Little Gordon Ramsay is the best foodie celebrity spoof I’ve ever seen. There are three episodes and one video with outtakes. The videos were done by Caterer.com and are featured both on Youtube and littlegordon.com.
The young actor who plays Gordon Ramsay is amazing. Check it out for yourself.
I used to love Swiss Chalet. They used to have best fries and the rotisserie chicken, combined with a bun, and their savory dipping sauce was the perfect comfort food. However, on Tuesday, when I had to be at a catering event and I was pressed for time, I decided to make things easy for my family, so I decided to order Swiss Chalet as a treat.
The ordering was easy enough — you either order online or call a central dispatcher and they send someone out with the food.
The food seemed to come fast enough. I paid the money, which seemed a little pricey compared to what I use to pay before, but never the less, I provided a good tip to the delivery person. However, when I brought the food to the kitchen, juice from the chicken was leaking all over the place, the buns, unwrapped, had been loosely thrown into the bag, and butter packets were opened and oozing curdled butter out of the packages .
Broken Swiss Chalet Container
Disappointed, I tried to make the best of it and served the food to my family. However, the disappointment continued. The chicken wasn’t cooked very well and was very fatty and the potatoes were shrivelled.
My family rightfully complained and I called to complain. However, instead of getting a live person, I was forced to endure a 10 minute survey that automated attendant told me it would take 4 minutes.
Swiss Chalet has automated their processes so much, it seems they have taken the human element out of their operation.
Where is the love? Where is the pride? Did the auto attendant cook my food? If so, it would explain a lot.
How are their chickens being raised? What am I eating? Why was the chicken so fatty? If I’m just a number to them where I’m being handled by an automated attendant, what kind of standards are applied to their chickens?
Oh, my reward, for calling in? I was given a code that I could redeem for desert next time I ordered.
That said, I won’t be ordering from Swiss Chalet again.
Anyone who wants the free desert, can have it. The code is: SC479139
Before I posted my first recipe on Kell’s Kitchen, I decide to research copyright, so I wouldn’t get myself into legal trouble.
I googled both the US and Canadian government web sites looking for information specifically regarding to copyright and recipes and I could only find something on the US copyright web site. However, the information there is very good and straight to the point.
Also, before you read an further, I might add that I’m not a lawyer, but a foodie, so please consult a lawyer in your jurisdiction.
In Canada, I recommend checking out Michael Geist’s blog. Michael Geist is probably the most prominent authority on copyright in North America, especially when it applies to digital information. Maybe, Michael can even do a blog posting on copyright and recipes.
Highlights from the U.S. Copyright Office on recipes:
In the coming weeks, I’ll be testing and posting recipes that I find Twitter.
I’ll also be posting recipes I feel people will appreciate.
Please stay tuned…
