Delia Smith admits she's 'behind the times' with global cuisines in London's trendy food scene - and claims Gen Z cooks 'don't know a good pork chop'

Delia Smith admits she's 'behind the times' with global cuisines in London's trendy food scene - and claims Gen Z cooks 'don't know a good pork chop' Delia Smith admitted she is behind the times with modern cuisine READ MORE: Norwich City owner Delia Smith admits she is 'saddened' by lack of apology from rivals Ipswich after a can was thrown at her car and supporters chanted 'scum' at her before last month's derby By Alice Wade Published: 12:26, 18 August 2024 | Updated: 12:28, 18 August 2024 e-mail View comments She was once a pioneer of cooking on television, but national treasure Delia Smith has admitted she feels somewhat left behind by the modern dining scene in the UK. The former chef, 83, has revealed she feels 'a bit behind the times' with the cuisine of today - but took a swipe at cooks and foodies in generations below her, saying she feels 'sorry that a lot of young people don't know what a good pork chop is like'. The cookbook author of 24 publications revealed her concern over the future of the culinary scene in the UK and the decline of the TV cook in an interview with The Sunday Times .

Delia - who puts much of her focus these days into Norwich City FC as its co-owner -admitted that her favourite cuisines were British and Italian and has no idea what to make of the plethora of international food that fills the capital. 'When I sit in the back of a taxi in London and see all these new restaurants — hundreds of them — I think, 'I don't know anything about that.