When I was a young chef my workplace received a letter from Keith commending the chef after he had been there for a meal. I never knew he was there.... was the highlight of my cooking career.
More than anything else, Keith Floyd taught me how to enjoy a glass of wine while cooking. Every time I pour that glass, I imagine him telling me 'Go on, life is to be enjoyed'.
My god, never knew Rick Stein was young once, my sister was working at a hotel on a Scottish Loch and Keith turned up to film how to cook salmon, freshly caught on the hotels ground, first day Keith and the hotels head chef got totally pissed on the hotels whisky, said they were both lying on the kitchen floor, love the stranglers, seen then twice in London, greetings from Ireland and from a food lover ( ex chef ), great documentary and Keith was bloody brilliant
I watched Floyd when he first came to the PBS channel. I loved him from the start. He taught me to be brave with cooking. Always wanted a glass of wine with him. He made me laugh and not be hard on myself when my cooking didn't turn out. He was a cooking superstar. Sincerely missed. I love you Keith.
A little too much wine , but a great character . Great narration and cooking skills . He didn't put food on plates with a pair of tweezers and charge astronomical prices .
Keith Floyd was one of a kind, he's the reason I became so passionate about food, Rick stein is another chef who I have a lot of time for, sadly these days there are too many chefs on TV these days who are so far up their own arses it's unreal!!! RIP MR FLOYD
Makes sense that someone who brought the punk and rock n' roll spirit to tv cookery should have The Stranglers as his theme music. Keith was a no holds barred trailblazer whose passion for cooking lit up the screen. There was no pretensions with him whatsoever, what you saw, was what you got, warts and all. And that's why so many of us loved him. Nobody brought the world of coookery to life onscreen in the way he did, he was a total one-off. Been a dear gastronaut since I was a kid, and still proud to be today!
It's heartwarming reading all the comments of love and respect for Keith. Yes, he was a handful, but he gave everything to his programmes to bring cooking to life, and I love him for that. Miss him :( National treasure
He was a legend, much under appreciated, now we realise what a talent and personality he was, he brought cooking kicking and screaming to the masses, there is not one chef today that can come near his talent ❤ 🙌
A Great Watch! Two Keith Floyds: one was a cheeky chancer from a working-class background who got lucky one day when a producer stumbled on him by chance. Fair play to him for seizing the opportunity. He smashed and crashed his way through a chaotic life, leaving behind him a wake of fizzled out fireworks, laughs and letdown. The other was a loose canon of an innovator, made new, good telly, and was - and still is - loved by thousands, including presumably Nick Stein...
He was the first real tv cook. He was the best and still is. A natural raconteur. He went beyond what these other lesser presenters commenting here have done, due to his love of the essential nature of food in our lives.
I'm fine with all the 'lesser presenters' here, I think they're great and I enjoy watching their shows. But the point is, they owe it all to Floyd. Before Floyd, food shows were largely 'how to cook' shows - somebody who was cleverer than you, in a kitchen, patiently explaining how to cook things. The whole revolution whereby food shows became essentially *lifestyle* shows (which is what they all are, now) started with Floyd.
Met him at his Pub Floyds Inn at Tuckinhay near Totness Devon, lovely guy , as a post script , his Son Patrick , worked as A Sous Chef in my brigade in London , an exceptional chef and I was lucky enough too call him my friend .
@@jamiemacdonald9030 I went to that Pub, fish soup was on the menu ( his creation) 7 quid ?? went outside . there was his Rolls reg FOF ! Fish on Floyd we changed that to F++k Off Floyd . still liked him
Floyd was the blueprint. I watched his shows in Canada on the American PBS. It was the theme song that hooked me as I was a huge Stranglers fan. He got me into the kitchen and I’m still there, damn him.
MY mum tought me to cook but this gent took me to another level when I watched his Floyd on Italy. His laidback attitude in all his shows hit a cord with me. His 'upper class' attitude was so ,so enjoyable... Miss him. One of my favourite personalities.....
I’ve read David Pritchards autobiography because of Floyd. David Pritchard was an equally interesting character and made such a difference to TV cookery.
Thanks for doing this. Much better than the awful recent documentary. Still watching his shows, especially Italy, and Thailand. What an inspiration. Very much missed.
