pap Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 According to this article on the Channel 4 website, celebrity chef Anthony Worrall-Thompson has been arrested for repeatedly blagging cheese and wine at a branch of TESCO. Worrall-Thompson's preferred mechanism for pilfering was the cunning ploy of "not scanning items on a self-service checkout". He joins the likes of Richard Madeley and Winona Ryder in the celebrity shop-lifters club. What drives this behaviour? Celebrity status not all it's cracked up to be? Do these people think they are untouchable, or is it just the thrill of the illicit? I imagine that all of them could shop in the conventional manner if they so desired. It is quite amusing though. Let's hope that Worrall-Thompson has to do a few cringing interviews before he puts his orange jump suit on!
Minsk Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 How could you not mention Glen Johnson and toilet seats in such a post??
buctootim Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 Why would Tescos staff watch him shoplift five times and let him wander out of the door?
tony13579 Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 They havent detected my 1L vinigar bar code on my cuffs yet. Hic.
pap Posted 9 January, 2012 Author Posted 9 January, 2012 Why would Tescos staff watch him shoplift five times and let him wander out of the door? Well, probably to make sure they were sure. And possibly to make some money from You've Been Framed. "Keep your eye on the fat celebrity chef by the tills".
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 Why would Tescos staff watch him shoplift five times and let him wander out of the door? That would be the bit where it says: 'was stopped by guards while leaving the store'.
buctootim Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 That would be the bit where it says: 'was stopped by guards while leaving the store'. How do you run a business if you cant read properly? "Staff at the Tesco store in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, saw the 60-year-old chef shoplift low value food items on five separate occasions, and then set up a camera to film his actions".
tony13579 Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 (edited) Ready, Steady, Crook?? police were on Come Fine with Me... The Checkout should have additional recording.... Thankyou for Shoplifiting at Tescos self checkout... I wonder if he used his clubcard Edited 9 January, 2012 by tony13579
Jillyanne Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 Ready, Steady, Crook?? Pilfered straight from the front page of The Sun!!!
Saint-scooby Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 His saucepans are crap, and so is Tesco cheese.
Jonnyboy Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 His saucepans are crap, and so is Tesco cheese. Hmmm now this avatar looks familiar.
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 How do you run a business if you cant read properly? "Staff at the Tesco store in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, saw the 60-year-old chef shoplift low value food items on five separate occasions, and then set up a camera to film his actions". You've got me there, I obviously can't run a business and use this forum at the same time. So he must have done it more than five times. There's a lesson there for the rest of us. (Can I blame Saint-scooby and his avatar?)
Whitey Grandad Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 I am reminded of a famous intro from 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue': I noticed recently on my pack of sausages, a picture of Anthony Worral Thompson in his kitchen. Underneath it said 'pr1ck with a fork'...
Hatch Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 Being a celebrity does not always mean you are rich.
suewhistle Posted 9 January, 2012 Posted 9 January, 2012 I would have thought he'd shop lift at Waitrose...
pap Posted 10 January, 2012 Author Posted 10 January, 2012 Being a celebrity does not always mean you are rich. Apparently, Worrall-Thompson's businesses went down the pan in 2009, so you are probably onto something there.
Special K Posted 10 January, 2012 Posted 10 January, 2012 I am reminded of a famous intro from 'I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue': I noticed recently on my pack of sausages, a picture of Anthony Worral Thompson in his kitchen. Underneath it said 'pr1ck with a fork'... Very good! And that old chestnut which can be used to celebrity cook types "I thought i saw your name on a loaf of bread the other day. But I made a mistake, it actually said Thick Cut"
Saint-scooby Posted 10 January, 2012 Posted 10 January, 2012 Hmmm now this avatar looks familiar. New one, this is Nikki Benz.....
pedg Posted 11 January, 2012 Posted 11 January, 2012 Ripped off from twitter Anthony Worrall Thompson stole some cheese and wine. And that was only for starters
Whitey Grandad Posted 11 January, 2012 Posted 11 January, 2012 Ripped off from twitter Anthony Worrall Thompson stole some cheese and wine. And that was only for starters Keep 'em coming!
timebomb Posted 13 January, 2012 Posted 13 January, 2012 This one's quite good. The calendar in the film is now on ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nigella-Lawson-Saucy-Calendar-2012-plus-Kitchen-Roll-/230729729396?pt=UK_Collectables_Photographs_MJ&hash=item35b8904574#ht_2397wt_158
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