My favorite cooking show of all time

[@coryman125]

I can't help but be reminded of James May's appearance on The F Word, in which he drinks too much wine, forgets how he usually makes a fish pie, and then proceeds to beat Gordon Ramsay in the competition anyways. What a legend

[@davidgoeller5843]

James May has some delightful cooking vids on his youtube as well

[@matthewlacey4198]

I fucking love him on that "It's to numb the pain of the food I'm about to eat" 😂

[@JETZcorp]

​@@davidgoeller5843 *WOMP* cheese

[@JoshuaC923]

Classic 😂😂

[@JoshuaC923]

​@@davidgoeller5843 Oh Cook! Seems quite nice too

[@schubertuk]

I'm British - and I _LOVE_ Keith Floyd. Not sure he was a great cook - but he had passion, and his multitude of imperfections were so relatable that he created himself so much rope with which nobody wanted to hang him! He was first and foremost an entertainer. And in that aspect he was almost impossible to beat.

[@MrJahka]

“I’m British…” sorry to hear that mate. There is a cure tho

[@greenlizardballs]

oh you're brih tish?

[@floydcarstairs9747]

I remember one of his series where he would sail to exotic places and then cook for the natives... Nobody ever seemed to like his food. But, he was a showman, for sure. :D

[@edzmuda6870]

I like The Two Fat Ladies cooking show. They used to air that show on PBS.

[@adewilliam9047]

As I was watching the vid, I realized he's a bomb personality on camera. Such smooth way with words, such confidence, and such fun.

[@oliver.s2165]

Literally from just the thumbnail I immediately knew it was Keith, he was truly one of the all time greats in English cooking programs 🔥

[@ihcfn]

Same, bow tie and glass of wine!

[@anonymouse740]

Yea grew up watching him, he had a way of captivating you.

[@tompoynton]

Came here to say exactly this

[@markstott6689]

Same here 😀

[@TheIppoippo]

Same here 😂

[@eclipseeffigy]

"Crossbred James Bond with your favorite grandma" was not a sentence I was prepared to hear today 😭😭😭

[@evanboris7673]

Floyd on fish is the BEST! Best part is as he got progressively drunker, his camera crew would wonder off and get some epic shots of the local landscape. The camera operators were the unsung heroes, but he gets extra credit for not meddling or trying to control them. Best episode was on the Dordogne and the frying of anchovies.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

He got exactly one cameraman, so yeah, you don't want to piss him..still directed them what to shoot nonetheless

[@j3ojos]

Keith Floyd truly is an icon of British cooking. His segments are shown weekly on BBC One’s “Saturday Kitchen”, it is always wonderful to watch.

[@Eden_Laika]

TV presenters who don't seem to realise that this is going to be actually broadcast, is one of my favourite things about old TV. It's kind of a shame that things are so corporatised now.

[@andalalvar7183]

I’m hoping your Anglophile side will lead to a good home cooked fish and chips episode one day.

[@modiabcomedy]

His bangers and mash was really good

[@FutureCommentary1]

He said he didn't like home deepfrying.

[@Garbageman28]

Brit here - the best homemade fish and chips is oven baked imo. It’s very difficult to recreate the chip shop… density with consumer grade equipment. Not only is the oven baked version lighter but it has its own unique texture and flavour profile.

[@Heylon1313]

I'm already looking forward to all the "brits call it X" jokes

[@TBlev215]

We need a Full English Breakfast and Sunday Roast.

[@David-km1wf]

Keith Floyd is an absolute legend, my Dad grew up watching him and introduced me to him, they were still playing his programmes on Saturday mornings on BBC 2 until very recently even though the episodes were older than me, just timeless.

[@lobsterboy2020]

I always feel bittersweet watching Keith, knowing how tragically his life ended. My Dad is his generation, also very posh, also a prolific drinker, hits very hard nowadays.

[@lft3636]

I watched this show back in the 90’s. It’s a travel/cooking show. There was one series called Floyd Uncorked, they drank wine in different regions in France, and he said that after the show ends, he and the wine expert needs to go to the clinic and have their liver checked 🤣

[@madontherun]

Floyd ! Great cook great character. Plus the theme tune of his show was the Stranglers ( peaches)

[@madontherun]

Plus other stranglers

[@michaelbirch5270]

I've been a fan of Floyd since he came to Australia over 30 years ago now to film 'Floyd on Oz' and ads for the Continental brand. The man was born to be on TV, he manages to do what very few TV chefs today can: keep the audience entertained. Its a shame many younger viewers have never heard of him, so videos like this are much appreciated. Thanks, Adam!

