It’s an accurate reflection, particularly of the way 45-year-old Cockney barrow-boy-turned-pillock Greg Wallace behaves.
We’d all like to be able to taste wonderful food for a living – and have a girlfriend 17 years younger come to think of it – but there’s no need to keep yelling everything in an attempt to remind us of how lucky he is.
“Cooking DOES NOT GET any tougher than this,” he bellows at the beginning of every episode.
It doesn’t get any more irritating either Greg. The chefs are hugely talented and even a culinary klutz such as your correspondent has learned something from catching the odd show while SWMBO tunes in.
But I end up just wanting to punch the guy. I’m sure his girlfriend – who is 17 years his junior by the way (wasn’t sure I made that clear earlier) – loves him dearly. But we know he’s not kind to animals because he invariably skins them and chucks them in a pot. And on that basis, I’m out.
And to make things worse we’re apparently going to see more of him as a spin-off show will hit our screens over Halloween weekend.
It’s called MasterShrek and it's designed to find the best ogre, in the same way Masterchef finds the best chef. Obviously there will be a culinary element to the show, otherwise Wallace wouldn't be involved.
Contestants must prepare their finest ogre cuisine, with such delights as eyeballs and worms being used as ingredients. That leads nicely on to the second challenge which is attempting to eat the dishes they've prepared without being ill.
It's amazing what the commissioning editors at the BBC will allow through these days. I mean, where the hell did they get that idea from...
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