Hugh, Jamie and Gordon set to return to Channel 4 for another Big Food Fight
For me, Channel 4’s Big Food Fight was a bit of a let-down. The trailers for the season suggested that we were going to get some kind of Crosby, Stills and Nash styled supergroup of chefs, all...
View ArticleTV Review: Jamie’s Ministry Of Food, Channel 4, Tuesday 30 September, 9pm
The only surprise in Jamie Oliver’s new series was that the magnificent Timothy Spall was narrator. Very welcome his roughly hewn words were as well. Away from the voiceover, Jamie was back on our...
View ArticleJamie Oliver causes a ruckus with his Ministry Of Food
Jamie’s Ministry Of Food – the chef’s latest crusading project on Channel 4 – elicited mixed reviews. I thought it was ok, but a little bit dull in places. His gormless but noble idea that every...
View ArticleJamie Oliver to go on American food road trip
The news that Jamie Oliver will undergo an American road trip next year (from this weekend’s The Telegraph) for Channel 4 raises the question – is he doing it to get away from the people of Rotherham?...
View ArticleSet The Video: Jamie Saves Our Bacon, Channel 4, Tuesday, 27 January, 9pm
Just like Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, Jamie Oliver don’t mind doin’ it for the pigs, in next week’s show Jamie Saves Our Bacon (Channel 4, Tuesday, 27 January, 9pm). In yet another Great British...
View ArticleTV Scoop Interview: Jamie Oliver
Love him or loathe him, Channel 4 has given Jamie Oliver carte blanche to get under the skin of the food industry. I have to say that I prefer him in a kitchen bashing things around, chopping...
View ArticleTV Review: Jamie Saves Our Bacon, Channel 4, Thursday, 29 January, 9pm
“Pigs sleep and root in shit. That’s a filthy animal. I ain’t eat nothin’ that ain’t got enough sense enough to disregard its own faeces.” That quote from Pulp Fiction haunted me throughout my viewing...
View ArticleWatch out American fat people… here comes Jamie Oliver!
The only real foray into America I can remember Jamie Oliver making was with his dreadfully titled Oliver’s Twist series (which actually starts on UKTV Food next week). Back then he was the Naked...
View ArticleSet The Video: Jamie Does… Marrakech, Channel 4, Wednesday, 14 April, 9pm
Jamie Oliver seems to be something of a guilty secret for many. He’s annoying and wildly gesticulates when he talks like someone is operating him like a puppet made out of knicker elastic. However, on...
View ArticleJamie Oliver named most trusted TV chef, banks £41 million in last year!
Jamie Oliver: Most trusted TV chef? It’s been a good week for TV chef Jamie Oliver. Not only is he making gains in the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List banking £41 million in the last 12 months to take his...
View ArticleSaint Jamie wants show to encourage healthy eating
Well smack me in the face with a sprout, what a shock – or not. Jamie Oliver has spoken about his new Channel 4 programme, Jamie at Home, and how he hopes it will encourage viewers to grow their own...
View ArticleJamie Oliver goes on a chicken killing spree for Fowl Dinners
Sometimes I wish I could include celebrity gossip and tat on these pages as, quite often, it looks far more interesting. For example, I could be writing about Britney Spears possibly trying to shoot...
View ArticleSet The Video – Jamie Oliver: Eat to Save Your Life, Channel 4, Wednesday, 10pm
Jamie Oliver is fast becoming the Bono of the food world and I’m getting a bit sick of it. There’s no doubt in my mind that his message is a good one, but like food, you don’t want it rammed down your...
View ArticleTV Review – Jamie Oliver: Eat to Save Your Life, Channel 4, Wednesday, 10pm
Right. That’s it. I’m not watching food programmes anymore. I can’t take it anymore. Ironically, this force feeding of food shows has left me with an aversion. Anymore TV shows about what we eat or how...
View ArticleTV Review: Jamie’s Ministry Of Food, Channel 4, Tuesday 30 September, 9pm
The only surprise in Jamie Oliver’s new series was that the magnificent Timothy Spall was narrator. Very welcome his roughly hewn words were as well. Away from the voiceover, Jamie was back on our...
View ArticleJamie Oliver to go on American food road trip
The news that Jamie Oliver will undergo an American road trip next year (from this weekend’s The Telegraph) for Channel 4 raises the question – is he doing it to get away from the people of Rotherham?...
View ArticleTV Review: Jamie Saves Our Bacon, Channel 4, Thursday, 29 January, 9pm
“Pigs sleep and root in shit. That’s a filthy animal. I ain’t eat nothin’ that ain’t got enough sense enough to disregard its own faeces.” That quote from Pulp Fiction haunted me throughout my viewing...
View ArticleSet The Video: Jamie Does… Marrakech, Channel 4, Wednesday, 14 April, 9pm
Jamie Oliver seems to be something of a guilty secret for many. He’s annoying and wildly gesticulates when he talks like someone is operating him like a puppet made out of knicker elastic. However, on...
View ArticleJamie Oliver named most trusted TV chef, banks £41 million in last year!
Jamie Oliver: Most trusted TV chef? It’s been a good week for TV chef Jamie Oliver. Not only is he making gains in the 2011 Sunday Times Rich List banking £41 million in the last 12 months to take his...
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