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To think that Jamie Oliver lives in a parallel universe?

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iamthenewgirl · 21/12/2014 09:25

Have watched a few of his programmes over the last few days and I cannot help but think wtf?!

Every dish he makes seems to feed about 100 people. He's cooking a chicken kebab about the size of my leg at the moment. Shiny happy children gorging on massive pieces of chocolate cake. His perfect bloody house and his opinions on how we should all be shopping daily from the food market... Hmm

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FishCanFly · 21/12/2014 14:26

Jamie is so annoying. I love cookery programmes, but not his

JenniferGovernment · 21/12/2014 14:32

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limitedperiodonly · 21/12/2014 14:53

he says he exercises and consciously eats halthy food, swapping whites with browns and eating more complex carbs

And that means what, PoppyAmex?

I think it means bugger-all.

If Jamie Oliver is happy with the way he looks, then bully for him. I'm happy with my appearance but I wouldn't give anyone health advice.

Jamie Oliver is not a fitness instructor or, more importantly, a dietician. So he should butt out on that score.

I notice that he talks about nutritionists rather than dieticians and talks about working towards a qualification in nutrition.

Nutritionists are not the people to go to. It's not a proper qualification.

Dieticians are. And it is.

He is talking shite.

Again, I don't know whether he does that because he's deluded or cynical.

velourvoyageur · 21/12/2014 15:11

I like him.
He doesn't have to make every social group feel included (tho of course it would be nice if he did) and his TED talk about childhood obesity was great.

YoungBritishPissArtist · 21/12/2014 15:15

What a nasty thing to say, championnibbler Sad

Hope Jools isn't an MNer. I'd be gutted if someone said that about me.

limitedperiodonly · 21/12/2014 15:19

Even though he's boasted about not overweight any more.

Even though we can't judge it.

Even though it means nothing.

Because Jamie Oliver is someone who makes an enormous amount of money peddling half-baked ideas about food and eating habits.

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 21/12/2014 15:22

I like him. His Instagram feed is good to follow - photos of dishes and links to recipes to make them, no charge. Dont even need to buy his books. He had 20 odd turkeys spare from his farm, invited Instagrammers to send him a funny photo and his favourites have been FedEx'd free turkeys, prepped, and masses of veg to go with it.

Canny bloke imo.

TheWomanTheyCallJayne · 21/12/2014 15:26

If I were to take the time to bash someone in the public eye he wouldn't be anywhere near the top of my list.

limitedperiodonly · 21/12/2014 15:44

I really object to his continued protestations that he doesn't have political views.

He does. We all do.

If he doesn't think so then he holds me in more contempt that I hold him.

And I don't think he's stupid. He's just someone whose politics and social views I find revolting.

fromparistoberlin73 · 21/12/2014 15:50

yabu

I am GORGING on food TV xmas porn at the moment, Nigella, Jamie, Delia,Mary, love em all

fromparistoberlin73 · 21/12/2014 15:55

wow limitedperiod, such vitriol against him! baffles me as they are far far worst people out there TBH

whatevs!

Sallystyle · 21/12/2014 15:58

I don't rate him as a cook really. Never been that impressed with his recipes.

Can't stand Nigella who looks like she is about to shag her utensils or the camera. Beautiful and clever woman, but she makes me cringe.

twoopsie · 21/12/2014 15:59

What was the nigela Venice programming?

I love food porn but would never give this nob any of my own money. The last show he did he bought 20 quid meat to save money and "stretched" it over 3 days. Big fucking deal.

MrsKringle · 21/12/2014 15:59

I love watching his Christmas shows because they make me feel all festive and jealous even though I will never make any of the recipes.

I love cooking but I much prefer Nigella, whose recipes always come out perfect. With JO, I find I have to use a third of the advised amount of olive oil, garlic and chillies. And his recipes are pretty expensive. And I have a fairly well-stocked store cupboard. I've also found his onscreen persona has become more loud and exaggerated as the years have gone by. Confidence in front of the camera is expected when you've been doing it for years, but watching is old stuff is like watching a different person. I had to roll my eyes and turn off when he described something as "amazeballs" in his 15 Minute Meals show.

His Money Saving Meals show was disappointing too. It might have saved money for those who spend a lot on food already, but it was definitely not for anyone on a budget. OK, you can make another meal out of the massive joint, but I wouldn't even be able to avoid that joint of meat in the first place. There was a bloke on there who wanted help with making a "fakeaway" because he spent £4k a year on takeaways! I'm shocked when our Domino's order comes to £30! Thank fuck for vouchers!

twoopsie · 21/12/2014 16:01

I remember the Saintsbury adds he did telling people to gorge on crap, i think Charlie Brooker pulled him up on this snobbery.

Ubik1 · 21/12/2014 16:02

I think poncey Nigella thing is called: Nigellisima and she looks like a beautiful crazed heiress throughout, playing fast and loose with whipped cream.

AdoraBell · 21/12/2014 16:02

Shock Just reading the link re using chile as a punishment and laughing. Angry

If my H did that I'd make him eat the whole chile.

19lottie82 · 21/12/2014 16:04

MrsKringle - so you can't afford a joint of meat that could feed 4 people for three main meals (if you used the leftovers), but you can afford to spend more than that (£30) on a dominos? How does that work?

oswellkettleblack · 21/12/2014 16:04

I don't rate him as a cook, either. He just faffs about with perfectly good food like a nobber. He's a patronising twat, too.

oswellkettleblack · 21/12/2014 16:07

He is always banging on about how much better food is in Italy and they eat more veg and blah blah blah then why not fuck off there, Jamie. He has said some pretty vile things about British people, how they cook and eat compared to people in Sicily, well, we don't fucking live in Sicily.

MrsKringle · 21/12/2014 16:09

MrsKringle - so you can't afford a joint of meat that could feed 4 people for three main meals (if you used the leftovers), but you can afford to spend more than that (£30) on a dominos? How does that work?

Because I order a Domino's about twice a year. And use vouchers. So it comes to less than £30.

I only buy expensive joints of meat at Christmas and Easter.

Infinity8 · 21/12/2014 16:27

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SomethingFunny · 21/12/2014 16:29

We had a lovely 30 minute meal chicken pie for lunch, it is one of my childrens' favourite meals. We used some of the left over roast chicken from yesterday. Using the rest to make chicken curry tomorrow.

Random stealth boast about my ability to feed a family of 4 for 3 days on one chicken

squoosh · 21/12/2014 16:29

I'm often quite irritated by his TV persona and when left to his own devices without a PR person in the room he can often come out with a lot of ill-advised rubbish, 'Jamie's view of the world from his position of almighty privilege'.

But I really like a lot of his recipes and use his books quite often. So I will kindly allow him to stay.

I love Nigella's How To Eat and Nigel's Real Fast Food too, so they're okay with me.

SomethingFunny · 21/12/2014 16:30

Whoops. Didn't mean to bold that!