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

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

I saw the TV programme and liked the look of the type of recipes that Jamie was teaching so I got the book at Christmas and I was not disappointed. This book is full of recipes for real wholesome food which so far I have found to be delicious. It may not be posh dinner party style, but it is definitely hearty nutritious food that I ...  Read the complete review

I've never been a huge fan of Jamie Oliver's books; they use too many fresh herbs and odd ingredients that just sit in my cupboard for months afterwards until I bin them. My Husband got given this book for Christmas and seeing as it's me that does the cooking I thought I'd give it a go and I found it to be very different to Jamie's other books, ...  Read the complete review

Upon receiving this book as a christmas present I was eager have a good look! I had previously been put of with fancy cook books and fancy chef's. Jamie is totally up my street, I had watched the series and therefore knew that the recipes would be simple and most importantly not too expensive. The book itself is broken down into ...  Read the complete review

I really enjoyed this book, I never saw the TV series, but the idea of one of the best chef's in the country creating a book to help anyone cook using normal ingredients rather than some of the more expensive ones really appealed to me, so I bought the book, at the time I got it for £8 in Tesco's. It actually retails for £25 but you can ...  Read the complete review

My sister got this book for Christmas as a present. We had watched the series that was aired late last year and really enjoyed watching Jamie teach the recipes. The book is based on the premise of the series, which is that anyone can cook if they are taught some simple recipes. Jamie's vision is that if he teaches some people recipes and they ...  Read the complete review

I am a complete cooking-a-phobe if that's a word! I did not venture in the kitchen at all until recently and I literally learned the basics.......... beans on toast, sausages, boiling an egg! My wife bought this book home one day and showed me some of the recipes inside. After reading a few I decided I would set myself a ...  Read the complete review

Jamie's Ministry of Food - Anyone can cook was a Christmas present from my bother to myself and even though I was only a Jamie oliver fan when he first come out and right now i am a fan but ive moved onto other celebrity chefs cook books etc and would have never bought this book unless it was bought for me. Jamie's book offers the main ...  Read the complete review

I bought this as a pre christmas present for my boyfriend. We are both big fan's of Jamie Oliver's food, but I took a bit of a punt with this one as we hadn't seen much of the show. But I picked it up anyway, and I'm so glad that I did. Like many people who have a lot of cookbooks, we don't often use more than half a dozen recipes out ...  Read the complete review

Being a food lover, I have my fair share of cook books over the time. Although I do consider myself with good cooking skills, most of my dishes are Oriental flavours because of where I come from originally. I decided it is time to polish my skills on British cooking. I've owned serveral other Jame's book and find it entertaining but not ...  Read the complete review

This book was written to accompany Jamie's latest Channel Four series. Personally, I am a very big Jamie fan, believing that he deserves a knighthood for his work in school kitchens, the Fifteen restaurants and now his mission to get the UK in the kitchen. BUT I realise from reading the reviews for this book that not everyone feels they same way ...  Read the complete review

As someone that doesn't particularly like cooking and that isn't particularly adventurous with it.....this was the best purchase I've made! I already have a shelf full of cook books, Ainsley, Delia, Gordon and other Jamie books included but this is a first book that's actually inspired me to try new things on a regular basis. The book ...  Read the complete review

I must admit, I saw the accompanying TV programme that this book accompanies, where Jamie Oliver deeply patronises my fellow South Yorkshiremen by teaching Rotherham to cook, and ended up thinking this man is an iredeemable prat. So I inwardly groaned when my girlfriend got this book for Christmas. However a quick flash through the ...  Read the complete review

I as much as any other wannabe amateur chef enjoy following intricate recipe books to create amazing culinary masterpieces. However I felt it was time to add some more basic meals to my repertoire, ones I could create without having to refer to a recipe. I was astounded to find what I needed in Jamie Oliver's latest book. I was rather ...  Read the complete review

Jamie Oliver - the Marmite of TV chefs!! A cheeky geezer or a pain? I love Marmite - unfortunately I cannot say the same about Mr Oliver.....Nevertheless, I will endeavour to be objective about this latest offering from the a) marvellous Mockney or b) Orrible Oik (delete as appropriate). This book has been produced alongside his TV ...  Read the complete review