On board the good ship Aurora

Kitchen Rat had a little sojourn on the Catering Forum last week . Unlike most rats, he didn't leave a sinking ship as the old phrase goes, however a couple of passengers did escape the boat and make it to Guernsey - a pleasure that most delegates on board only get to see and not sample. One of those lucky passengers (or not as the case maybe) was Frazer Grimbleby, MD of Out Of Town Restaurants Group and former Acorn winner, whose luck clearly ran out when he tried to do a second back flip on the sun deck of the Aurora. The second flip was not as successful as the first and Grimbleby was left lying ominously flat on his back. Grimbleby did eventually get up and was allegedly seen stumbling around later the same evening (a result of the injury and not too much imbibing, I'm sure!) Next morning Grimbleby was shipped to shore and rushed to hospital to find out that he had broken his ankle. Like all good sailors, he was returned to boat, but was unable to walk and had to get around in a wheelchair. Such was the friendship and camaraderie that Grimbleby had built up on board, that he was often found stranded in the cosmetics department of the good ship. As you could put it, he was left high-and-dry by his colleagues. Fortunately, well for the amusement of the rest of the delegates at least, this rather embarrassing gymnastic event was captured on mobile phone video by one of the passengers.