Chef! Site Revision History

January 29, 2007

1. Added a news story about some background music from Series 3.

December 6, 2006

1. Upgraded the forum software from ubb.classic to ubb.threads.

May 13, 2005

1. The DVD's are now available for pre-order through Amazon.com.  Updated various pages with that news.

May 5, 2005

1. Added concrete release date info and pictures for Chef! on DVD.  Updated a few pages with this info.
2. Updated the episode guide with proper titles for Series 3.

April 14, 2005

1. Added two Series 3 promo pictures to the pictures page.

February 11, 2005

1. Updated the news page with a small tidbit on the release of Chef on DVD.

February 8, 2005

1. Updated the news page with further info on the release of Chef on DVD.

September 8, 2004

1. Updated the news page regarding the possible release of Chef on DVD.

April 15, 2004

1. Updated the news page with an email I got from Lenny Henry about new Chef stuff.
2. Revised the "Where is Chef on DVD" text on the Chef videos page.

March 21, 2004

1. Updated the news page with the news of a possible continuation of Chef! after all these years!  \o/

March 6, 2004

1. Updated the links page with a link to the official Lenny Henry page.
2. Updated the news page for the first time in two years :eek:
3. Also renamed several pages, as I wasn't happy with the naming structure of the pages.
4. Slightly tweaked the layout of the main intro page.

January 30, 2004

1. Added some screen grabs to the movies page to for Ian McNiece's appearance in "Beautician & the Beast"

March 5, 2003

1. Revision to the videos page - I started adding more series to the page for ordering.  So far I've added Vicar of Dibley, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers, & Red Dwarf.  More to come.
2. Revised some links on the movies page to fix some dead links.
3. Minor text change to the main page.

August 15, 2002

1. Added a fan created (fictional) "Season 3" episode guide.  Check it out.

August 13, 2002

1. I updated the Programme Guide - enhanced the episode descriptions a bit.

May 8, 2002

1. I don't think I've ever had this many updates in a row ever.  :)
2. I added 6 screen captures of Lorelei King in Notting Hill.
3. Created a new page - "Chef Actors in other Movie Appearances" - it can be reached off the pictures page.

May 7, 2002

1. Three updates in a week - yikes!  :)  Seriously, I finally restored the guestbook.

May 6, 2002

1. Added a couple of screen captures from the Jeff Nuttall appearance in the movie "The World is Not Enough".

May 2, 2002

1. Added some text to the sounds page about the theme song files being missing.
2. Updated the news page with essentially "nothing".  :)
3. Added a disclaimer to the Series III info page about the info being "dated".
4. Updated the links page - removing a couple of dead links.

July 17, 2001

1. Added a recipes section.

March 20, 2001

1. Moved the site to a new server - no changes other than that.

September 10, 2000

1. Updated the links for the Chef videos on the video store page.

July 18, 2000

1. Added a short article I found with Caroline Lee Johnson from April 1997 to the articles page. 
2. Updated the news page.
3. Fixed a few minor irritations on the video store page.
4. Made the links on the Chef characters page spawn in new windows.
5. Updated/verified all the links on the Chef links page.
6. Reworded a few menu items on the main page.

January 9, 2000

1. Updated the news page with some recent appearances by Chef actors in movies.

November 13, 1999

1. Updated the news page.

October 8, 1999

1. Corrected some broken links on the Chef Links page.
2. Added direct links to the actors' pages in the IMDB to the Chef Characters page.

July 20, 1999

1. Hey, it's been awhile, hasn't it?  :)   I added a new link to the Chef Links page.
2. Updated the news page with what I know about Chef IV and video releases.

November 17, 1998

1. Returned the Guestbook to the site, but with new software.
2. Archived all the old Guestbook entries onto their own archive pages.
3. Updated the news page with the confirmation I received from Crucial Films about there being no more new Chef episodes planned.  :(

September 8, 1998

1. Moved the site to it's new home at siegler.net.
2. Updated the news page with what I've heard about Chef IV.
3. Removed (temporarily) the Email notification service for the site.
4. Turned off the guestbook addition page temporarily, until I get back from vacation and get a chance to fix it.

June 22, 1998

1. Moved some of the guestbook entries off onto their own page to speed loading time.
2. Changed some of the fonts around on the intro page to be a little more consistant.
3. Updated the news page with the (lack of) news about Series IV.
4. Added a picture of Renee Bryson to the Characters Page.
5. Added 8 new pictures to the Series III pictures page.
6. Added 4 more links to the Other Chef Sites page.

January 15, 1998

1. Started editing the site with Frontpage 98.
2. Changed my Email link on several pages.
3. Updated the News page.
4. Removed the Princess Diana Tribute Stuff.
5. Changed the text on the Chef Characters page a bit.
6. Updated the text on the links page.   Also added a comment about the guy over on Geocities who has totally ripped off my site here.
7. Changed the look of the top of this page.

November 16, 1997

1. Added a place on the site where you can buy Chef Videos. For now, you can buy the released Chef Series I videos, and the Best of the Lenny Henry Show.  

