It is puzzling why aristocratic TV chef Gizzi Erskine pulled down the shutters of the trendy seaside café she ran with former Libertines frontman Carl Barat (45) last December – just a year after it opened.
But now the Cook Yourself Thin author, whose late father was the 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick, has revealed that in all of her business ventures she was brought to a climax by a barrage of sexist verbal abuse from her male colleagues.
“Every business partner I’ve had has pretty much been a man, and each time I’ve been accused of being too passionate.” A chef I worked with called me a megalomaniac and asked me, “Am I that person?” “I thought, this is the epitome of selfishness and I never want to be perceived like that.
“After that I wanted to get out.” That . . . “That’s about 90 percent of the reason why I retired from my businesses.” She adds: “This is where cancel culture has taken us now – where you can extract absolute passion, love and joy from everyone for what they do can by portraying that person like that.”
“I was called hysterical, a witch and all the derogatory words that can be used to describe a woman.”
The Cook Yourself Thin author, whose late father was the 2nd Baron Erskine of Rerrick, has revealed that she was brought to boiling point in all her business ventures
It’s a mystery why aristocratic TV chef Gizzi Erskine pulled down the shutters on the trendy seaside cafe she ran with former Libertines frontman Carl Barat (pictured: left).
Gizzi’s venture included a venue at London’s Mare Street Market in 2018 with Barworks founder Marc Francis-Baum, but that failed that same year.
The opening of Love Café, or “sandwich bar on steroids,” in Margate in 2021, which she co-founded with Barat, caused quite a stir. But the following year, Ms Erskine left her post as head chef, saying the job was becoming something she was “not entirely happy with”.
Then the pizza delivery company Giz’N’Green, which he founded together with the rapper Professor Green, also failed.
Ms Erskine now wants to concentrate on writing her memoirs. She tells the We Recover Loudly podcast: “My lowest point was losing businesses after investing all my personal money.” “There’s no way I’m getting into the restaurant business anytime soon.”
A spokesman for Barat says: “Everything was amicable with Carl and Gizzi.”
Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker has gone from time travel to time travel, playing an imprisoned mother of three who shares a cell with a murderer and a heroin addict.
So what’s her secret to coping with such a demanding role in the second series of BBC prison drama Time?
‘Wine. “It’s very difficult for me,” she tells me at a BFI screening in London. Jodie, who is married to Zero Dark Thirty star Christian Contreras, explains: “I need a lot of monologues at the end of most days to get it all out.”
Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker has gone from time travel to time travel, playing an imprisoned mother of three who shares a cell with a murderer and a heroin addict
“If you go through a scene and cry your eyes out, then we’ll watch it.”
She adds: “I’m an absolute nightmare to live with.”
While this picture may look like a scene from a romantic movie, actress Jamie Winstone actually married her real life prince – DJ James Suckling.
While this picture may look like a scene from a romantic movie, actress Jamie Winstone actually married her real life prince – DJ James Suckling
The couple exchanged vows in a star-studded ceremony – dubbed the “wedding of the year” – in Sicily.
More than 250 guests – including Jaime’s father, Hollywood hardman Ray Winstone and actress Sheridan Smith – attended the wedding.
Jaime, 38, was seen sitting on her new husband’s lap at their reception in her white embroidered wedding dress.
The bride and groom, who got engaged in Glastonbury last year, have a five-year-old son, Raymond.
If you thought Barbie mania was over, think again, because the cult franchise has just introduced a new model in the form of no-nonsense Ted Lasso soccer boss Rebecca Welton, played by Hannah Waddingham.
The doll, which sells for £51, bears an uncanny resemblance to Waddingham’s character, the owner of the fictional AFC Richmond.
Welton’s Barbie wears the same chic champagne blouse as in the sitcom, along with tailored pants and black pumps.
Hannah Waddingham plays no-nonsense Ted Lasso football boss Rebecca Welton
The doll, which sells for £51, bears an uncanny resemblance to Waddingham’s character, the owner of the fictional AFC Richmond
Puppy Simon Pegg stunned a crowd at the London Literary Festival after berating a female fan for trying to persuade her to break the rules of the Hollywood actors’ strike.
Hosting a question and answer session for actor Nick Frost’s new book A Slice Of Fried Gold: Taste My Memories at the Royal Festival Hall, the 53-year-old Mission Impossible star issued a stern warning out and said, “Due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, Nick won.” “Unable to answer questions about his film and television work.”
Potty Simon Pegg left a stunned crowd at the London Literary Festival (Pictured: Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz)
Then, in response to a woman shouting “Hot Fuzz 2!” Referring to the long-awaited sequel to Pegg and Frost’s hit 2007 action comedy Hot Fuzz, he replied: “F*** you! What did I just say?’
One viewer tells me: “It was a bit inappropriate.” “We know he has to take the punches seriously, but there was no need for him to use such an insult to this poor fan.”
I’ve heard that congratulations are in order for keen equestrian Lady Tatiana Mountbatten, who has given birth to a baby girl called Elodie.
“A month of motherhood and what a month it has been,” says Lady Tatiana, the daughter of King Charles’ cousin, the Marquess of Milford Haven. “Elodie arrived on September 20th and it’s already happening too quickly,” she adds.
Lady Tatiana’s new arrival is her first child with her banker husband Alick Dru.
Think of comedian Omid Djalili, who bravely took to the stage in Londonderry on Tuesday evening. His appearance will come just days after he was forced to cancel an appearance due to personal security threats related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Think of comedian Omid Djalili, who bravely took to the stage in Londonderry on Tuesday evening
Djalili, 58, born in London to Iranian parents, was due to perform in Market Drayton, Shropshire. “Having lived in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, I never thought I would say, ‘I’m going to perform in Northern Ireland because it’s a lot safer there,’ but here we are,” says Djalili.