Keith Floyd
Pioneering TV Chef
Keith Floyd was the first British TV chef to take cooking out of the studio and into the real world of food producers, markets, and cooks.
His enthusiasm for the quality and provenance of food has been cited as a major influence on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall amongst others.
His flamboyant on-screen persona has mirrored a turbulent life of travel and multiple business failures, which are detailed in his book Out of the Frying Pan.
His shows featured the first TV appearances of Rick Stein and Gary Rhodes, both then largely unknown.
Starting with Floyd on Fish, his later series focussed on the cuisines of many countries and regions including France, Britain and Ireland, Italy, America, Spain, India, Africa, Southeast Asia and Australia.
Floyd has now retired from TV, and while still writing food related books he says he will never write another cookbook - the need to formalise recipes being anathema to his intuitive cooking style and an underestimation of his readers' cooking skills.
His latest business venture is Floyd's Brasserie, a restaurant in Phuket, Thailand, and when not overseeing that project he lives quietly in the Rhone Valley, France, and Oxfordshire, England.
Comments from our visitors:
Andy&Sue ( PETERBORUGH), 2006-11-27 05:21:43:The first TV chef to put fun in to cooking the rest just followed. Where are you now !!!!!!!!!!!!. Come back to our's you're more than welcome anytime but bring some wine xxxxxxxxxxx
Gina, 2006-11-30 04:39:36:I don't think he's too well at the moment - lets wish him good luck
Gary BKK, 2007-04-08 04:25:33:I assure you Mr. Floyd is well. He's been busy opening up his new restaurant in Phuket, Thailand. It was a wonderful experience meeting him.
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Keith Floyd's Books and TV Series
- Floyd on Fish (TV and Book, 1985)
- Floyd on Fire (Book, 1986)
- Floyd on Food (TV, 1986)
- Floyd on France (TV and Book, 1987)
- Floyd on Britain and Ireland (TV and Book, 1988)
- Floyd in the Soup (Book, 1988)
- Floyd's American Pie (TV and Book, 1989)
- A Feast of Floyd (Book, 1989)
- Floyd on Oz (TV and Book, 1991)
- Floyd on Spain (TV and Book, 1992)
- Floyd on Hangovers (Book, 1992)
- Far Flung Floyd (TV and Book, 1993)
- Floyd on Italy (TV and Book, 1994)
- The Best of Floyd (Book, 1995)
- Floyd on Africa (Book 1995, TV 1996)
- Floyd's Barbies (Book 1997)
- Best of Floyd (TV, 1997)
- Floyd's Fjord Fiesta (Book, 1998)
- Floyd Uncorked (TV and Book 1998)
- Floyd on GMTV (TV, 1998)
- Floyd Around the Med (TV and Book, 2000)
- Floyd's Autobiography (Book, 2000)
- Capital Floyd (TV, 2000)
- Floyd's Fjord Fiesta (TV, 2001)
- Floyd's India (TV and Book, 2001)
- Flash Floyd (Book, 2002)
- Floyd's Greatest Curries (Book, 2004)
- Floyd's China (Book, 2005)
- A Splash and a Dash: Cooking with Keith Floyd (Book, 2006)
- Floyd's Thai Food (Book, 2006)
(Publications and programmes information compiled from www.keithfloyd.co.uk and other sources)
Related Links:
Floyd Online - Floyd's official web site
Floyd Uncorked - Keith Floyd's blog, sporadically updated by the man himself
