I’ve got a Bialetti Moka stovetop that must be at least 20 years old and has been used pretty much everyday in that time. Change the seal every year or so and they’ll keep going for ever. I’ve got a decent grinder and use Square Mile coffee beans and it makes coffee as good as I’ve ever tasted...
My partner and I were sat close to Gregg Wallace years ago in Jose Pizarro's excellent restaurant in Bermondsey. GW was loudly, and I suspect drunkenly, giving it the big I am, critiquing the food to the staff and coming across as an obnoxious lecherous idiot. Amusingly he briefly opened a...