Jamies Ministry of Food

Jamie Oliver is a decent guy, I know he gets criticised a lot for his demeanour and maybe i'm a bit naive as I know this programme has an associated book which will sell by the bucket load, but I found this programme to be one of the best cookery shows I had seen on tv over the last few years. It doesn't try to make things too fancy, it actually dumbs it down to help families and people who work long days to enjoy good filling meals at low prices. When I say that the cooking is dumbed down this isn't fair, the recipes are quick and easy and encourage families to eat together and to eat meals rather than ready food which must only be encouraged. Oliver looks ...  Read the complete review

I missed the first episode of this Jamie Oliver series as I felt that it wasn just another war of his against unhealthy peoples eating habits. I then saw a tv advert for the second episode and it interested me enough to take a look. I thoughly enjoyed it, I am not too sure about the pass it on method but by the sheer fact that he managed to inspire the miners taste buds so much that after 50 years of plain eating, he is now cooking interesting spicy food, it makes these porgrams worth while. I find it hard to believe that people are still continually feeding their children processed food and that grown men and women cannot even cook the most plainest of food and live on ...  Read the complete review

Good old Jamie Oliver! The righteous and chirpy Cockney cook has found time in his busy schedule of patronizing southerners to patronize northerners with his new TV show. With the ever increasing tribe of TV cooks treading on his toes 'darn sarf' the pseudo working class boy his strengthening his niche of 'cook of the people' by heading up north to pasties new, although one or two of his critics would add another 'c' to that title of 'cook of the people'. He says he's doing it to help the people of Rotherham to cook healthier and so ease the NHS obesity crisis where as we know different. Its Christmas soon and there are cook books to be sold and DVDs to be pressed! ...  Read the complete review