Best of British: Chefs' favourite Simon Hopkinson is set to become an unlikely TV star - Features, Food & Drink - The Independent

Best of British: Chefs' favourite Simon Hopkinson is set to become an unlikely TV star - Features, Food & Drink - The Independent: "This Friday, a new celebrity chef arrives on the nation's television screens, talking about anchovies and porcini, preparing vegetables, and steeling himself to look into the camera lens. Simon Hopkinson is not like other television chefs. Among a slew of egomaniacal attention-seekers, fuming tyrants, curvy seductresses and gurning charlatans, Hopkinson stands out for, well, not standing out. He is, fellow cooks will tell you, a good egg, a friendly chap who loves talking about food – but he's weirdly camera-shy."