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Jamie At Home

September 19th 2007 06:14
This is yet another fantastic program produced by the sexy Jamie Oliver. As far as I’m concerned he can do no wrong.

In last week’s episode the feature ingredient was strawberries. He made an unusual sounding strawberry salad, saying, “If there’s an acidity that loves strawberries, its balsamic vinegar.” Well there you go, who would have thought?

Next it was muddled strawberries poured in champagne, strawberry jam and then a gooey rice pudding covered with, you guessed it, more strawberries. Yum! My mouth’s watering already.




I love his recipes because they are simple and achievable for the ordinary cook at home. Yet they are also very different and innovative, and always full of flavour.

The whole show is punctuated with charming English details as Jamie takes us through his own cottage garden collecting fresh ingredients. He explains that a hen had been roosting in the wild strawberry patch and we are lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the little chicks following their mother through the undergrowth.

This excellent program is currently showing at 7.30pm on Thursdays on Channel 10 in Sydney.

Or check out the official Jamie Oliver website for related merchandise. http://www.jamieoliver.com/
He has a ‘Jamie At Home Book’ and there are also podcasts, recipes and DVDs for sale.

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Cooking In The Danger Zone

May 15th 2007 10:04
This BBC program looks absolutely phenomenal. For a while TV producers have been sourcing new and more interesting ways to present cooking programs. This has resulted in some reality TV style shows such as 'Jamie's School Dinners' and travel style programs such as 'Food Bazaar' or even competitions such as the 'Iron Chef' or 'Ready, Steady Cook.'

http://www.thegastronaut.com

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Food Safari

April 18th 2007 12:29
Food Safari explores different kinds of cuisine by taking you on a crash course of some simple classic dishes and the key ingredients that they feature. This happens in the form of rapid fire recipes presented by different chefs filmed in a casual documentary style with fast paced jump cuts. The overall effect can be quite overwhelming but also stresses the simplicity of each dish.

The host Maeve O'Meara holds a fairly sedate role, sourcing the diverse guests but then allowing them to do most of the talking. Nevertheless this affords the viewer a variety of opinions with the comfort a familiar face throughout the episode


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Mornings With Kerri-Anne often has various cooking segments, and they regularly feature guest chef Michael Moore. Sharing his name with a political activist and parodic current affairs show host, Mike is also the owner of Sydney’s Summit Restaurant.

Generally he cooks while Kerri-Anne hovers about in a busty floral dress, making occassional dithering comments. I was watching the show at work yesterday and I discovered something new: Kerri-Anne is attractive to men. And I’m not talking about aging desperados, I’m talking about men in their mid thirties. This had never occurred to me before


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Jamie's Kitchen

February 9th 2007 03:54
Another engaging cooking show starring my favourite celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver. Jamie’s Kitchen is a clever blend of cooking meets reality TV. The premise; Jamie takes a group of unemployed young people and mentors them until they bloom into accomplished chefs, finally employing them in his new restaurant.

The series follows the trails and tribulations that occur as Jamie struggles to educate kids who are not used to being given chances in life. He also has the stress of financing and furnishing the new restaurant to contend with


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Floyd on Fish

January 15th 2007 11:06
Keith Floyd is seriously weird. Not in the usual, trying to be zany TV personality kind of weird, just that kind of subtle weirdness that gets you off guard when you start to watch someone. Possibly attributed to the fact that he always seems kind of pissed, flushed in the cheeks as he finds yet another excuse for yet more wine.

Aside from that he’s a delightfully English chap preparing jolly good meals with old world charm. As he profiles chefs and fishermen, and eventually creates his own dishes, Floyd keeps up a constant stream of inane banter. Such as, I don’t believe you should ever garnish a meal with tomato or cucumber just for the sake of it- this is highly deceptive- garnish should only be used to highlight the ingredients used within the dish


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Ainsley’s Meals in Minutes

December 15th 2006 05:47
Another cooking show by the friendly and charismatic Ainsley who has shot to stardom from British TV to world fame.