[@Warbs1987]

There’s a cooking programme in the UK that plays clips from Keith’s shows. My favourite game was to count how long it took to show him drinking. My record was 3 seconds. You were bloody wonderful, Keith. And it’s great to see you celebrating him, Adam.

[@johnfellows7850]

Adam, thank you for sharing this with us. I'm reminded of Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet of American cooking shows in the 60s and 70s. Kerr was also British by birth. His signature line while cooking on TV was this: "time for a short slurp (of wine, of course)." Thanks again.

[@alantidwell7889]

Yes, the Galloping Gourmet was my introduction to cooking shows, probably in the 70s on PBS. At the time, I liked him much more than Julia Child; although I have learned much more from Julia in the years since.

[@rogink]

I assumed he was Aussie. I only vaguely remember Kerr, but he was one of the TV cooks that came to mind thinking - who came before Floyd.

[@WhispCommanderComics]

Honestly thought that Adam’s favorite cooking show might have been “Good Eats” because Alton Brown and Adam have a similar teaching style

[@MrJahka]

He’s got a video about Alton Brown as well. It’s his salted butter video

[@tom_something]

That was my assumption too when I clicked. Adam often tries a few methods side by side to see if traditional cooking "knowledge" stands up to the rigors of science. In some worlds, trying two similar approaches with one factor changed is called "A/B testing". AB. Alton Brown. Code, Davinci. Eats, Frickin' Good. That's ABCDEFG right there. I don't know. I lost it at the end.

[@Tigerbythetoe]

Good Eats was my first guess as well. Maybe because it my favorite.

[@rayelgatubelo]

Also, they're both from Georgia

[@MrJahka]

And speak of the devil, we seem to have predicted his podcast all about his relationship with Alton Brown

[@seanwines4184]

Absolute national treasure! You might say he lived a short life but equally he surely lived more than most who make it past 100! Down here in Cornwall we have fantastic cuisine, not only seafood, which is evidence of the legacy he left behind. I'm not sure how true this is but the urban legend is his last meal was champagne, oysters and a cigar... very fitting!

[@williamgraham8214]

One of your best posts and that's saying something. The history of food media deserves this kind of thoughtful treatment. Well done.

[@markstott6689]

I watched these with my mother in the 80's. He was definitely one of a kind. Clive the cameraman was a much loved part of the show.

[@rivermundcatradora7061]

Dude, I live worlds away from Floyd, but I caught him on cable as a kid -- a ridiculously memorable experience, and this is such a joyful shot of memory to behold! Thanks!

[@NealKlein]

Just adding to the gratitude for this appreciated departure from your usual format. I love your candid glimpses into what makes your soul so intriguing.

[@quadders9198]

Keith was one of those joyous eccentric British characters I grew up watching. Always remember the hilarious episode in France at a French housewife's kitchen who constantly told Keith off for doing everything wrong while he constantly insulted her in English knowing she couldn't understand him.

[@InnuendoXP]

The Piperade scene is a classic!

[@kanojo1969]

That toothy old lady was totaly into the kiss, she was freaked out and therefore looked terrified, by the presence of a camera. YOu have to remember in this era being recorded on video was a completely foreign experience to people in general, this was before even VCR cameras were common. But despite being scared almost rigid, she leaned into that boozy ash-tasting kiss without the slightest hesitation.

[@JD-wu5pf]

Yeah, the bitch was asking for it. Source: bro just trust me

[@edwardstevens5252]

Keith was an idol of mine when I was younger, a real rockstar. Watching back the old clips doesn’t feel the same now, knowing his lifestyle would eventually get the better of him. Still, what an entertainer. I’d like to see more KZbinrs using that deconstructed format that works so well with his shows.

[@jamie9846]

Never thought I would hear my home town of Bristol get a mention on your channel, Adam. I actually grew up just around the corner from his first Bristol restaurant and am a big fan of his series Floyd on France. Enjoyed this video a great deal, dear boy.

