Seems to be working ok, his mum's just posted..
Assuming you can get the flash site to load, it's in the bottom left corner.
That may work Chris, I take your point.
cheers chrisb46 heres my post
Well James, I must say until you wrote something about trying to make cyclists crash id never even heard of you, now ive seen your web page and realised you are the 'not respected like the other cooks on there' one of saturday kitchen.
I must say I really like the soft focus shot of you at the top of the page, with your serious stare and slight designer stubble.
But lets face it, youre a bit flabby right? face is pretty jowly you know obesity is a major cause of impotence, I think some cycling would be good for you de-clog the arteries,lower the old cholestrol, get the lil man standing to attention at command again.
Instead of scraping out your D-list celeb existence writing for a paper affectionately know as the daily hate mail (and with articles like yours we can see the bigotry shine through) as a 4th rate copy of jeremy clarckson meets gordon ramsey.
His blog is an open invitation to have some fun. Completely unmoderated, doesn't require registration, lots of real people who are actually real fans of the bell-end.
Wikipedia article has been cleaned up, unfortunately.
Ever heard of "there's no such thing as bad publicity"?
Isn't this just a large ploy in a book sales pitch (TV cooks - is he actually a chef? - usually have various books out trotting out tedious recipes no-one wishes to cook for vast sums because they're paper backs.
I tell you, you'd need to do some cycling after eating his food: it's all butter, double cream and an extra serving of lard on the side....
his site has crashed, all flash and no content now 😆
it's gone viral people 🙂
Let's get him fired like Russell Brand.
We just need to get the Daily Mail on our side.
Oh.
Daily Mail have closed and hidden comments on the article
Bradley Wiggins and Robbie McEwen have now posted angry (and sweary) tweets about him now. Cripes.
so he deliberately ran cyclists off the road, observed the effect then drove off. is that not a driving offence?
Has he got a restaurant I wonder?
(I'm looking to book a table for 8 )
You can't edit his Wiki page or comment on his blogs anymore but you can still edit the Saturday Kitchen page...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Kitchen
I suspect it probably never happened though, and that he made it up.
Which would make it sweetly ironic if he gets in trouble now.
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/features/saturdaykitchen/chefstable.shtml ]Alternatively, apply to be on the live Satuday kitchen show.......[/url] and rock up in your lycra, c/w fixie......
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Kitchen#June_2006_to_date ]saturday kitchen wiki[/url]
Plenty of fun to be had
http://wikimapia.org/#lat=51.1508809&lon=-1.3032264&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=9
Could go for a ride around his area, its very close to me.
Anybody in Nottingham Market Square on Wednesday ?
[url= http://www.gotonottingham.co.uk/foodanddrinkfestival ]Nottingham Food Festival[/url]
...or phone up Saturday kitchen, say you want to ask about a recipe for venison or something, and when you get through say
"Hey Martin, I thought you might know a good recipe for road kill cyclists, as I've just hit a few in my fiesta xr2i and I brought them home; Barbie or Oven?"
PS, I just e-mailed this to my local police, I know, I'm sad, and verging on being daily mail myself, but I feel really strongly that he should get into some sort of trouble for this - totally irrespinsible and insensitive to those cyclist and their families who have been killed/seriously injured by reckless careless drivers.
Dear Sir/Madam
I would like to bring a matter to the attention of the police, as I believe an offence has been committed.
My complaint relates to an article published in the Daily Mail. The author is the well known TV chef James Martin. In the article, Mr. Martin gives his account of how when reviewing a performance car he deliberately drove carelessly and recklessly and consequently ran a group of cyclists off the road:
http://www.****/home/moslive/article-1211917/JAMES-MARTIN-The-Tesla-Roadster-electric-supercar-thats-fast-Ferrari.html (accessed 14th September 2009)
The section that I am complaining about is this:
"Twenty minutes into my test drive I pulled round a leafy bend, enjoying the birdsong - and spotted those damned Spider-Man cyclists. Knowing they wouldn't hear me coming, I stepped on the gas, waited until the split second before I overtook them, then gave them an almighty blast on the horn at the exact same time I passed them at speed. The look of sheer terror as they tottered into the hedge was the best thing I've ever seen in my rear-view mirror. I think this could be the car for me."
Clearly this incident did not take place in the Lothian & Borders area, but the article does not give any indication where it does take place, therefore I'd be grateful if you could advise me of the best way to progress this complaint.
Yours Faithfully,
....
Good work whoever has recently updated his wiki page - factually correct, and cited...
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_(chef) ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Martin_(chef)[/url]
TheBear - Member
> http://wikimapia.org/#lat=51.1508809&lon=-1.3032264&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=9Could go for a ride around his area, its very close to me.
Group ride? We could get all the forums in on it.
What area would that be, or am I just being thick.
Winchester (ish) according to that map
Its just a couple of miles outside Winchester. Really easy to find I think.
Some web pages seem to think he owns the Hotel du Vin in Winchester, phantom bookings for a table of 10?
My brother lives on the edge of the 'Castle Howard' estate where James Martin hails from, I think his father works on the estate.
