My favorite cooking show of all time 

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

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!

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.

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 RU-vidrs using that deconstructed format that works so well with his shows.

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 🤣

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Good Eats is the best cooking show of all time.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

There's a TV programme here in the UK, Saturday Kitchen. It's a live cooking/interview programme, interspersed with clips of older documentaries. A little Keith Floyd, a little Rick Stein, it's all good. Recommend it a lot!

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.

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

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.

The Frugal Gourmet and Yan Can Cook was/is my jam

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.

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.

Don't listen to Adam. Booze cruisers live a longer life expectancy, big water just doesn't want you to have fun.

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.

Floyd was NOT responsible for the decline of UK Cod Stocks. That was Birdseye Fish Fingers and the old fashioned Fish & Chip shop. Cod has too often been undervalued and over-eaten in the UK - Floyd was a very minor influence.

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

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.

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

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.

Great video, and you introduced me to some interesting stuff I'm too young to have experienced myself. Just one correction for the captions, it's Reading, not Redding.

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

I love homecooking with Jacques Pepín. So comforting.

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

I literally just watched Floyd on France for the Nth time this week! Such a good show. And such love of food.

I knew it was Floyd by the wine glass 🤣 I met him once, thoroughly interesting chap.

I guess rick stein is a modern version of kieth Floyd but with the sort of cba air as Marco Pierre white

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

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! 😀

Oh goodness flashbacks to watching The Galloping Gourmet reruns as a kid... that gentleman's career took some far healthier turns eventually, but wow I remember being introduced to the idea that someone could be too drunk to quite function and they'd still put them on TV. It was the closest thing I have ever seen to a 'charming car wreck'. Edit: I just did some research, and Graham Kerr wasn't, it seems, as drunk as he looked? Well the act was so convincing at times I find that astonishing. But we're talking about a very old set of memories, so good for him. The way too much clarified butter thing was the main health problem he tried to address in his later career it seems.

Cod was largely gone from British waters long before Floyd on TV. The early 70s "cod wars" with Iceland who upped their territorial waters to a vast 12nautical miles - all over the last decent cod fishery in the NE Atlantic

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

I remember watching Floyd on TV. What energy!

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 😂

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

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

Keith Floyd! What a legend.

Great video. Just one slight correction at 4:09. St Malo is located in Brittany, in France's northwest, not in the south of France. Keep up the eclectic cooking content. Much love, Ali

Keith Floyd was the original rock star tv chef. A true British tv legend.

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.....

10 years ago I found a copy of Floyd on France going for 10p used on Amazon and it's the finest cookbook purchase I've ever made

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!

Adam your biceps looked huge in this vid. Keep up the good work man

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.

I always watched him when he was regularly on PBS. He was a treasure.

i think he's literally the main character

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).

I get that feeling a lot, that "i like that it happened, but understand that it will not happen again"

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

Keith Floyd, I love that band.

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!

Just realised that the theme to Floyd on Fish is by "The Stranglers" which is pretty dope

I don't know if you're aware but that mother-in-law joke was pretty tame and easily makes it on TV these days.

Keith Floyd: Bloody legend!

Hi Adam, love your videos and podcasts ! Just a small remark, you say Keith Floyd opened a restaurant in the south of France and the next second he is in Saint Malo North West of France, on the North coast of Brittany not far from where I was born (a long time before I actually did). I don't if that's because he had a restaurant in the south and visited the north in this video, or if it's a little mistake.

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.

Definitely going to have to check this series out!!

"wrath of grapes" makes me love this guy already

From the bow tie in the thumbnail I thought it was Alton Brown, maker of my favorite cooking show.

In the late 60s and early 70s we had the guzzling Galloping Gourmet, a NZ fellow we'd see on local Los Angeles television.

When I saw that clip from keith on keith I was thinking: "How in hell did he live long enough to get that old" Turns out he didn't

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

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.

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

Never heard of Keith, wonderful video!