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To be concerned about Jamie Oliver's kitchen

255 replies

soupyspoon · 02/02/2026 20:22

I love Jamie. Wont hear a word against him

But I grow more and more 'concerned' (I like this word more and more these days, everyone has 'concerns' about something and this is mine) about his kitchen and his handling

Poor Jamie does not seem to have many bowls and spoons

He mashes up things on a wooden board with his hands

He scrunches things with his hands, no spoon available

He chops and bashes things with the wrong implements, like the bottom of a glass or something

Tonight he mashed potato on a chopping board and now scrunching up mince potato and carrot with his hands.

Then with his mincey hands he moves the bowl, touches this, touches that. No tea towels either.

Here he goes again right now, layering all his chopped veg on the worktop. Directly on it

No plates available again I see Jamie.

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StarChamber · 08/02/2026 00:54

Fizbosshoes · 03/02/2026 13:19

On a vaguely related note, I followed a Mary Berry biscuit recipe that had crushed boiled sweets in them.
There was literally nothing I found in the kitchen that could crush the flipping sweets, honestly they seemed indestructible. The only thing we managed to break was a plate

I suspect that Mary Berry has secret blacksmithing skills because we ended up using a hammer and makeshift anvil in the shed.

viques · 08/02/2026 01:02

I think he is a very lucky man because he has clearly come to an arrangement with his energy suppliers that he can have all the energy he wants for free, so when he puts stuff on to cook he doesn’t have to factor in the energy costs of the meal.

“ I have costed out the price of this inch of fresh ginger and this single spring onion, but the forty minutes the food takes to cook/ the six gas burners I am using on my stove/ the kettles of water I am boiling all come completely free thanks to my good friends at Free 2Me Energy”

NYCLassie · 08/02/2026 01:43

Nigella Lawson is a bit gross as well. Licking her fingers, then dipping them into this and that! And those revolting moans and lip smacking noises. I've often wished she'd just take her chocolate mousse somewhere private and have at it

BeardofHagrid · 08/02/2026 07:51

Jamie has never been the same since Uncle Roger turned him into a meme 😌

ITMA2000 · 08/02/2026 07:54

ArcticBells · 02/02/2026 20:39

Poor Jamie can’t even afford a spoon! 😱

He is estimated to be worth £200 million or so.
He doesn't deserve that. He campaigned to take away Turkey Twizzlers and chocolate cake. Tried to ruin childhood for a generation!

EvieBB · 08/02/2026 08:04

😂

EvieBB · 08/02/2026 08:06

soupyspoon · 02/02/2026 20:53

Oh god here he goes again

Grating lime and nutmeg all over the work top.

#gofundme - Jamie needs plates

😂

EvieBB · 08/02/2026 08:07

ArcticBells · 02/02/2026 20:39

Poor Jamie can’t even afford a spoon! 😱

😂

EvieBB · 08/02/2026 08:12

BeanQuisine · 03/02/2026 02:20

Heh.😂

I only watch him when he's on the telly in my GP's waiting room. Like a lot of male foodies his main "skill" seems to be cramming loads of superfluous ingredients into things, like his "coleslaw" which includes every species of veg he can lay his mincey hands on. And then he mixes it all by hand instead of using tossing tools, perhaps to demonstrate what a prize tosser he is.

😂

Fizbosshoes · 08/02/2026 08:36

I won a wooden spoon last week for coming last in a pub quiz, maybe that might be an option for him?

rainbowunicorn22 · 08/02/2026 10:17

mashing potatoes on a board must make an awful mess, especially when added to the nuts that have gone everywhere
All we can think is thank goodness he is not still doing school meals bring back turkey twizzlers

TinselAngel · 08/02/2026 11:10

The first time I made bread I mixed the dough on a board like Jamie says, instead of in a bowl like normal people. Me and my kitchen ended up looking like that Indian festival where they throw paint at each other.

OvernightBloats · 08/02/2026 11:26

Jamie bishes, bashes, boshes everything because he knows someone else will clean the mess when he is doing these programmes.