I adored sitting in front of the TV in the early nineties at my Granmad's house watching Keith. I had no idea what he was doing or talking about being so young, but he was magnetically charming on screen and there was never a dull moment. People like Keith don't come round often.
My dad loved Keith Floyd and I consider myself fortunate to have grown up with his capers on TV. I hope there is an afterlife, because if there is, Dad will undoubtedly have introduced himself to Keith!
Before the advent of cheap (Ryan type) flights Keith took me places I could only imagine of visiting, he was an incredible entertainer and the first TV chef, the ingredients were unheard of in my youth, I am jealous of the people commenting who had the pleasure of meeting him. He is still comfort viewing and I loved the series on Floyd on wine with Johnathon Peddley MV I still on occasion have a glass of wine (or bottle) watching a back episode.
Thanks for this documentary. Keith was one of kind. A great chef and tv personality. I really disliked the documentary Keith meets Keith. It took away any dignity he had by plying him with booze, especially at the end. Keith Allen, you really showed what a lowlife you are.
Agree 1000%. If Keith Allen loves and respects Floyd as much as he proports to, he would have heavily edited that documentary and deleted the dinner reunion scene with his daughter completely. This doc celebrates Floyd; Allen's only serves to humiliate him. Always thought K.Allen was a prick, anyway.
The best tv chef. His knowledge. Humor. Attitude. Taste. Down to earth with ingredients. Always a substitute for a hard to obtain ingredient. Great show great guy
In the early 90's I worked as a sound recordist with Irish TV, RTÉ. ....ITV's "This Is Your Life" were doing a "Hit" on Keith for the program.... We were the "outside" crew, myself & the cameraman went down the river Liffey in a horse & cart with Michael Aspel for the set up .....Keith Floyd was inside the Brazen Head pub with another film crew who were pretending to be shooting a documentary on Irish food ......we followed Michael Aspel into the pub ...Keith was given the book & told "This Is Your Life" & whisked away ...........about a minute or two later he came running back & threw a hundred pounds as it was then, not euros, behind the bar & shouted that's for the crew....what impressed me most apart from the fact that we drank the tab between 4 of us, which was a substantial amount in those days......That he stopped & thought for a second & came back .....it said a lot about his character & I will remember him for that.
He really was 'way before his time'. I was a massive fan and loved that he was a character, perhaps a hellraiser of cooks/chefs. However, you cannot say that in these contemporary times. Oh, well! Thank you for the upload.
This is such a brilliant documentary, whereas 'Keith Meets Keith' was just crass exploitative comedy ... Keith Floyd was such an inspiration to watch and hilariously non p.c. - it was just great real world ancient recipes with great entertainment!
Agreed. If Keith Allen loves and respects Floyd as much as he proports to, he would have heavily edited that documentary, particularly the family dinner reunion with his daughter.
@@Sr19769p I know right - it was highly personal family business and really uncomfortable to watch! Let alone taking Floyd out the night before and getting him plastered so they could film him hungover and sick the next morning - a really disgraceful documentary really.
Keith Floyd was a true great one of the best. He was full of charisma and genuinely a decent person. I know this first hand as met him and had the pleasure of having a drink with him in the pub in Blewbury Oxfordshire where I used to live a long time ago and he lived too. He was friendly to me even though I didn't know him properly and watching this program just reminds me how good he was. Also I love the Stranglers too which he liked too as you hear their music through the show. R.I.P. Keith and thanks for the drinks and fun tale I have to tell.
A culinary legend, his irreverence was so refreshing, yet his food knowledge and history was exemplary, Keith was the real deal that is without question.
I was mates with Keith when he had his restaurant in Thailand! we used to have a great laugh, would even drive him around on the back of my scooter. Met Celia and his producer too. all the best mate x
Love this and him since the early eighties. You can see a Citroen Mehari at one point with him driving like a maniac. He is so missed. His irreverent humour is what we all need now.
One of the few chefs that gets me genuinely excited about food. The pleasure of cooking for people who's company you honestly enjoy and maybe a few glasses with everyone you're cooking for
Mr 1978 this is amazing Keith was a hero to me in the day as he shot straight from the hip and said what was in his head thankyou so much for putting this up Dear Boy!
