Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge has come under fire from diners at one of his restaurants who blasted his towering burger as "pompous c**p" and "impossible" to tackle. Culinary star Tom, famed for his TV appearances on MasterChef and Saturday Kitchen, is serving up the £19.50 gourmet burger at his posh venue, The Coach, in Marlow.
His ambitious stack features soy and sesame chicken, smoked cheese, and dill pickle, and stands sky-high on the plate at eight inches (20cm). Customers of the upmarket Buckinghamshire eatery have taken to social media to vent their frustrations, with one fuming: "I've always said if the burger is impossible to eat as a burger and you have to take it apart to eat then you cannot call it a burger." Another critic weighed in: "Not for me.
Sure individually components are amazing but it's not a burger if not handheld." A third person agreed: "A burger that is physically impossible to eat like a burger. Food like this is getting beyond stupid these days isn't it?" As a fourth diner dismissed the creation as "pompous c**p", the conversation inevitably turned to the burger's hefty cost.
"And that will be £500 please," joked one person in response to a video of the burger on Instagram . A post shared by The Coach (@thecoachmarlow) Kerridge, 51, recently opened up about his creation, citing inspiration from the exaggeratedly tall burgers devoured by Scooby Doo in the classic cartoons. He challenged his followers: "Check out the famous burger from The Coach in .