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TV CHEF FOR A WEEK! |
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Dial-a-Cab driver John Farmer
(H69) made the pages of Call Sign
in July 2005 when winning £2012 in a competition
designed to raise awareness of the taxi trade if
London’s Bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games and
Paralympic Games were to be successful – and of
course, we now know that it was. "I was thrilled to win," John told Call Sign at the time, "as a cabbie who lives and often works in east London, I jumped at the chance to Back the Bid. The regeneration of east London alone is reason enough to host the Games, but I have a family of four children who are all sports mad. My youngest daughter Nicola is 14 and a keen swimmer who has won countless medals. She hopes to swim for Great Britain and compete in the 2012 Games." But Back the Bid was then and John has now moved on to other challenges – being a chef in a top restaurant in front of the TV cameras being his latest one! It started in November when John saw a terminal message from Tom Whitbread asking for volunteers among DaC drivers who were interested in cooking and who were prepared to pit their culinary skills against a group from other occupations – but in a real restaurant with 25 real - albeit celebrity - diners! John rang the number and was accepted to appear for five consecutive nights in the program called Pressure Cooker. It was filmed at the prestigious Chancery Restaurant, where the five volunteers were to cook their favourite meals in the form of four courses – one each day. The courses consisted of starters, a fish dish, a main course and a pudding. Each of the five also had to act as Maitre D’ for one of the days and were to be watched over by the real restaurant chef, anxious to protect the |
 John
on TV in the Chancery resturant
establishment’s
reputation – which must have been in danger of
being torn to shreds by the program! |
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