According to the blurb on the TV3 website “Nick’s Bistro is TV3’s brand new fly on the wall series following Nick Munier from Hell’s Kitchen and Stephen Gibson, former head chef of Dublin’s Michelin Star restaurant L’Ecrivain, as they set up their new Dublin restaurant”.
However, after watching the second episode last night (Monday 23rd November), it is perfectly clear that Nick’s Bistro is just another TV3 infomercial posing as reality TV. (Bill Cullen’s The Apprentice anyone?).
For proof of this you need go no further than the duo’s staged visit to the head office of Bewleys in North County Dublin in search of a quality coffee for their upmarket clientele.
This five minutes of TV drivel was clearly just product placement. (If you ask any Irish restaurant professional they will tell you that you cannot use the words “quality coffee” and “Bewleys” in the same sentence).
Bewleys specialise in coffee for tea drinkers and their products are specifically manufactured to be as bland as possible inorder to appeal to institutional caters looking for a cheap one size fits all coffee solution (lumbering, low-end catering giant Campbell Catering are their biggest customer).
TV3’s primary function may be to generate revenue for ITV, but their licence is granted on the basis that a small percentage of their programming is home produced. Unfortunately it seems as if they’ve found a way to fulfill this obligation at the expense of the viewing public.
As for Nick’s Bistro itself…whatever about the food I won’t be dropping in for a coffee.
Those little fuckers are even wrecking Hitler’s head! Very funny even if you haven’t see Tarantino’s movie.
Some people just don’t get the whole personal hygiene thing. 
He might not be very articulate but he makes his point very well.
Thanks to harrythered7 for the clip.
Just a brief and truly warranted acknowledgement of True Blood, Ch4 Wednesday 10.00pm.
Nothing has grabbed The Functioning Alcoholic’s bollocks and twisted them soooo hard since The Sopranos.
Even the opening credits, below, are a work of art in their own right.
Jace Everett – Bad Things Video…
Angry FF Debate on National Speed Limit
Fianna Fáil backbenchers intervened angrily at tonight’s parliamentary party meeting following the Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey’s presentation of his plans to increase the national speed limit to 321KPH (200MPH) following the delivery of his new ministerial Bugatti Veyron.
At the meeting, which lasted from 5.30pm until after 8pm and was attended by Taoiseach Brian Cowen, Mr Dempsey confirmed the main features of the Road Traffic Bill in a slide show titled The Case For Making Irish Roads More Fun.
Tipperary South TD Mattie McGrath said he was not convinced by Mr Dempsey’s presentation.
“It was a long meeting. There was a lot of very constructive argument. The overwhelming majority, bar one maybe two at most, was in support of the status quo,” Mr McGrath said.
“There’ll be a period of reflection for a week or two and we expect results.” Another backbencher, who did not want to be named, described the mood of the meeting as angry.
“People were very angry, upset, one on the issue but also because Dempsey has managed to get his hands on one of the most exotic supercars on the planet at the tax payers expense” he said.
“He’s upped the stakes, strategically, he’s put it out in the media tactically to up the ante. The implication is back me or sack me. Very clever, but it’s certainly not endearing himself to anyone in the party.”
Under the new regime proposed by Mr Dempsey, anyone who can afford a supercar will be able to push it to its natural limits regardless of road conditions.
He added “drivers of slower cars (such as the Smart car pictured) using the roads could be disqualified for six months and receive a €400 fine if they do not pull over to let a supercar overtake”.
Learners, recently qualified, professional & public transport drivers are expected to be banned for life and receive a €200 fine.
Mr Dempsey quoted an online poll from The Irish Times from May 2011 saying 56 per cent agreed with the statement that the speed limit for driving should be substantially increased.
Those who attended the meeting, which is never open to the media, said there were between 25 and 30 contributions, with just one or two speaking against the Minister.
A motion, signed by 18 TDs and three senators, opposing any increase in the speed limit, was withdrawn earlier this week.
Given this six month old escaped with just a bump on his noggin…this is amazing footage. Poor Old Mum eh?
