:21
Oh well, doesn't matter now....
Didn't get picked.
Apparantly I wasn't right for the concept/formula idea for that particular episode.
Whatever the feck that means.
Anyhoo, Tom (who did the audition questions) said he really pushed for me to get chosen but they wouldn't budge.
He is going to send me the footage they filmed of me though, so at least you'll get to see that.... |
| Bazarre |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 09:19:35
quote:
Originally posted by 67Rob
Okay....so they did the filming/audition thingy last week and I got a call today to say that I will have a definite yay or nay tomorrow.
So last night I had a trial run of the menu....
Starter- Pan fried monkfish with a small amount of chopped chili and lime juice, served on a bed of rocket then drizzled with a home made sweet chili/lemon/lime dressing and black pepper.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/IMG_20120515_161045.jpg
Main- Chicken thigh meat cooked in a creamy cider and pepper sauce (herbs, onion, garlic, chicken stock etc) served with sauteed new potatoes (skins left on) and pan fried mange tout.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/IMG_20120515_195544.jpg
Desert- I don't really do puddings but this came out bloody good
More pan frying of chopped apple and banana with a small amount of castor sugar and a splash of brandy.
Then place into ramakins on a crushed biscuit base, bake in oven then a trickle of brandy laced cream.
Will find a better way of serving this on the day (if it's a yes).
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/IMG_20120515_213345.jpg
Nice varied menu, Rob. That'd do me! With the desert no doubt it tastes excellent but the appearance is a bit bland. How about browning the top after cooking with a gas torch, even if it means sprinkling on a bit of sugar first. Give it some colour before adding the cream. |
| Captain Bubble |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 09:00:42
Nice one Rob, good luck! |
| WendyB |
Posted - 17/05/2012 : 08:54:13
I think the MD posse needs to be invited round for a trial run. |
| Spen |
Posted - 16/05/2012 : 21:42:10
quote:
Originally posted by Unkle Kev
Stop practicing the cooking. Work on your bitching and bad attitude!
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| inmate274 |
Posted - 16/05/2012 : 20:24:35
Coupla tips, if I may? Feel free to ignore these but just my pennies worth:
Starter - sounds LARVELY. Tip on presentation, don't break the fish up; I think it'd look a lot better if you serve them one piece of fish. maybe put a smaller amount of rocket on the middle of the plate, in the shape of the fish, lay the piece of fish on top then season carefully and drizzle with the lime/chilli stuff. Maybe put a couple of lime twists on the plate too?
Main course - again, right up my street. If you slice the potatoes really thinly before you saute them it'll take less time to cook and then you can get the presentation a lot neater as well (and then they're essentially posh chips, which everyone loves). But I certainly wouldn't complain if I was served that!
Dessert - you could try doing one big thing like a sort of b*stardized tarte tatin: i.e. fry the fruit, spread the biscuit base over the bottom of a cake tin/tart dish and then put your fruit on top. Bake it for a bit, then maybe pop it into the fridge and leave it to set? If you serve it cold it'll give the base a chance to set (easier to slice up and serve), and plus it's less work for you as you don't have any timings to work with and can just get it out of the fridge when needs be.
Just my take on it, but sounds really good! Let us know when it's being broadcast too. |
| Unkle Kev |
Posted - 16/05/2012 : 20:24:13
Stop practicing the cooking. Work on your bitching and bad attitude! |
| Th0mas25 |
Posted - 16/05/2012 : 20:21:23
Good luck Rob! Menu looks great, my mouth's watering just looking at the pics  |
| 67Rob |
Posted - 16/05/2012 : 19:55:39
Okay....so they did the filming/audition thingy last week and I got a call today to say that I will have a definite yay or nay tomorrow.
So last night I had a trial run of the menu....
Starter- Pan fried monkfish with a small amount of chopped chili and lime juice, served on a bed of rocket then drizzled with a home made sweet chili/lemon/lime dressing and black pepper.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/IMG_20120515_161045.jpg
Main- Chicken thigh meat cooked in a creamy cider and pepper sauce (herbs, onion, garlic, chicken stock etc) served with sauteed new potatoes (skins left on) and pan fried mange tout.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/IMG_20120515_195544.jpg
Desert- I don't really do puddings but this came out bloody good
More pan frying of chopped apple and banana with a small amount of castor sugar and a splash of brandy.