[@Leander_]

These videos are great Adam, they really show your portraiting skills and journalist chops from your previous career, all with an unique endearing style.

[@weirdbeardzz]

David Rosengarten under rated OG of my generation. I could watch his shows/insight on repeat. One of my inspirations to love food and become a chef. Keith was great too, a pioneer. The idea that you shouldn't compromise quality ingredients and technique was truly inspirational. Golden age of food media.

[@aminotarobot7486]

These kinds of videos are far and away my favorite, stuff about and around the culture of cooking and food

[@FutureCommentary1]

The first season of the GBBO I watched was Season 4. They had these bits about the culture and history of cooking and food and that made me fall in love with the show. Today it's just baking and to me at least, it's lost its luster.

[@philengland]

Clips from Keith's shows (and "Nick's") are still shown most Saturdays on a cooking program called Saturday Kitchen Live, so there's still a lot of love for him over here. You're not wrong about the cod situation, though. Our taste for a "chippy tea" of battered fish and chips being the primary contributor there. Although there has been a slight migration to haddock. Adam, you're such an anglophile! You're welcome for dinner anytime, mate!

[@ultraL2]

OMG i am so happy you are a floyd fan i loved his shows, personality and talking about the culture of the places he visited

[@benhicks7388]

👋 from Reading. Love that my home town gets a mention in one of your videos!

[@Crowbars2]

2:30 - By the way, Adam, not all Brits refer to a "public school" as a type of fee-charging school. The Scottish terms for public/private school mean the same as they do in the USA. That public/private school terminology difference between the US and England is a lot less confusing than you'd think. Private school means the same thing in the US and in the UK, i.e. a fee-charging school, and a "public school" in the US refers to a "state school" in England. However, a "public school" in England is a subset of very old private schools, funded by tuition and the church. These private schools are called "public" schools because after being open only to the children of nobles who wished to become a member of the clergy, they then became open to any member of the public, who could pay, of course.

[@floriano_jl]

Love Floyd. He was so charismatic and seemed to really enjoy what he was doing. Floyd on Spain is one of my favs.

[@MichelleElsten]

I first became acquainted with Floyd on a travel/cooking show in the 90's. The show took place in Spain at the same time my college-age son was studying classical guitar and the famous guitarist John Williams appeared on the show. We were both hooked and watched every single episode and always got a kick out of how Floyd poured his glass of wine completely full as if it were a glass of Coke or Tea. Years later, as I inadvertently overfilled my glass of Zinfandel, my son exclaimed, "Now that's a Floydian Zin." And to this day, we always use the expression "Floydian" when overfilling a glass of wine. Some years later, I thought of Floyd and was curious as to whatever happened to our ol' jaunty friend and discovered that he'd passed away several years earlier on the very same day that I had Googled him. RIP dear Floyd. You touched more lives than you ever knew.

[@fuferito]

As a teen (at the time) raised on TLC (The Learning Channel where _learning_ actually took place), there was another British cooking show called, _Two Fat Ladies_ who loved making gout-inducing, cholesterol-rich, wonderful dishes. They were fantastic!

[@cameronmacpherson1959]

Oh I recognize that name. I'm sure I saw it as a kid in the 90s, but remember nothing of it

[@brianartillery]

Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson-Wright. Yes, they were absolutely wonderful. Proper cooking, no faffing about, plus booze and roll-ups, and the occasional blue joke. Great Television, that would have today's 'snowflakes' running weeping to mummy.

[@FloydTaylor]

they were too fat. its like they atomised diabetes and then deep fried it. and gorged on it every day for 30 years straight. gross

[@hexistenz]

Thanks so much for highlighting Keith Floyd! I "discovered" him in the late 1980's, with Floyd On France, when the BBC finally arrived on our TV's in Belgium. I spent around 30 years in the restaurant business, and I think Floyd played a significant part in awakening my love of and for food, cooking and traveling. He was completely nuts, that's for sure! But it was a very entertaining and informative kind of nuttiness.