Shame I'm not nearer or I would consider riding up there with you.
How about visiting his book signings in Nottingham on Wednesday
[b]1.15pm, 2.30pm and 4.45pm, Tonic, Chapel Bar
James Martin will be signing copies of his latest recipe book My Kitchen
[/b]
[url= http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/entertainmentnews/Nottingham-Food-Drink-Festival-highlights/article-1328122-detail/article.html#StartComments ]Book Signings[/url]
between winchester and sutton scotney, recently drove along the long road between the two, saw a few darkside riders- think we need a police warning in the area?
if this is the same Chris Martin, Karma may have taken a hand...
http://www.visordown.com/snippets/ow-now-that-does-look-painful/8125.html
enjoy.
bad luck mate, the chefs name is James Martin
Ah, so it is.
& I doubt James Martin is a BSB rider who hassles bike riders from the safety of a car LOL
http://www.teslamotors.com/customer_care/contact_us.php
http://www.teslamotors.com/teslastore/detail.php?s=London
we could also make sure companies dont want to send him cars to test anymore
So what type of legal protest could we do in Nottingham on Wednesday?
It would be quite funny just to walk along behind him nonchalantly then shout BOOO or set off an air horn really loudly into his ear, (perhaps while someone else was filming it for youtube :)) See how he likes it.
😈
I must be missing an important part of my brain, I can't understand what he's written on twitter. I've looked at other people's too, it's all exactly the same. Do you remember that chap who would talk like he was on a malfunctioning radio? You'd only get to hear snippets of what he was supposed to be saying but because of the order they came in it would be funny.
Twitter is like that, only it's not funny.
the northern echo have it
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4628641.Simmering_cyclists_protest_at_celebrity_chef/
James made the headlines recently for admitting in an online car review for the Daily Hate Mail that he had intentionally ran cyclists off the road in an electric sports car, surprising as it was thought he would have issues getting his chubby frame into a Tesla and that his weight would have instantly drained the power. In his spare time James likes to eat blocks of butter whist getting aroused by the images in Pro Cycling magazine.
Whoever wrote this needs a medal!
Wiggins' Twitter is the best I've read for ages, and I have to look at loads of celeb ones for work.
Wonder what the hotel in Hull did that was so bad.
[url= http://www.thefredcast.com/?p=904 ]This[/url] guy managed to get an interview with Rachel Konrad, Tesla’s Senior Communications Manager. Rachel, a cyclist and occasional Critical Mass participant, was in Frankfurt for the upcoming Auto Show and offered to come on The FredCast to explain Tesla’s side of the story. The podcast of the interview is available [url= http://www.thefredcast.com/?p=904 ]here[/url]:
Haven't heard it yet, as can't access at work, but apparently she has taken a dim view.
Anybody care to transcribe highlights?
She says he's a 'prominent car reviewer in the UK'
Really?
It's a great review of the car but she doesn't understand the comments - it's a British thing apparently!
Oh and she's sent him an email. That should sort it.
his blog doesnt seem to be accepting any posts now?
Its made the Telegraph now:[url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/6190414/James-Martin-in-Twitter-row-with-Bradley-Wiggins-over-cyclist-jibe.html ]story[/url]
Oh dear, that is unfortunate for him!
walleater - MemberSo ignoring the fact that the story is probably made up, a cyclist acts like a * by banging on a car drivers roof, so the driver retaliates later on by blasting his horn as he drives passed in his silent car, scaring the crap out of the aforementioned *? What's the problem?[b] If I was driving an electric car and some 'One Less Car' douchebag got arsy with me, then I think this would be a pretty damn funny way to get back at him.[/b]
nice of walleater to add to the debate earlier on. (my bold, btw)
he has clearly never had this happen to him. last time it happened to me i nearly ended up under the wheels of the car behind the one with the idiot in it.
I suspect that walleater doesn't ride on the road at all?
Is this thread going to be bigger than FruitGate?
im surprised the the guardian havent lept on it it is in the mail after all
i can see the bbc not wanting to out one of their own
and the times, well i fully expect a clarkson editorial nominating martin for an obe for services against whingy cyclists
I think the reason he can sneak up on cyclists is that it's an electric car, isn't it? He is raising a valid point - electric cars are dangerous due to their silence. There's been concerns raised by blind groups, and we should have an effort from the cycling community. These things need "brum brum" noise-makers under the bonnet.
Seriously!
Cheers, al.
Well it looks like the IT business is mostly made of fat****s
[url] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/15/james_martin_wikikicking/comments/ [/url]
I've been thinking about this all morning, wanted to go and heckle him in Nottingham tomorrow but I decided to write a little piece about how we respond to such idiocy, [url= http://bit.ly/1iksnj ]here[/url].
Daily Mail have removed the offending last two paras from the on-line article.
Road CC site: [url= http://road.cc/content/news/8211-updated-james-martin-puts-his-foot-it-cyclists-and-tesla-arent-happy-either ]linky[/url]
"Surely, these comments should have been seen as unacceptable, [b]even in the Mail on Sunday[/b]."
yuk yuk yuk 😀
Some interesting comments on some of those articles/blogs. I particularly like the one on the guardian article where the guy reckons that the safest way to cycle is to pull into the side of the road and stop whenever you hear a vehicle approaching from behind!
