Yesterday I decided to go shopping at Westfield Stratford, whilst
my shopping trip might not have been a success I did get to watch Ryan Giggs
and Gary Neville cook, or more to the point for Nev especially talk whilst the
chef’s Brendan Fyldes and Michael Wignall
cooked!
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| Getting Ready To Cook |
Ok so the timing of my shopping trip and the choice of destination might not have been a total coincidence, having seen on Twitter that they were going to be there to promote their new restaurant Café Football, which opens in Westfield on 12th December, I couldn't resist going down to see two of my footballing heroes.
They were doing two demonstrations hosted by Old Trafford Stadium
Announcer Alan Keegan, who created a great atmosphere bantering with the Giggs,
Neville and the crowd. These both included a Q&A from the fans, I watched
the whole of the first one from near the front and popped into the second one
in time for the Q&A from the fans. I'm writing this from memory so the
wording is not exact and I have probably paraphrased what was actually said.
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| Giggsy Preparing his Chocolate Turf |
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| Giggsy Preparing his Chocolate Turf |
During the demo’s Gary or more to the point Brendan prepared
Nev’s Noodle Pot, a dish that resembles a pot noodle, both Gary and Ryan showed
their knife skills, or lack of! Whilst Ryan and Michael each assembled the
Chocolate Turf, I have to say Giggsy’s one did look good and when he was given
8 out of 10 for it he joked that was more than he was averaging on the pitch.
While Nev joked that he had been doing most of the tasting of the dishes on the
menu, reflecting the fact he has put on weight since retiring from football.
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| A Member of the Audience Tasting Nev's Noodle Pot |
I've been trying to remember what else was said and what
they were asked, whilst I can’t remember everything here are a few of the
questions and their answers (I've paraphrased here).
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| Gary Neville & Ryan Giggs |
What food/meal would you have if stranded on an island? Nev straight
in with a Bacon Sandwich, Giggsy after a bit of thought, said it’s probably cheating
as it includes several different foods but a Sunday Roast, sounded like that
was his favourite meal.
Are United going to win the League? Giggs said absolutely or
words to that effect, I had heard Fergie say the same thing a few weeks ago, so
I hope they are both right!
Who’s going to win the World Cup? Nev unsurprising abstained
from answering whilst Giggs thought Brazil would win, saying they were a great
team and had the home advantage.
Have the team had the “hairdryer” from David Moyes? Giggs
said yes they had and that Moyes hadn't been too happy at the start of the
season. He also said that he has a very similar background and temperament to
Sir Alex.
Was The Boss Burger on the menu inspired by Fergie? Both Nev
and Giggsy laughed at this but gave no direct response, but did say that there
are football influences in the menu. They did point out that the Treble Pies
were of course named after United’s Treble win. Incidentally when asked separately
about their best moments in football Gary said his was the treble win, whilst
Ryan’s was his first title.
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| Ryan Giggs & Some Treble Pies |
The second session was finished off with a birthday cake for
Giggsy and the audience singing to him, he joked he was planning on keeping it
quiet! Somehow I don’t think that’s going to happen, after all it isn’t every
day that a top footballer turns forty.
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| Happy Birthday Giggsy |
It was great to see these football superstars off the
pitch and relaxed and joking with the crowd. And I have to say that despite a
supposed weight gain by Nev they were both looking pretty good, even better in
the flesh than on TV.
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| Sharing a Joke & Maybe the Cake! |
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