Eating With Tod claims individuals are ‘out to get him’ as a result of he’s profitable – after criticism over his ‘charmless’ Christmas Market

A food influencer has claimed people are ‘out to get him’ because he is successful after his London Christmas market drew criticism for being ‘charmless’.

Eating With Tod, whose real name is Toby Inskip, hit back at critics and fellow influencer Richard Crampton-Platt, who described the food at the event on Tottenham Court Road as ‘some of the worst I’d ever eaten’. 

Toby, 30, suggested there was ‘obviously a bit of hate there’ with former restaurateur Crampton-Platt as he ignored an offer for the two to collaborate a fortnight before he launched his stinging verbal attack when he ‘turned up to eat a doughnut’.

Speaking on The Go-To Food podcast, he said: ‘Two weeks before he had actually emailed me asking me to collab and there were two other emails that invited me to one of his restaurants. I’ve never responded. So there is obviously a bit of hate there.’

Toby, who has become Britain’s biggest food influencer with more than 2.1 million followers, said his success meant he was being targeted.

‘When you’re successful… there is always going to be someone who comes along and is like, right I’m going to try and get you,’ he said.

Toby’s Christmas market promised to bring together some of the most anticipated food brands to deliver Instagram-worthy dishes like cinnamon buns by Roll Boys, loaded festive hot dogs by Ruben’s Rubens, and flame-toasted marshmallows on hot chocolate by Chin Chin.

But visitors to the market were left disappointed. Many flocked to social media to slam it over its long queues, lack of Christmas music or any festive feeling.

Eating With Tod, whose real name is Toby Inskip, has claimed people are ‘out to get him’ because he is successful after his Christmas market drew criticism for being ‘charmless’

Toby has hit back at critics and fellow influencer Richard Crampton-Platt, who described the food at the event on Tottenham Court Road as ‘some of the worst I’d ever eaten’

Toby has now launched a staunch defence and said the content and food traders were amazing. 

‘The amount of jobs we’ve given back to people, traders that didn’t have homes over Christmas,’ he said. 

‘That’s the main point. That’s what people forget. You’ve created nearly 200 jobs, which helps support farmers, butcheries, all these kind of things across the UK.

‘It’s a massive melting pot to put this thing on and that doesn’t get said once.’

Held outside of the Outernet live events space, Toby’s Christmas market was expected to be one of the biggest festive attractions in the capital, especially given his vast fan base.

Toby said he curated the market because he was ‘sick and tired’ of eating the same kind of food at Christmas markets across the country, and wanted to have ‘proper food and proper chefs’.

But those who attended slammed poor organisation, few seats and no shelter from rain.

Content creator Mols, whose TikTok handle is @molsonhols, was left disappointed after she visited the market shortly after it opened on November 28, only to find that some of the stalls shut by 6pm or were closed altogether, and there was little Christmas cheer to be found.

Listing the things that she found wrong with the event, Mols said there were ‘long [queues], no seating area’, ‘no Christmas music or any festive atmosphere’ and ‘extremely bright lights that made everything feel distorted in the busy crowds’.

Nana and Iesha Agyemang, who run What Da Brunch, said they were ‘really disappointed’ by the market as well as with some of the food they tried

But visitors have shared the reality of the market, with reviewer Richard Crampton-Platt showing how poorly organised it was with no shelter from the rain

She added that the whole event was a ‘let down’ and ‘not a vibe’.

Writing in his TikTok video of Toby’s market, Crampton-Platt – known as The Greedy Dick on his social media – said that the event had promised ‘spectacle’ but instead, delivered ‘only cold concrete’.

He described it as ‘charmless’, taking issue with the lack of shelter from the elements – which several other TikTokers also complained about due to recent bouts of wet weather ruining the experience.

Crampton-Platt also criticised the food at the market, particularly a cinnamon doughnut from Chin Chin which he said has ‘part frozen cream’ and was ‘dense and overly sweet’.

He also did not enjoy the viral creme brulee doughnut from Bread Ahead, which he said had ‘gritty’ raw sugar granules instead of a crunchy caramelised layer on top.

‘The videos do not match reality and sadly, the food is just very bad,’ he declared.