Bet he uses bowls and spoons like a normal person when he is not presenting.

BiteSizeByzantine · 08/02/2026 12:31

upstairsdownstairscardboardbox · 02/02/2026 20:45

"bish bash bosh laaaavvvvveerrrley innit me old mucker. Me? I'm a geezer you know, common as muck me, look at me mashin' an' bashin' this spud on a board. Laaaavverrrrley even youse, yes youse you fackin peasant, even a pauper like you can do this shit"

😂😂

Im dead. 😂😂😂

CluelessAboutBiology · 08/02/2026 12:31

Womaninhouse17 · 02/02/2026 22:02

I'd pay not to.

I’d pay yo be the one who does it.

in our town, when his restaurant closed down, McDonalds moved into that building. DP is convinced that McD’s just did it for the bantz.

wandererofthekingdom · 08/02/2026 12:44

TinselAngel · 08/02/2026 11:10

The first time I made bread I mixed the dough on a board like Jamie says, instead of in a bowl like normal people. Me and my kitchen ended up looking like that Indian festival where they throw paint at each other.

This happened to me following his instructions to make pizza dough, I made the well in the middle poured in the liquid which gushed all over my lovely new kitchen all down the cabinets. I will never not use a bowl again!!!

godmum56 · 08/02/2026 12:56

CluelessAboutBiology · 08/02/2026 12:31

I’d pay yo be the one who does it.

in our town, when his restaurant closed down, McDonalds moved into that building. DP is convinced that McD’s just did it for the bantz.

I'd be delighted to get a Mac's near me.

Labelledelune · 08/02/2026 13:02

I went off Jamie when he managed to get sweeteners put in everything. Who’s his paymasters?

BTMama1 · 08/02/2026 15:08

soupyspoon · 02/02/2026 20:22

I love Jamie. Wont hear a word against him

But I grow more and more 'concerned' (I like this word more and more these days, everyone has 'concerns' about something and this is mine) about his kitchen and his handling

Poor Jamie does not seem to have many bowls and spoons

He mashes up things on a wooden board with his hands

He scrunches things with his hands, no spoon available

He chops and bashes things with the wrong implements, like the bottom of a glass or something

Tonight he mashed potato on a chopping board and now scrunching up mince potato and carrot with his hands.

Then with his mincey hands he moves the bowl, touches this, touches that. No tea towels either.

Here he goes again right now, layering all his chopped veg on the worktop. Directly on it

No plates available again I see Jamie.

😂😂

FateAmenableToChange · 08/02/2026 16:24

Agree, hands all over the food is a bit ick to me. Makes me feel like I wouldn’t want to eat it. Which I think psychologically is not an ideal outcome for a cooking show.

godmum56 · 08/02/2026 16:52

Labelledelune · 08/02/2026 13:02

I went off Jamie when he managed to get sweeteners put in everything. Who’s his paymasters?

that was the final straw for me. All the fake sweeteners give me headaches and or stomach aches and or the runs. Worst 24 hour's of my stomachs life was when i chugged an ice cold bottle of lucozade and didn't realise it was the new recipe.

Labelledelune · 08/02/2026 19:07

godmum56 · 08/02/2026 16:52

that was the final straw for me. All the fake sweeteners give me headaches and or stomach aches and or the runs. Worst 24 hour's of my stomachs life was when i chugged an ice cold bottle of lucozade and didn't realise it was the new recipe.

Most people don’t even realise.

StarChamber · 08/02/2026 19:41

godmum56 · 08/02/2026 16:52

that was the final straw for me. All the fake sweeteners give me headaches and or stomach aches and or the runs. Worst 24 hour's of my stomachs life was when i chugged an ice cold bottle of lucozade and didn't realise it was the new recipe.

Yes, I can’t drink any soft drinks any more. I really miss a proper glass of cold pop on a hot day.

godmum56 · 08/02/2026 20:34

StarChamber · 08/02/2026 19:41

Yes, I can’t drink any soft drinks any more. I really miss a proper glass of cold pop on a hot day.

fever tree or bottle green are ok