[@Zveebo]

I think the only Floyd programme I saw when it was broadcast was Keith Allen’s (incidentally, Lily and Alfie’s dad!) show with him, and it was sad, though not surprising, to see his physical decline. But I caught most of his earlier shows on repeats, and they are wonderful ridiculous things. Beautiful travelogues as much as cooking shows, but imbued with a real love of great fresh ingredients and the delight of cooking and eating a dish. I love that he cooked anywhere or everywhere, and wasn’t too fussed about equipment or quantities, so much as the journey. While nobody should live exactly like him, his shows are a wonderful reminder of the joys of embracing life, places, people and glorious food, and delighting in the moment.

[@tomking5047]

Britt here who actually lived in Reading a while ago. I remember getting up early on Sunday mornings to watch Floyd around the Med with my Mum while she did the ironing. I sent her this video in hopes of converting her into a vinegar legate. Much love from across the pond!

[@edwesterdale-music]

Perhaps the most famous cooking sketch was in Floyd on France where he visited the Basque country and tried to show a local lady how to make a piperade. She gave a "robust" commentary on his technique in contemptuous French and then showed him how to do it properly. He admitted her dish was great and his was awful. Remarkably, the whole scene stayed in the show.

[@wwn1970]

A friend of mine worked as assistant producer on Floyd's Australian series. She reported that he was wonderful and difficult in equal portions. I asked if she would have done a second series and she said no.

[@christopherjeacock9073]

I love the fact you actually know about Keith Floyd and like him! I loved his shows growing up - Far Flung Floyd is great if you’ve not seen it

[@thejavaboy-theocdgamer3688]

Finally! A yank that can pronounce British city names! By the way, about the worcestershire sauce confusion. It's named after the county of Worcestershire, the main city of Worcestershire is called Worcester (hence MPW pronouncing it that way). So the "proper"/official pronunciation of worcestershire sauce is either Wus-ter-sher or Wus-ter. Another example of this pronunciation pattern is Leicestershire (pronounced les-ter-shire) . Cheers mate

[@misc.cont.]

It's about time someone spread the word about Keith Floyd and I'm glad it was you. I bet you'd also love Jenifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright aka Two Fat Ladies. It's another somewhat forgotten gem of British cooking programmes. They went around the country in a motorcycle and sidecar, bickering and eating and putting Paula Deen to shame with their love of cooking fats.

[@unvexis]

Two Fat Ladies = MOAH BUTTAH

[@SamAronow]

Oh I hope, if he hasn't seen the show already, he loves their digression about pheasant orgies.

[@AvenEngineer]

Martin Yan was my favorite TV cook as a Canadian kid. Absolute legend!

[@kanojo1969]

Was he the guy with the show called 'Yan Can Cook"? It was on daytime TV here in NZ when I was a teenager and every time I was sick I'd end up watching that show every day. Highly entertaining, can't remember anything about it though, except Yan being hilarious.

[@catylynch7909]

Aven, I was a radio talk-show producer in San Francisco, for many years. One of the programs that I produced was a cooking/restaurant program that aired on Saturdays. Martin Yan is a delightful person, who was a favorite guest on the program. When the microphone (or camera, in TV) was "on," so was Martin! Off-air, he's really very quiet ... almost shy. I, too, loved watching him on TV. After meeting him, and seeing him "in action," he was, somehow, even more endearing.

[@KatharineOsborne]

@@kanojo1969 yup that’s the one (I too grew up in Canada and his was the most famous Canadian cooking show at the time. Also loved ‘On the Road Again’ with Wayne Ronstadt; not a cooking show but a travel show featuring all sorts of interesting ordinary Canadians).

[@HinDoongEe]

Actually met him at a meet and greet. Really nice guy

[@sharonoddlyenough]

I found one of his cook books in a second hand store and it's a cherished part of my collection

[@TheBomber15]

I haven’t even watched the video yet, but soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew it was Keith Floyd! Man is a legend. Well loved and respected here in Ireland where he lived for a good part of his life. He was a gentleman.

[@michaelhanretty6160]

Wonderful episode - and a little bit out of the ordinary for the channel, Adam. I feel like you must already have some experience making documentaries that I'm not aware of.

[@Stargazer88]

Floyd was at his best with those first series, on fish, on food and on France. But there is certainly things to be learned and enjoyed with Floyd on Spain and Italy as well. He was a raconteur, a drunk and a scallywag. But he was also very passionate and knowledgeable about food. He will always be my favourite television food presenter and cook.

