And it will not have been forgotten that the first offering whose launch he graced as DG, The White Queen, was axed after a single series.
A noble dish that once graced the banquet tables of the imperial Mughal court, rich with cream and nuts and heavily scented with expensive spice, has become a byword for bland, a "starter" curry, beloved of children and others with unadventurous tastes.
And later the man who has graced the game with rare humility since his arrival as a teenage champion took his licks in the manner expected.
"Ms Dowling's creations were always lively and colorful, reflecting not only the season but the unique and historic rooms which they graced.
Graced by a visit by the Queen, their honorary president, for the centenary AGM, the vast majority of delegates have turned out in Sunday best: smart floral dresses, sensible sandals.
For my money, even Cliff Richard has never been the same since the Blairs graced his holiday house.
Geoffrey Cox, Stephen Phillips and Sir Edward Garnier also graced the top 10, all three from income derived from their work as barristers, which for all three was in excess of £200,000.
Their progress will feel cathartic given the traumas endured by Juve since they graced their last final, in Manchester back in 2003.
She has graced thousands of covers and walked down countless catwalks since a photoshoot in style magazine The Face made her a star in 1990.
Now the water buffalo that graced this landscape and supplied the city with much of its dairy produce are vanishing from what Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the president of Turkey, has turned into one of the world's biggest building sites.
But even before Jane Fonda and 'Green Goddess' Diana Moran graced our screens, pursuits such as the hula hoop and ballroom dancing were keeping Britons active.