Then place into ramakins on a crushed biscuit base, bake in oven then a trickle of brandy laced cream.
Will find a better way of serving this on the day (if it's a yes).
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee163/67Rob_photos/IMG_20120515_213345.jpg
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| 67Rob |
Posted - 09/05/2012 : 05:58:11
quote:
Originally posted by Sharklaar
Whereabouts are you Rob? The researcher guy said they were casting in my area (peterborough) all this week too, and they would be in touch and maybe come round to do the audition thing. No phone call yet though...
I'm in Enfield, Norf Lahndan.
And it a week and a half before they got back to me so you'll still probably get a call.  |
| Sharklaar |
Posted - 07/05/2012 : 15:10:42
Whereabouts are you Rob? The researcher guy said they were casting in my area (peterborough) all this week too, and they would be in touch and maybe come round to do the audition thing. No phone call yet though... |
| 67Rob |
Posted - 07/05/2012 : 14:58:08
Thanks for all the replies so far all.
Just had another phone call and they are coming here at 9.30am this Wednesday to film an interview/audition thingy.... Right, where's the Yellow Pages....Botox - check.... Emergency Liposuction - check.... House Clearing/Cleaning Company - check.... :-)p |
| Sharklaar |
Posted - 02/05/2012 : 16:41:14
Hey Rob did you get anywhere with it? I applied yesterday and had a call back this afternoon. I was at work so I couldn't really talk to them for long so they're calling me back later... |
| Gazza |
Posted - 24/04/2012 : 22:30:25
quote:
Originally posted by 67Rob
Had another call from them today and will be speaking again tomorrow so if by some miracle I do get to go on there and win then this is where the £1,000 is going -
http://www.northlondonhospice.org/how-you-can-help
Good luck Rob....a friend of mine applied, got through the telephone interview, submitted her menu, had the film crew round for a screen test...then got the news on Monday, you didn't make it! |
| 67Rob |
Posted - 24/04/2012 : 21:52:17
Had another call from them today and will be speaking again tomorrow so if by some miracle I do get to go on there and win then this is where the £1,000 is going -
http://www.northlondonhospice.org/how-you-can-help |
| New Boy |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 09:50:10
Our friends daughter was on it a month or so and came third irrc. she cooked at her mum and dads house which 8 houses down from us. I nearly ran over one of the tech crew who thought he'd just wander in the road to get gear out of his van,Muppet. |
| luke3030 |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 09:48:28
How do you get requested? Do you have to apply first? |
| logic_user99 |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 07:22:10
Do it! Nice. |
| bERb |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 00:50:49
A brass player friend of mine in Durham has received the same request. |
| shoestring |
Posted - 21/04/2012 : 00:08:11
quote:
Originally posted by empress ballroom
A lad I know was on last year - just watch you're not stitched up fot the benefit of television - which is what the programme is REALLY about. As Simon Cowell says, "It's all in the (MY) final edit."
I know someone too who got stitched up. Nearly ruined him and his business i heard.
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| Richie Paradise |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 22:06:00
Do it. I love that program. |
| OriginalAnimal |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 20:07:59
quote:
Originally posted by Sharklaar
And there seems to be at least one transgender/transvestite every day. I dunno where they find these people....
Waves......Here!!!! |
| empress ballroom |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 20:05:39
A lad I know was on last year - just watch you're not stitched up fot the benefit of television - which is what the programme is REALLY about. As Simon Cowell says, "It's all in the (MY) final edit." |
| Sharklaar |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 19:49:00
And there seems to be at least one transgender/transvestite every day. I dunno where they find these people.... |
| Yard |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 19:44:02
Good luck if you get on it?
I love the commentary and would love to do that part of it.
It seems in the last months that only weird and wacky 'I'm a right laugh me' types are getting on there?
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| WendyB |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 19:25:31
I applied last year and they were very enthusiastic, but were not coming to my neck of the woods anytime soon. Good luck Kev.
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| thedrumcrew |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 19:12:54
One of my mates won it when it was in Nuneaton she had a great time doing it |
| jamoca |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 18:53:33
The commentary is brilliant. I can't get enough of watching it! |
| luke3030 |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 18:47:23
brill! im watching it now |
| docadiddle |
Posted - 20/04/2012 : 17:50:57
Great stuff, Rob. Mrs D is addicted to it!
How about getting a gang of drummers in the back garden for the entertainment when you're hosting?
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