Ainsley is great because he presents practical advice in an entertaining way. He’s not too serious about cooking and his enthusiasm is infectious. Sometimes he even sings


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River Cottage Road Trip

November 29th 2006 10:58
River Cottage Road Trip is yet another TV cooking show hosted by a strange Englishman. Each week Hugh adventures through a gorgeous part of Britain, discovering what culinary treats it has to offer.

Like any good Brit he likes to kill his food before he eats it, and thus much fishing and hunting ensues. In this episode they perform a not very serious hunt for the mythical haggis beast, which mostly involves several drunken Scotsmen running around the moors in tartan kilts yelling and carrying on while waving weapons in the air. They eventually catch the poor wee beastie (a sack of haggis with feathers stuck into it and eyes drawn on) and devour it, but not before soaking it with a good deal more scotch


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Food Lover's Guide to Australia SBS

November 14th 2006 01:59
The Food Lover’s Guide to Australia is a fantastic program that has run for several successful seasons on SBS. They showcase a diverse range of Australian cuisine stretching from the artful to the unusual and with a focus on Australia’s multiculturalism.
www.foodandwinelovers.com.au
www.foodandwinelovers.com.au

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Food Lover's Guide to Australia

November 8th 2006 07:04
The Food Lover’s Guide to Australia is a fantastic program that has run for several successful seasons on SBS. They showcase a diverse range of Australian cuisine stretching from the artful to the unusual and with a focus on Australia’s multiculturalism.
www.foodandwinelovers.com.au

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Post Punk Kitchen

November 2nd 2006 12:02
I have always been a fan of community TV. It’s usually fun and raw and unpretentious. Post Punk Kitchen is a cute little show produced in Brooklyn by a couple of sexy young girls with great taste (in clothes as well as food).
http://www.theppk.com
They say, “We've always loved cooking shows but they tend to be gross,” so what better reason to start your own? Like good socially conscious post punks they specialise in vegetarian and vegan cooking. They make all sorts of delightful treats including vegan cupcakes and ice cream which I believe is always of interest to Vegans who are trying to spice up their diet with a variety of tasty flavours.

The show is hosted by Isa Moskowitz and Terry Romero. They have a low budget, early Jamie Oliver style that works really well as the hosts are pretty relaxed and genuine. There’s usually a theme like Passover, Valentine’s Day or Mexican and each episode they also feature a local alternative band and talk to them about food and cooking


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Feast Bazaar SBS

October 11th 2006 04:39
Feast Bazaar is not simply about food but an intimate exploration of its intricate relationship with history, life and culture. The ten part series aired on SBS and features areas in Morocco and Syria, depicting them as tantalising and enigmatic. The cinematography is absolutely beautiful and will leave you with a yearning to visit the places featured.

The program’s host, Barry Vera, is not too annoying and presents a varied and respectful view of the colourful towns. He also has a first hand experience with the wonderful world of food as he owns a restaurant, named after himself. http://www.vera.com.au/

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The Cook and the Chef

August 3rd 2006 08:12
The Cook and the Chef is a great little show that runs on the ABC on Wednesdays, 6.30pm. If you’re lucky enough to own a digital box top the program is also repeated at 8.00pm and 10.30 pm on Wednesdays and 8pm on Thursdays. These numerous alternate screening times are testimony to the show’s popularity.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/cookandchef/default.htm

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Jamie's School Dinners

July 13th 2006 08:29
Jamie’s School Dinners is a highly interesting and original TV series. By this point Jamie Oliver has become an international celebrity chef with a lot of quality work under his belt and he can afford to be creative and take some risks.

The show is basically an attempt by the lovable Jamie to reform the meals served in schools so that they reflect acceptable nutritional levels and encourage healthy eating habits. However, this inevitably not as easy as it may at first seem.

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