Talk:Rick Stein/Archive 1

He isn't Bipolar is he?
In the Stephen Fry documentary 'Secret Life of the Manic Depressive' Rick tells of his father being bipolar and committing suicide. He also mentions he is NOT bipolar himself. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 143.238.92.94 (talk) 02:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

In front of who's siter
It says that his father killed himself in front of "his" sister. Who's siter? Rick or his father? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.218.17.130 (talk) 03:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Threats against Stein's business
Should the fact that Rick Stein's restaurants were threatened with fire bombing by Cornish nationalist terrorists be included?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-461683/Jamie-Oliver-Rick-Stein-threatened-firebombs-Cornish-liberation-terrorists.html

Berty Bisto (talk) 07:29, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Ahem, private life
I notice that User:Sarahburns removed all references to Sarah Burns on or about the 24th of July 2007. While one should be discreet, failing to mention the divorce is a little twee, given that a quick Google turns up plenty of references from the British press. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thoglette (talk • contribs) 10:15, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * "Stein still lives in Padstow, Cornwall, for part of the year, and he has a house in Sydney with his publicist fiancee, Sarah Burns, and her children Zach and Olivia. His three sons, Edward (30), Jack (28), and Charles (23), are all involved in the family business." Agreed - One senses that there is something missing here - unless it is the longest engagement in the world, he is either divorced or widowed, either of which should be stated. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 21:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Google turns up the Biography page on Mr. Stein's official site; this states:
 * In fact, with his ex-wife Jill, he owns four restaurants&hellip;
 * There're lots more juicy details in the Independent article.&mdash;Dah31 (talk) 07:13, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Phrases like "Finding himself at a loose end" in the second sentence of the Career section, and "It was the time when he listened to rock'n'roll" in the Early years section, as well as "Luckily, they still had a license for a restaurant that they’d opened in another part of the building" that make the article look like an over the fence conversation with a neighbor. Some good information but the language needs to be tightened. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.149.26.202 (talk) 09:57, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Confused chronology
The chronology given here doesn't make sense. It says that he went to Australia when he was 19, then it says he moved to Padstow in 1965 and went to Oxford to study. He would have been 18 if it is 1965, assuming the birth date given here is correct. According to this source he went to Oxford after spending 2 years travelling (including Australia), so something must be wrong with the chronology given in this page. Hzh (talk) 22:18, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * And when you had read on, you could have seen that that source stated that he move to Padstow after graduating in 1971. Knowing that there was a lot of vandalising on this article, I guess this is a left over from that. The Banner talk 23:20, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
 * It says he went home to Padstow after graduating, so he must have been in Padstow before Oxford if he considered Padstow his home. The question would therefore be when he moved to Padstow.  It is possible that he did move to Padstow first in 1965 (before or after London?), or it could be that he moved to Padstow after returning from his travel (meaning it could be ~1968).  Assuming a 3 years study course in Oxford, if he gained his degree in 1971, he would have also likely entered Oxford in the autumn of 1968).  Unless we have a source, deleting the sentence that he moved to Padstow in 1965 was the right thing to do because it would be otherwise very confusing. Hzh (talk) 01:22, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Based on what is now source 21, I concluded that Steins father lived in Padstow. So it would have been a return home. The Banner talk 09:40, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Language
Although the article has been improved, it still needs a lot of improvement. Much of the wording is too colloquial and even vague.Royalcourtier (talk) 06:18, 9 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I've copy-edited the whole article for tone. Some citations and a date are needed. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:32, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

Grumpy Old Men
I am positive Rick Stein was one of the "grumpy old men" in the original TV series. This doesn't show in the TV show references though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.193.43.58 (talk) 14:04, 8 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Yes. He was. I've just checked the opening credits on YouTube. Hanoi Road (talk) 17:03, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

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Failed A's/Oxford?
He presumably wasn't accepted to Oxford with two E grades at A Level. Did he resit his exams after New Zealand? Hanoi Road (talk) 21:00, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Mature students have to do an entrance exam and he passed that. See source 8. The Banner  talk 22:24, 23 September 2020 (UTC)


 * He graduated in 1971, which makes him around 24 at the time. A little older than some grads, but hardly a 'mature student' in the accepted sense. Interesting how he bypassed A's and simply passed an entrance exam based on his "extensive reading" when he took time off. I think this whole 'Jude the Obscure' thing needs to be expanded - or at least properly explained in the article. Hanoi Road (talk) 22:04, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * If you will be age 21 or older at the start of your course, then you will automatically be considered a mature applicant.  Source: https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/mature-students
 * The Banner talk 17:14, 26 September 2020 (UTC)


 * He might just have discovered a whole new way of getting into Oxbridge: Leave it a couple of years. Hanoi Road (talk) 16:50, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
 * What are you suggesting. Please not that you got a stern warning here: User_talk:Hanoi_Road. The Banner  talk 18:10, 29 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Do you mean 'note'? Noted. (...??) Hanoi Road (talk) 23:39, 5 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Oxbridge colleges tend to offer places on the basis of other qualities, not just grades. Or used to, anyway. Note the source says this:
 * "Once back in England, he sat the Oxford entrance exam for a place to read English. As luck had it, one of the questions was 'describe a landscape'. He wrote, evocatively, about the railway vistas between Adelaide and Alice Springs. The unusualness of his answer, he suspects, won him his place. As someone who got in on a wild card, he regrets that such ways of gaining admission no longer exist." Martinevans123 (talk) 23:48, 5 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for that. If you could find a way to work it into the article, it provides far greater clarity on this. Hanoi Road (talk) 16:05, 8 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Um no, not if you think I'm just "one of IdreamofJeanie's trolls", thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 23:08, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

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What about Chalkie the dog ?
This dog used to be very popular, with lots of camera shots,  even his own camera crew when he was too old to go with Rick on his trip through France by boat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.12.93.254 (talk) 10:27, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think that is significant unless you have reliable sources. Thanks. Condo951795 (talk) 06:18, 5 May 2021 (UTC)