Article: 'Celebrity chefs?' said Keith Floyd 'I'd like to napalm the lot of them!'; The TV producer who discovered the notorious chef tells how they blazed the way for cooks on television - and went to war over a giant paella.(Features)

Byline: David Pritchard

Long before the words health and safety were joined together in marriage, Keith Floyd and I decided to cook a meal in a Tasmanian hotel room. These were innocent times - Pamela Anderson tended to be at least partially clothed when she appeared on screen. And I had yet to learn about smoke alarms.

Heavy rain had stopped us filming on a pier in Hobart that day, so instead we fired up a Calor gas stove in our room. Keith was soon rustling up a sumptuous sea snail and oyster sauce concoction. Our reverie, however, was short lived: six burly firemen suddenly barged into our room.

They weren't amused, perhaps because we didn't ...

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