IAN HYLAND
On last night’s telly
Ahead of the return of Gordon Ramsay’s off-road outdoor cooking series, it was revealed he swears in these new episodes once a minute.
Having watched last night’s opener I’m surprised Gordon’s average is not a lot higher. The shots of him looking nervous at the start as he prepared to drop from a helicopter into the choppy, sharkinfested Indian Ocean were hairraising enough.
However, when it was time for him to do his day job, things got even hairier.
He had to prepare an open-air feast for a Zulu chief, while an angry
hippo stared menacingly from the riverbank right behind him.
“I think he can smell the ushatini I’ve just done in my pants,” Gordon half-joked, a reference to the spicy salsa sauce his Zulu kitchen mentor, Zola Nene, had recommended.
Along with the hippos, the rhinos, the giraffes and the breath-taking South African scenery, Zola was the star of this show.
During one memorable exchange she issued one of the funniest warnings
I’ve ever heard uttered on TV: “Please do not
butt bump the chief, Gordon. Do not.”
Then, sensing Gordon’s fear, she casually announced, “I don’t want to scare you, but if you look behind you there’s a hippo lurking.”
I know hippos can be a very real danger, but it was still quite satisfying watching the colour drain from the face of a man who had earlier boasted, “You know, I’m a strong guy. I’ve done several ultramarathons.”
All hail our fearless outdoor adventurer/chef hybrid. Or as I prefer to call him, Scare Grills.
All hail to our great fearless adventurer/ chef hybrid.. Scare Grills