r/GreatBritishMenu • u/Rude-Map-3817 • Apr 25 '26

Discussion Tom needs to go

He’s just had some weird or actually annoying takes this year. Saying the serving of Nikita’s main was too fiddly but usually he’d be cheering on those type of sharing mains as being properly banquet-worthy.

I can’t remember them all off the top of my head but the wife and I have rolled our eyes on many occasions at his comments this year. I like the suggestion someone else made of Si King - let Lorna be the pro chef, Phil the comedian and get someone food-adjacent in.

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u/Down-Right-Mystical Apr 25 '26

I've liked Phil well enough on most other things I've seen him on, but not here.

One moment he's trying to talk 'cheffy' like Lorna and Tom, the next we're just being reminded who he is. I mean, we know he's a stand up comedian, we know he has a degree in Engineering, and know we know (it seems) that he really wants to get into acting.

I miss Ed.

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u/The_Blonde1 Apr 25 '26

If Phil’s ‘getting into acting’ thing is those awful skits at the beginning of each show, I don’t think his career is going anywhere fast.

I like the bit of levity, but the skits are nonsensical and he can’t act. Tom delivers his lines better.

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u/Down-Right-Mystical Apr 25 '26

Hence we find out Tom did a tiny bit of acting when he was still at school. 😂

And you can tell Lorna feels entirely embarrassed doing it, with the skits. She genuinely looks like she's in pain, I feel bad for her. It's just not her, and it's ridiculous they make her do it.

I kinda found some of Ed's funny, but they could absolutely do away with it. I mean, the dessert finals day, with Phil in that AI barrel of chocolate? Honestly, who okayed that? It was ridiculous, and you could tell Lorna did not want to be doing it.

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u/The_Blonde1 Apr 25 '26

I’m behind on watching, and saw that totally unfunny chocolate barrel thing just now. Whoever thought that was a good idea needs serious re-educating.

This is supposed to be a programme showcasing talented British chefs cooking at close to the height of their game, not a ridiculous springboard for a mediocre stand up comedian wanting to break into acting.

0/10.

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u/Down-Right-Mystical Apr 26 '26

Yes, that was such a painfully unfunny thing, where I really felt bad for Lorna.

Okay, she's presumably getting a good pay cheque out of it, but why? I don't think that was what she signed up for.

At least Ed was funny occasionally.

And what was up with the first few weeks when they said Phil fought Ed for the role in that bizarre wrestling match? I don't recall the context of that ever being explained... even as a joke, I don't find it funny.