November 14, 1997

1. Moved the Princess Diana Stuff off onto it's own page.
2. Split off the last couple months' of guestbook entries off onto their own page to speed up loading time.
3. Fixed the entry for "A Diploma of Misery" in the Programme Guide. It had the same entry as the episode before it. -- Whoops!
4. Updated the characters page with the surname of Savannah from Series III.
5. Updated the Chef! Links page with some URL's that have moved/gone away.
6. Added a news page to the site.
7. I'm also working on a page where you can buy Chef! videos (and other BBC Sitcoms & shows, too!). Should be online in a couple of days, if all goes well.
8. I also noticed that someone else has a Chef! site on the net. That's cool. What's not cool is that he ripped off a shitload of graphics and text from my site, and I couldn't see anywhere that the stuff was taken from my site here. 100% of the graphics and sounds on this site were scanned in by me, and I see it as highly annoying and rude when someone rips off your work like that, doesn't credit you anywhere, and claims it as theirs. sigh

September 1, 1997

1. Added a guestbook specifically about Princess Diana, and you can add your comments to it there. The link for it is: http://www.metronet.com/~apogee/chef/dianabook.html if you'd like to link to it. Please drop by there and add something on this if you feel moved to do so.

August 31, 1997

1. Added my short tribute to Princess Diana to the main page.

July 18, 1997

1. My site won another award, I added it to the Awards Page.

June 29, 1997

1. Updated the Chef Links Page with a link to a fan page about Lenny Henry's wife, Dawn French.
2. Split the guestbook into two pages to reduce the loading time necessary for the current group of entries.

May 30, 1997

1. Updated the Chef! Programme Guide with summaries for all episodes from all three series.
2. Updated the Chef! Characters Page. Added a comment about "minor characters".
3. Moved the Series III Spoiler page from the front page to the Programme Guide Page, and split the pictures and info into two seperate pages. The info page now has total spoilers for the events of Series III.
4. Changed the look of the front page with new fonts and added an animated Series III Credits Picture.
5. Changed the look of pretty much all the pages a bit with new fonts.

April 23, 1997

1. Removed some of the duplicate entries from the Guestbook.
2. Updated the text for the Series III section of the Programme Guide.
3. I will be doing some work on the site shortly to add more pictures from Series III.

February 19, 1997

1. Changed the Programme Guide Page slightly.
2. Updated the Chef Characters Page to include Reneé Bryson from Series III.

February 6, 1997

1. Changed the Sounds Page to add Real Audio 3.0 versions of the Chef! Theme Song for Series 1 2. These require a Real Audio 3.0 player. If you don't have RealAudio 3.0, get it. It's free! (Yes, I'll be doing the Series 3 theme too. It's not exactly the same as the first 2 series.)

February 4, 1997

1. Series III Logo added to Main Page.
2. Chef! Episode Guide Series III Info added.
3. Chef! Characters Page updated with new Series III characters.
4. Chef! Series III Credits Page added.
5. The Many Faces of Gareth Blackstock page updated with two shots from Series III.
6. Added another picture to the Chef! Pictures Page.
7. Updated the Series III Page with a couple of more pictures, and some more text.
8. My Chef! Site won another award. The Awards Page updated to show it.

January 21, 1997

1. Added a Guestbook to the site. You can now interact with other visitors to the Chef! site.
2. Added an E-Mail notification Service to this page.

January 20, 1997

1. Added a new Chef! in the Media Page.
2. Added an article from the Dallas Morning News Newspaper to the Chef! in the Media Page.

January 17, 1997

1. Finally put the Sounds Page online.
2. Added the opening and closing Chef! themes to the Sounds Page.
3. Added a comment about finding English Stilton to the Main Page.

January 6, 1997

1. This site won an award. It is mentioned here.

January 2, 1997

1. Added a few more links to the Chef! WWW Links Page.
2. Corrected an error on the Chef! Characters Page, where I had Alfonse listed as something he wasn't.

January 1, 1997

1. Added some more info to the Series III Page, as well as adding some scans from the new series, too!
2. Added some new pictures to the Images Page.
3. Added some new pictures to the Many Faces of Gareth Blackstock Page.

December 21, 1996

1. Updated the Series 3 Info Page with info on a US PBS airing of Series III.

December 2, 1996

1. Revised the information about Chef! Series III.
2. Corrected a typo on the Programme Guide Page.

November 24, 1996

1. Added information about Series III of Chef!

October 14, 1996

1. Added Series II credits to the pictures page.
2. Added the Series II only characters to the characters page.
3. Added some more pictures to the pictures page.
4. Added more pictures to the Many Faces of Gareth Blackstock page.

September 5, 1996

1. Added the Programme Guide to the site. It's a listing only. Summaries will come later.

August 20, 1996 (my birthday)

1. Added the Other Chef! WWW Sites page.

August 17, 1996

1. Site opened formally. Everything is new! :)
2. Preliminary page modified to reflect active menu options.

September 28, 1996

1. A Preliminary page put up while I worked on some of the background pictures.