Rise of the Ultra Foods Part 2

Apr 14, 2018

Part II As regular readers will know, I am not very keen on being told what to do. I am certainly not keen on sweeping, judgemental statements being made about people’s food choices. For these reasons, the rhetoric around Ultra-Processed Foods has always made me deeply uncomfortable. The language seems deliberately inflammatory, designed to create fear and disgust, things which have no place in the world of food. I have spent most of my career in kitchens, and I fully admit to making every

Rise of the Ultra Foods - Part 1

Apr 02, 2018

The Return of the Chef 'Guess who’s back. Back again. AC’s back. Tell a friend.' Alright grandad. That’s the same outdated reference you used last time we came back from a break. Sorry, couldn’t think of anything better. Time for us to emerge, blinking into the spring sunshine, after months of self-imposed exile. Angry Chef is back, with the mysterious voice in his head… Yay. Go me. Still here, despite years of expensive therapy. …along with the arch nemesis of dietary bullshit, Captain

The Plucky Outsider

Oct 26, 2017

Being The Angry Chef is pretty hard work. It can be quite stressful at times. Yeah, right. I’m sure typing a few swear words about diets is right up there with neurosurgeon and fighter pilot.  Yeah, okay. But my knowledge of work related stress comes from a pretty low base. I’ve basically been dicking around in kitchens for twenty years, hiding from the public and managing to scrape a career by having a little bit more culinary skill than the next person. I never really planned on this whole

Cutting Off Tall People's Feet

Sep 28, 2017

If someone wants to have a reasoned debate about veganism with me, that’s just fucking fine. There are welfare and sustainability issues when it comes to consumption of animal products, and whilst I shall never agree that complete abstinence is positive or realistic, I would happily concede ground on certain points. Sensible vegans are welcome here. Discussion and debate is all part of the Angry Chef experience. But Peta can fuck right off. They are nothing but a bunch of scientifically