Hi and welcome to Trevor White Week™

Mr Trevor White
with foppish hair

Yes, dear readers, this week will be dedicated to Trevor White! We shall have competitions, fun facts, book and magazine reviews, personal testimony, and a whole lot more. A whole week dedicated to all things Trevor White. By the end of this week you will know the man as intimately as you know yourself.

The WellDoneFillet schedule has been cleared, the calendar re-written, the milk cancelled and the cat put out. This week is just for Trevor, nothing will get in the way of TrevorWhiteWeek™.

I know some of you will be unsure about TrevorWhiteWeek™ but I have compiled a handy TrevorWhiteWeek FAQ section which I'm sure will answer all your questions.

Why Trevor White? Trevor has said some nasty things about waiters that can't be allowed to go unchallenged. So I have sent him an email asking him to clarify his remarks. So to kill time until we get a response I thought we should get to know the man.

So who is Trevor White? Trevor White cant be summed up in a couple of lines. It will take a week to learn about and to love the man. What really is the secret of his foppish hair?

Trevor White? Have I heard that name before? Yes you probably have, just don't mention Trevor White to Tiger Woods or Mrs Tiger Woods either now that I come to think of it. More to come on that little issue.

What can we do, as readers, to help with TrevorWhiteWeek™? If you have any lovely Trevor White stories send them to me. If you have met Trevor White then share your insights with us. Have you any photographs of Trevor White, incriminating or not, that you would like to send to us? Have you served Mr Trevor White in a restaurant or bar? Is he a good or bad customer? Please share with the group.

You said you have sent Mr Trevor White an email. Yes I did, early on Sunday morning. Can we see it? Yes you can....

Dear Mr White,

I hope the day finds you in fine fettle and all is well in your little world. I wish all was well in my world but alas all is not well, not well at all. And I am afraid to say that you are at the very centre of my unhappiness. For you see Mr White I am a waiter, a hard working, professional waiter. I love what I do, I care for my customers, I help and guide them through their dining experience. I have been working in the Hospitality Industry for over 18 years. I know from your interview on Five Live that you don't like that term.

I know my craft and know it well. I am neither a resting actor nor a middle class dropout. I find this to be offensive in the worst way possible. "Middle class" indeed!I love a good stereotype as much as the next man, and a good sweeping generalisation is so much easier than actual work. But I do take offence at this particular remark.

But maybe I have taken you up incorrectly. Have I taken you up incorrectly Mr White? No profession is above criticism, why just the other day I was served by a waiter who was less that fantastic. But to smear us all as uncaring and unskilled is just factually incorrect.

I reacted very badly to your interview on Friday night and posted as such on my blog, WellDoneFillet . But I am prepared to give you a chance to explain yourself. I will buy your book and read it and then post my views on it. I nearly bought it online on Friday night but for the postal strike. I don't want to have to wait a week to get it started. Such is my intrigue.

I await your comments Mr White on waiters and waiting as a profession. Have I taken that passage out of context and you are actually filled with love and admiration for us waiters? Or are you just a fan of a good soundbite?

Now where did I put that video store clerk application form..?

"Manuel"

Do you really think he will respond? I hope for Trevor's sake I get a response. I have faith that Trevor will do the right thing.

So a whole week then? Yup, gonna be fun eh......