I’m not entirely sure what the purpose of this show was; new and exotic foods or a tale of Souls Saved by Soup?

Jamie endeavouring to change things for the better isn’t a new notion of course, and it’s something he does well. He never seems overly patronising and appears ready to listen to others, but if the purpose of this new offering from the infinitely marketable stable that is Jamie Oliver, was only to demonstrate new recipes, why the liberal lobbing in of gangster gone good stories?

The moral of the show was fairly evident early on; a love of food and taking on a career in catering can get a person out of trouble and into a normal workaday life, which is all well and good, but the combination of the two things in last night’s show made for singularly clunky segues. Read more & comment »