Archive article of the week: interview with Conrad Gallagher

"I have to play it safe at the moment. I have to because everyone’s looking at me. Not doing much messing around this year." So said Conrad Gallagher, celeb chef and proprietor of a series of increasingly glitzy restaurants, in an interview with Hot Press last September: for despite his great gift ("I can think of a dish, write a recipe, test it, and I wouldn’t be as much as a teaspoon out"), he had, by late 2001, become far better known for his financial difficulties and extravagant lifestyle than his cooking. The safe-playing simple life he was attempting must not have agreed with him however: he dodged a court appearance (again) this week and there is currently a warrant out for his arrest. Our chat with the wayward talent is our Archive Article Of the Week. Click here to read...