When Jamie first launched Fifteen, his restaurant staffed by disadvantaged kids who wanted to turn their life around and develop a career, he accompanied it with a warts-and-all documentary that charted his progress (or sometimes lack of it!) and attempted to show just how hard it really is to be successful in catering. This is the book that Jamie released to go along with the T.V series and features a slew of recipes that he used to train his rebellious youngsters into becoming creative geniuses!

As a chef by trade, I tend to find Jamie a little bit annoying and sometimes not as big and clever as he thinks he is but this was a good show, the first of his Documentary-style programmes intended to convey a message as well as showing off his talents, and the book does as good job of accompanying it.

The recipes are very colourfully illustrated and the book looks very nicey-nicey and would not look out of place on your coffee table. The recipes inside are of restaurant quality but made easier to follow for those not classically trained. I like it a lot because it shows what you can do with just a litle enthusiasm and a touch of skill and I personally think this is a very good book for those amateurs wanting to impress at a dinner party; even I have used it on occassion when I wanted to create the oooh factor at a social gathering and I do cooking every blooming day as a living!

It is not perfect and there are a few ingredients that you will not normally stock in your domestic kitchen and might have to go out and find but overall this is a good little book with some very big ideas! And you get to read about some of the people you saw on the T.V show too!