Like many others who have posted on this site, I want to express my utter disappointment in Gordon's cookalong!
I was very excited and looking forward to it, had all my ingredients ready and measured, I checked the recipe, so knew exactly how to make all the courses ready for Gordon to show me how - BUT despite it's name COOKALONG, it was way too difficult, Gordon went way too quickly, camera angles were ridiculous, Chris Moyles and the live audience were a major distraction.
For me the whole point was cooking along with Gordon - unfortunately it was made too difficult to do that - I could of done a better job following the recipe myself.

As another said - I can't express my disappointment enough!

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Originally posted by rachiejim:
Like many others who have posted on this site, I want to express my utter disappointment in Gordon's cookalong!
I was very excited and looking forward to it, had all my ingredients ready and measured, I checked the recipe, so knew exactly how to make all the courses ready for Gordon to show me how - BUT despite it's name COOKALONG, it was way too difficult, Gordon went way too quickly, camera angles were ridiculous, Chris Moyles and the live audience were a major distraction.
For me the whole point was cooking along with Gordon - unfortunately it was made too difficult to do that - I could of done a better job following the recipe myself.

As another said - I can't express my disappointment enough!

oh dear... but the naked chef seemed to be enjoying herself till Gordon told her to put her pinny on. Remember it was just the first night hopefully it will continue and get better.It takes a lot of guts to do a show like that live.

I thought it might be a nice idea in a Sport Relief manner to join everyone and have a go at the same time. But guessed some of the key ingredients in my medium sized town would be hard to find near the day, and sure enough they were.

So I had a glass of wine and sat back and enjoyed the programme as a whole. A good chuckling one in my view.
My sky-plus has stored the vital information for me to do the meal when I want to at my own pace.


As Moyles pointed out during the show, why cram it all into one hour. They should have IMO gone over 2 hours and relaxed a bit more.

In this day of the Digital Revolution we should have been able to cook it by TV, listening through DAB ear-phones, while pausing on the Sky-Plus Box, with background music by Celine Dione, Having a go at a Wii Golf Target Practise in the breaks, while chatting to friends doing the same thing on the internet, being shown live via your webcam.

Now how difficult can that be, for you girls a doddle apparently, with your multi tasking motors in fine fettle.