His cooking is honestly fine, when he sticks to his specialities: Italian and pastries. He just gets mocked for frequently trying and failing at doing cuisine outside his expertise.

He mostly got famous off his BBC show. He also spearheaded some actually good charities that were focused on improving the food that was served to children in public institutions. His cookbooks make absolute bank.

As far as celebrity chefs go, he’s not the worst. This particular case just seems heavily rooted in ignorance. Which isn’t itself an excuse, especially when you are going through the effort of publishing a book on the topic.