[@Closetchef23]

He’s one of my heroes and I’m so glad you discovered and liked him. Life has a place for huge characters like Floyd - just not in huge doses.

[@alfalfabillenjoyer4878]

Good Eats is the best cooking show of all time.

[@Clancydaenlightened]

because he actually explains teh science and chemistry behind cooking food! not just rehashing thru some old cookbook...

[@dogebama]

No reservations was, imo, the best

[@tauwyt]

@@dogebama No reservations isn't a cooking show.

[@alfalfabillenjoyer4878]

@@Clancydaenlightened Yes, but I also just enjoyed the 90s/early 2000s look, plus Alton Brown's voice.

[@frogger1580]

Good Eats, AB once said, meant to Mr. Wizard, meets Julia Child, meets Monty Python. Which if you think about it Good Eats.

[@Blowfeld20k]

As soon as I saw the vid title, only had to think for a few seconds, and Floyd name swam easily to the top of the list. As a teenager, Floyd gave me a great education in basic cooking and a few lessons on being alert to and rejecting pretentious gastro nonsense, and not buying into good food being a walled garden with income as the only means of access. We don't mind a bit of eccentricity in the UK actually we rather cherish it ..... as long as you don't scare the horses with it :P

[@Tobyirl]

I always have fond memories of driving by his house in Kinsale, Ireland and my mum excitedly pointing out "that's Keith Floyd's house!" He was a complete lush but a fantastic character and now Kinsale is a major food destination in Ireland.

[@TheOBOM]

I totally agree: Keith Floyd was the most flamboyant of TV-cooks. Thanks to him I took my home cooking, my joy of cooking and my alcoholism to a higher levell. Nowadays I cut down on the alcohol, but I still love to cook and don't mind to throw in a splash neither although I don't drink it anymore. I miss him dearly, had such fun watching him perform and stumble through courses!

[@TJH1]

Oh, simply super. Keith Floyd was an institution and is still sadly missed. A colourful man on the little flickering box in the corner of everyday people's homes was inspirational, funny, and entertaining. RIP dear boy.

[@herculesrockefeller8969]

I watched Keith quite a bit growing up, but had forgotten about him until I saw your viddy. I also watched Graham Kerr a lot. Thank you.

[@fcon2002]

I loved watching "Floyd on Fish", back in the 80s on PBS. There was an episode with a French lady that kept insulting him off camera (but could be heard). He called her a dragon. I loved the way he would talk to the camera man.

[@RossBamford]

Great video Adam, Keith Floyd was probably the first TV cook I knew here in Britain and as a keen cook (and sometime big drinker 😅) myself he’s always been my favourite. Glad to see he’s known on your side of the pond too!

[@howarddavies9677]

Can't believe you found Keith Floyd, used to watch him growing up (when i lived over there), it was great to see him cook and get into his happy place while drinking on the show, great tv.....

[@davidtaylor8822]

You are so right. Floyd on Fish was revolutionary and Floyd is my all-time favourite, for all his manifold faults. My wife and I had our first honeymoon dinner in the pub he mentions (in Tuckenhay, Devon) and I can still remember what we had: bass with ginger and spring onions (scallions) and salmon in curry sauce - both very 1980s. Floyd was of course propping up the end of the bar and he raised a glass to us. Floyd was also a really gifted writer: read the preamble to his recipe for Provencale Fish Soup in the Floyd on Fish book. It's the most evocative food writing I've ever come across.

[@supersloth4635]

Knew it was Floyd when I saw the wine glass. We used to be glued to the screen when he was on. Him becoming drunker and drunker as the show went on was an adventure.

[@HydroSnips]

Always love Floyd. He took UK cookery programming out of drab formica kitchens making sponge cakes and jello in tupperware bowls and out into markets, wharfs, chaotic restaurant kitchens and guerilla cooking on random streets. Grew up watching him on his bicycle wheeling around Spain with a frying pan strapped to the back and cooking up a meal on top of a hilltop on one of his series. And the wine! Sloshhh. God’s rest, Keith.

[@jaewol359]

They could never make “Floyd on Fish” today. People would say “hey that’s Floyd on Fish”

[@ronniesuburban]

So nice to see someone else recognize Keith Floyd. One of my all-time culinary heroes.

