FOOD
JAMIE’S QUICK & EASY FOOD
C4, 8pm Super-excited chef Jamie Oliver has something extremely amazing to tell us. Awesome... pukka even. He reckons he’s come up with a new way of cooking. Yes, I was dubious at this point, too.
Stripping it back to basics, this is quick and easy, as the title suggests, using just five ingredients per recipe.
“Perfect for people who don’t have the time or energy for complicated cooking,” he explains.
Jamie wants to get us all cooking – that’s actually cooking, rather than say, watching him cook while we eat crisps.
And we know what he’s like, bobbing up and down with enthusiasm, talking about “snacks with attitude” and telling himself: “Calm down Jamie, it’s just a dish.” Quite honestly, we’re determined to hate it all.
But something odd happens a few minutes in, when you’ve learnt to ignore the annoying pop soundtrack and will be wondering if they sell mango chutney at your local Tesco Express. Because those flatbreads look flipping amazing and the scallops look pretty pukka too.
We stand corrected!