A little provocative substitution...
"the safest way to [b]walk[/b] is to pull into the side of the [b]trail[/b] and stop whenever you hear a [b]mountain bike[/b] approaching from behind"
anyone got a spideman outfit I could borrow? I fancy a trip to nottingham
I have to say that I find the backlash quite positive - not necessarily in the venom directed against JM that's often OTT but rather that the number of people out there who have enough of an interest in cycling to comment seems to be rapidly growing to a point where I think we'll soon get to a point where columnists actually won't feel free to make comments like this.
[i]I think we'll soon get to a point where columnists actually won't feel free to make comments like this. [/i]
Assuming this happens because it clearly is unacceptable to make comments like that because it's cycl'ist rather than just restricting their freedom of speech.
Yes, that was what I was suggesting...
The grovelling c0ck has issued an apology:
[i]• 4.45pm Update:
Regarding the The Tesla Roadster Article...
May I take this opportunity to apologize [sic] for any offence I have caused through the article in last weekend's Mail on Sunday. It was never my intention to offend the many cyclists who share our roads across the country. What was intended to be a humorous piece was clearly misjudged. Further more I do not condone any form of reckless driving.
Once again, I am sincerely sorry for any upset caused in relation to this article.
James Martin[/i]
Too late chum, damage done
share our roads
*our* roads eh chum? Just whose are they?
I've always thought James Martin was a right royal C U Next Tuesday...and this pretty much 'firms it.
Just whose are they?
everyones ? Hence "our"
[edit] oooops, I didn't read the post. In that case "his" :o)
This is all thanks to Web 2.0; facebook, twitter, comments on websites, forums... POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
An amussing article / blog here. I like the 'Rollerball' idea.
[url= http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/blike-cycling-blog/2009/09/james-martins-mobile-microwave.html ]mirror.co.uk[/url]
[i]This is all thanks to Web 2.0; facebook, twitter, comments on websites, forums... POWER TO THE PEOPLE! [/i]
What power do the people have? The power to make a disproportionnate and deranged fuss every time an idiot writes something dim on the internet? Wow. Feel the power. 😉
Further more I do not condone any form of reckless driving.
So why did you write so proudly about doing it then JM?
Good that he has apolgised, but not enough for me, he needs to show that he understands why his idea of a joke was so dangerous, and offended so many.
The power to make a disproportionnate and deranged fuss
You want deranged, check out the lfgss thread. They're a bit like a bunch of 12 year olds who have just learned how to swear, but it made me laugh.
i do like the fact that it has PR consultant all over it.
But it is an apology nonethless, so those of you who got right proper angry (as they may say in Yorkshire), can go back home to your wives* tonight for some nice, homemade food using a James Martin recipe and consider a job well done.
Even if it was all done from yuor work computer instead of actually doing what you're paid for.
😉
*Other life partners are available.
The comments on The Register give a pretty good idea of who's deranged, and it's not the cyclists. Apparently, using your vehicle as a murder weapon is acceptable retribution for a minor cycling misdemeanour.
If he didn't twig that it was "misjudged" while he was writing it, its a teeny bit late now.
Top Tip James: If you don't 'get' why your actions get us all hot & bothered; type "cyclist" into google news, and skim read the headlines on an average day.
That lfgs thread is brilliant. I love the randomness of it:
[i]I hpe Palestinian youths throw stones at him.
I hope he runs the tap and the water lands on a spoon, directing spray everywhere.[/i]
😀
I read the original feature, 'cos I was interested in seeing how the Tesla shaped up, as it's had it's fair share of problems. I thought he was a coq, what with all his 'lycra-clad' crap, just using the same tired old journalistic cliche. The sad bit is that most on here are also using the Daily Hate Mail cliche for it's supposed anti-cyclist stance, when the Live mag on Sunday regularly features quality high-end bikes and kit in a very positive manner, something which was pointed out by someone on this forum a while back who is involved with the production of features, because they never turn down an opportunity to have bikes in there. The anti-cyclist thing isn't uniquely Mail, just lazy urban journalism. James is a ****t, though he does have some nice cars featured, and he owns an original Fiat 500, which is neat.
Wow. Feel the power.
JM is getting the combinied wrath of all cyclists who have ever been slighted by an in competent and/or aggressive driver directed towards him.
It's like we've all caught up with him at the next set of lights, and all banged on his roof at the same time.
The web has allowed all those cyclists to simultaneously give him the mother of all virtual bangs on his roof.
...but sadly though, that's probably all it is, he clearly still doesn't realise why his roof his been banged so loudly by so many
Anyone going to the book signing then?
I would say the most appropriate response would be some sort of critical mass style ride outside his house, if he has problems overtaking 4 cyclists lets see how he gets on with a few hundred clogging up his precious country lanes.
He should get on a bike himself, he could do with losing that double chin that he has 😈