[@patrickmcdonald3853]

Why is Adam not getting as many views??? I wonder if the algorithm switched up. More people need to know about this guy!!

[@topilinkala1594]

I had a friend who was into Floyd, I was more of two ladies guy. And about fish: the young and upcoming TV-chef who was not naked but the food was made a program on how to eat sustainable fish in UK. It flopped as no-one in UK want's to hear about sustainable fishing. Although fish & chips is now probably haddock as cods are hard to find and Canadian ones are too costly.

[@theritchie2173]

Floyd was a Legend / National Treasure/ One of a kind / choose your own superlative. Most of his shows were more about the experience than the actual cooking, but they were always compulsive viewing. They truly don't make them like that any more.

[@oneofthenorth]

Absolutely loved Keith Floyd. So much larger than life. His autobiography is one of the best books I’ve ever read.

[@oneofthenorth]

@@sloebro1 unfortunately not. Interestingly though, I used to have a boss called John Ketley……

[@sloebro1]

@@oneofthenorth Wow, amazing how funny!

[@ElvenSpellmaker]

We say both "public" and "private" for private schools in the UK. Those which are free are "state" schools or sometimes "comprehensive" (although that's a type of state school)

[@ens0246]

I love homecooking with Jacques Pepín. So comforting.

[@Simalacrum]

YOOOOOOOO I was NOT expecting my home town of Reading to be mentioned on this channel!!

[@AmitHanda99]

fabulous ! thanks for sharing the series. ll save it.

[@tappajavittu]

Oh man, I appreciate this video. I've been a avid Keith Floyd enjoyer for decades now, what a personality!

[@languagechefcorey]

Small correction 4:09: Saint-Malo, which is what I believe Floyd said, is in the NORTH of France (not the south), on the English Channel Coast, which is why he said the crossing (of the Channel) had been "you know, a bit heavy."

[@gooodels]

i think he's literally the main character

[@Hannes_Lind]

I hecking love Floyd, grew up with him on the TV here in Sweden. I remember one episode where he cooked in a Norwegian fjord drinking akvavit, that was the height of tv.

[@The_Vanished]

I love that man just from that short segment right at the beginning. Amazing personality 🤩

[@janinebedfordl]

It was fabulously compelling and pretty groundbreaking television - loved Keith Floyd

[@ginkgobilobatree]

I was a fan of the Galloping Gourmet show in the late 1960's to early 1970's, which I feel this show took a lot of its elements from, specifically the wine-drinking, joking around, etc.

[@jws5984]

So glad to see some current appreciation of Keith Floyd! They don't make them like they used to! I'm also a Wellington School alumnus

[@davidotoole9328]

Me and my Dad loved him when I was a teen.He made me fall in love with France and food. A TV genius, a genuine one-off.

[@pgoff0000]

Graham Kerr (The Galloping Gourmet) was the best Britt TV chef. I grew up in the 60s and I watched always. Great chef.

[@marcashley8492]

Floyd is that absolute GOAT. Floyd on France is iconic. For better or maybe worse he influenced everyone. He took it out of the kitchen and into the world.

[@lukeberesfordphoto]

Keith also at one point owned The Maltsters Arms in Tuckenhay, Devon. Its a beautiful pub along the the river Dart, and still has a "Keith Floyd Room" which can be hired out for lunches and dinners, I go there regularly when visiting my parents in Devon and can highly recommend their Sunday roast.

[@Hobbyblasphemist]

Wellington is a private school. In the UK all 'public' schools are private, but they are a limited subset of all private or independent (sounds less exclusive so a lot of them describe themselves as such) schools. I constantly have to correct British people about this, it is not a shoot the Yank jibe. Public schools are only those established by the crown, to offer free education (a lot has changed, many of these schools predate the USA).

[@grahamharris7959]

Adam, you’re my favorite cooking show of all time.

[@leenorthcutt8421]

My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE, I miss Keith Floyd so much. I've read all of his crazy books - he was one of a kind!

