Jamie's Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours - Jamie Oliver Reviews

I can honestly say that this is the best £18.00 I have ever spent! I bought this for my Fiance a year ago and it now sits pride of place on a stand in our kitchen! We have both used this book, my Fiance more than myself as he likes to think of himself as a bit of a chef! This book is easy to read and understand, is full of recipes and useful ...  Read the complete review

I've never been what you would call a "good" cook so when I saw this book I had to buy it. I watched the series on television and thought it was fantastic - the food is somewhat basic but with a typical Jamie Oliver twist. The book teaches you everything from a basic casserole to chicken with posh ham, curries to pies. It ...  Read the complete review

My boyfriend and I recently moved into our first house which was a really exciting even if it did nearly bankrupt us. After a couple of weeks the novelty of living on our own finally wore off as we realised that the fridge was empty except for some jam and tomato ketchup, the washing basket was overflowing and our bank account was looking quite ...  Read the complete review

This book is a great present for just about anyone. If you have a family or your a student your going to be able to put this book to good use. I enjoy cooking simple and quick healthy meals however most recipe books I find seem to be quite extravagant meals for entertaining or some of the ingredients are too expensive or need to be ...  Read the complete review

Jamie Oliver is just one of the preachy celebrity chefs that are trying to guilt trip us into eating more healthily and to cook it ourselves, what's happening to the world? First the wholegrain cereal ads go all self-righteous, not the chefs are doing it too? Although he seems to have set his goals a little too high (I'm sure that not ...  Read the complete review

Whether or not you like Jamie Oliver, i think it would be difficult not to find at least one recipie that you like. A lot of people instantly hated this because they dislike Jamie, but if you read this with an open mind and just look at it as another cook book, you'll be pleasantly suprised. He makes cooking good food extremely accessible and ...  Read the complete review

I love this book, its such an easy cook book to follow. The recipes he has put into this book uses items of food that are easy to get hold of. Often you already have them in so don't need to spend lots of money on special items that you have never heard of. The recipes are all easy to do and can make boring meat and veg very tasty. The only ...  Read the complete review

This book is perfect for students like myself, but also anybody else who finds themselves culinary challenged. The selection of recipes in the book are excellent, the majority I would actually consider cooking (unlike a vast amount of other cookbooks I have flicked through). The instructions are almost too easy to follow, and wrote ...  Read the complete review

Instead of my usual recycling of old ciao reviews (with improvements) this is my first exclusive dooyoo review, hope you enjoy: - Jamie Oliver is a cooking phenomenon who usually gets on my nerves, especially in the sainsburys adverts where I feel patronised by his "eat for a fiver" range, like I want/need to spend £140 a ...  Read the complete review

This really is a fantastic book. Unpretentious, real, enjoyable recipes. There's something for everyone, from spicy curries to traditional roasts. Everything is explained in detail and there's loads of pictures to help you follow the recipe which I personally find very useful. I like the fact that he's used affordable ...  Read the complete review

Love this book! I watched the Ministry of Food series last year and the book has very little to do with it other than some small profiles of the major characters from the show. Rather, this is a collection of simple(ish) recipes that Jamie encourages you learn, cook and pass on to friends and family. I made a resolution this ...  Read the complete review

The idea of this book was as a follow on to a television series Jamie Oliver presented on Channel 4, he bemoaned the fact that too many people in this country rely on junk food and don't know how to cook simple low cost meals with much better nutritional values. The book itself is a real godsend for me, rather than having fancy recipes ...  Read the complete review

Jamie Oliver is someone I have watched on TV with someone intrepidation so I was delighted when I was given this book as a Christmas present. It has proved to be a great bonus in the kitchen! The book is well presented, the photographs make it easy to see if you are doing what you are meant to be doing (lets face it, the end result doesn't ...  Read the complete review

Jamie Oliver has become something of a crusader for improving childrens school dinners and teaching the public to cook nutritious home prepared meals. This book was released hot on the heels of the Ministry of Food series set in Rotherham where he teaches the locals how to cook the basics and avoid the unhealthy easy dinner alternatives (e.g. ...  Read the complete review

As a complete non-cooker before now, I was amazed to see that my husband got me this book for Mother's Day. I've always wanted to learn how to cook but have just never got round to it. Obviously I had heard of Jamie Oliver before and was impressed by the fact that my husband had chosen the chef that always seems to relate to normal people like ...  Read the complete review

I got this recipe book for Christmas and I have to say that I have used it regularly in 2009. I have a shelf full of recipe books and I'm glad to say that this one hasn't collected any dust yet! The book is typical of Jamie Olivers style with plenty of artistic photography to provide essential pictures of the completed ...  Read the complete review

I received Jamie Oliver's 'Ministry of Food' as a Christmas present and I absolutely love it. I like to cook and have a few cookbooks but I find that I hardly ever use them as the recipes aren't 'down to earth' enough or they use a million different ingredients. No way, not with this book. The recipes are fantastic and soooo easy to ...  Read the complete review

I had never been much of a cook, so upon moving into my first home last October, I was pleased to be presented with a cook book which seemed highly appropiate - "anyone can learn to cook in 24 hours". Even me? Surely not... Well it seems Jamie's book does exactly what it says on the cover... This book is absolutely brilliant ...  Read the complete review

I am an enthusiastic cook with a wide range of cook books (including every other Jamie Oliver book) and when I received this for Christmas, I wasn't entirely sure I needed it. After all, I 'can' cook and I do cook regularly, so why did I need a book that is essentially written for beginners? However, in the two months I have had this book, I have ...  Read the complete review

It is a common place joke amongst my friends that I am typically, 'can't cook, won't cook' (Though I am very good at ordering in take away!) I received this for a birthday present and although my initial thoughts were which dish shall I mess up first, I have to admit that a couple of months down the line, I absolutely love this ...  Read the complete review