Sorry, but the controller is in the wrong. She kept interrupting him while he was carrying out his last minute checks. Good ATC understands that you are not just sitting there talking on the radio. Talking on the radio is only a small portion of our job.
And we are not psychic about what goes on in the cabin. If the cabin is almost always ready in 5 minutes, but on said day something goes wrong, we can't be expected to magically figure this out with no input from the back. Maybe some passenger got up just as the cabin got ready to call ready to the cockpit.
The speed bird pilot to me seemed quite calm and collected. Controller should understand that interrupting a checklist in most airlines requires that checklist to be read again from the beginning. Pretty standard procedures in most airlines to prevent missed items.
And asking pilot's to hurry should be internationally abolished. It has no place in aviation, everyone should assume that everyone is doing their best. We all are busy doing things behind the scenes. Silence on the frequency does not equate to inactivity off of it.