[@JohnMiller-my2jb]

Keith Floyd is a legend. Watched him as a child growing up in the UK. I think I get my love of cooking and drinking from him 😂

[@micah4801]

Never had heard of this dude before today. Certainly worth a view. As long as were talkoing GOAT cooking shows, Great Chefs, Great Cities (great food, wonderfully prepared by the best) is my OG cooking show. Especially the ones with the female announcer, the one that had the old-fashioned Southern Aristocratic drawl ("Chef gilds the li-lly with jyust a touch of Mad-a-GAS-kah vuhnillah and sarawak peppah-corns")

[@BigHenFor]

I knew it was Keith Floyd as soon as I saw the thumbnail. His show was cooking as entertainment, because his persona was so funny, it sometimes overshadowed the food. But his cookbooks were well-written. Rip Keith.

[@brianartillery]

We loved Keith Floyd. Yes, he was almost permanently hammered, and yes, he was rude to people - but both things made him real. There was no artifice, no pretence - this was Keith. Don't like him? Then there are dozens of other cooking shows you can try. The 'short slurp' was borrowed from another great TV chef, the Australian, Graham Kerr, who never took things too seriously; one of his cookbooks kept me very alive after I left home. It was also one of the funniest books I've ever read. Other seemingly 'unacceptable' cooking shows, could include 'The Hairy Bikers' - two big Geordie lads travelling about on motorcycles, having a laugh, and some risqué banter along the way, stopping every now and then, to rustle up some really good food. Then there was the classic 'Two Fat Ladies'; two rather posh 'traditionally built' ladies who travelled by motorbike and sidecar, drank and smoked as if it was going out of fashion, knew lots of great old fashioned recipes, intersperced with witty banter, dirty jokes, and the occasional swear word. Everyone loved them. I know someone who met them, and he said they were exactly like they were on telly - have a laugh, enjoy things, as life is short. Casual rudeness is a very British thing. We show affection for very good friends, by being rude to them. A lot of non UK people have difficulty getting their head round that. The day your best mate doesn't call you a twat, you know something's wrong. For the record, my favourite TV cookery show is 'Cooking Price Wise', from the 1970's. It's host was the brilliant Vincent Price. Yes. That one.

[@problemsfan4132]

2:04 "TAKE THE MUSSEL !" flashing on screen made me laugh so hard 🤣

[@MichaelG1986]

I remember watching the program here in the US in the mid-/late-80s on the local PBS station. I always liked Keith Floyd.

[@sleepyburr]

You ask how this got the greenlight from the BBC when this is probably one of the most British things I've ever seen.

[@RobDeHaven]

I for one am glad there are people like this preserved on KZbin for others to enjoy. I think society needs a bit of reboot in certain areas, especially when it comes to humor. People weren't so easily offended by everything where today the societal temperature would have everyone believe our feelings are as delicate as the petals of the poppy flower. We dare not brush up against those feelings in fear they will fall to the ground and wither away.

[@SavageBroadcast]

Clearly you've never heard of Mary Whitehouse or Jack Thompson then.

[@grantadamson3478]

I remember watching Floyd on TV. What energy!

[@lordchutney9000]

Unexpected blast from the past… the shot of Keith fishing was at St James’ Weir in Exeter before it collapsed… I used to live around the corner.

[@tomwatson6141]

Adam, How do I thank you for this introduction to "Floyd On". I've been binging. I just watched "American Pie, episode one". OMG!

[@Biber0315]

Yes!!!! Recognized him right away. We used to watch him on nacent American cable back in the early 80s.

[@thomaswallas3489]

The best review of any show on television ever has to be the one for his follow up show: Floyd on France. It simply read: "Not for vegetarians of a nervous disposition".

[@calmeilles]

Wow! _Floyd on Fish_ was mandatory viewing in our house. Being out in the countryside and off grid the generator was fired up for the TV and food prepared that could be left unattended while we watched. I am very amused to find the IMDB listing « Canada: _Floyd sur poisson_ *(French, censored version)* » Really now, he wasn't _that_ bad! 😀

[@MrAnuj1010]

I gotta thank you for telling me about this gem. I thought I'll watch a episode but it can't be more than a few quips in-between of a load of dreary cooking show but this is actually watchable and entertaining.

[@sofiak2750]

Mine too, as soon as I saw the title of this video I thought ‘what would my favourite be?’ (Obviously my boy Keith first came to mind), and then when I started watching, lo and behold