I loved Floyd on Food - het got me into the kitchen, got me to cook good food while enjoying a good drink. Fantastic personality, so much enthusiasm and charisma, fantastic bloke!
I was brought up in a really miserable home. Kieth was a shining beacon of reality joy passion knowledge humour and no bullshit. I loved his shows without even being interested in the cooking. I love cooking now. He was a very rare person of great brilliance and ultimately tragedy. All respects to him and the fantastic people that made those 80s shows happen.
such a shame they cant drink or be human on screen like this now. Was nice to see Keith as a chef making mistakes as it made me feel less worried about my mistakes as a cook.
As a young boy of about 8, I remember seeing him on TV in South Africa. I remember being totally engrossed and laughing my head off about how pissed he became as the show progressed.
Keith is the real reason I still have a passion for cooking today. This excellent program shows how stale our TV cooking was, and if we're not careful will regress to. Imagine the PC brigade today trying to deal with him and perish the thought of allowing people to be themselves. So get some decent ingredients, put on the music, have a slurp or three and keep practicing in the kitchen. Invite some friends and the odd dragon or two for good measure. Cheers to Keith and those wonderful TV memories
Inspired by Keith when he cooked a one pot rabbit stew on a French or Spanish hillside, I took the plunge and tried to cook it. I made the following errors ….. I used a cheap litre of white wine …… when the over hot mix kept over thickening I simply added more wine not water. Perhaps half the bottle went into the pan and the rest into me. It was like glue by the end of my efforts ….. but hey I still felt great. You cannot think of Keith and not smile!
Keith Floyd made cookery programs interesting to people who weren't interested in cookery like me, a bit like Top Gear making car programs interesting to people to people had absolutely no interest in cars.
Loved him and rewatch episodes regularly. As an American, there are several celeb chefs from the past such as The Galloping Gourmet that were fun and COOKED. Floyd was the best of all and still is cause it takes me away from whatever crap I’m dealing with.
I never forget when he was demonstrating how to cook emu and suddenly they all came up behind him and he was oblivious to them. I laughed so much I cried!
He was absolutely fantastic a true Chef and gentleman not like those screaming swearing rude ones we have now on TV who are more worried about how many stars they have and no personality .
Keith Floyd I still watch his ckocking shows because of tge cher joy of watching him just be himself! and doing his special thing what ever happened in the show! There was something about this mans easy way of just being Keith Floyd that would put a smile on my own face because he smiled a lot on his shows and a smile is the shortest distance between two people even if one is watching Keith from a TV! I have to say I will always need to see him from time to time, it's like visiting an old friend that you just have to see absolutely! 🥰 😁🤣😂💯💢❤👍👍👍🌺🍀🌺🍀🌺🍀🌺🍀
My Mum bought me his latest book as they came out I have the full set. My favourite show was when he cooked for a rugby team and dropped the lot. When TV cooking was entertaining
Floyd was just fantastic entertaining humor and a really good cook. and the first really famous cook on TV in early eighties i believe --and made everything understandable and so easy ,he stood with both feet on the ground.
I really must thank you for posting this: Absolutely spellbinding TV..... on a man who inspired millions in the kitchen. Ordinary blokes like me. (I was dreading the appearance of the God-Awful G.R..... [seeing Ross was bad enough]..... but, there is a God and we were spared that torture.) What he said about British people and their attitude to the fruits of the sea at that time were absolutely spot-on. We are much wiser now. Thanks Keith. Thanks again, Mark....... As Keith would say.... Cheers!
I was a student, and when I occasionally came home for the weekend, my mum had decided I'd like watching a cooking program (why I have no idea, I'd never shown any inkling to even toast bread... I had a mum why would I), and I loved it, a boozy sloan trying to pull any excess girls, and sat and had a genuine man moment with an old oyster farmer at Helston, I was completely hooked, and Floyd on France was his masterpiece, please forgive his trespass and god bless him and RIP.
thanks for uploading, I remember watching Keith being on TV when I was a lad growing up in East London in the sixties. I was not always allowed to watch due to pre program viewer warnings.
