As his time in Rotherham draws to a close, Jamie needs to make sure his campaign will work without him; he wants his new recruits to hold Pass It On street parties, culminating in a jamboree for the whole town, and get the local council to pledge their support. And he wants to get the whole country cooking and persuade councils up and down the country to set up their own Ministry of Food HQs. Most of his new recruits want to get cracking on the street parties, but Julie is convinced it won’t work. Meanwhile Jamie dispatches star pupil Natasha as an ambassador for his campaign.

Tuesday 21 October 2008
9:00pm, Channel 4

With takeaway-mad Britain facing a heath crisis, and inspired by the wartime Ministry of Food, Jamie Oliver is trying to get a whole town cooking fresh food. Jamie’s in the Yorkshire town of Rotherham, home to Julie Critchlow, the fiercest critic of his school dinners campaign, to see if he can create a blueprint to revolutionise how the country eats.

He’s persuaded Julie to join him and taught a group of non-cooks – including young mum Natasha, whose kids lived on takeaways, and miner Mick, who’d never cooked in his life – ten simple meals to pass on to their friends, who should pass them on in turn.

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Jamie Oliver has hit out at people who claimed that his new Channel 4 TV Show, Ministry Of Food, made fools of the people of Rotherham.

Councillor John Gilding, leader of the town’s Conservative group, said, “I was disappointed by the portrayal of our town.

“It gave the impression that everyone was down at heel and it made us look like dumbos.”

Local sandwich shop owner, Neil Beaumont said, “It made us all look like numpties.’’

And local chef, Alan Dale, added, “My message to Jamie is: ‘Stay away from Rotherham!’

Jamie defended the show to the BBC saying : “Some people in Rotherham think we’re there making it look bad but if anything I came away thinking, ‘What a great bunch of people’.” Read more & comment »

Many of you have been asking where to find the recipes featured on channel 4’s new TV show, Jamies Ministry Of Food.

Well have no fear! The cheeky chappy has written a fabulous book, containing all the recipes from the show and more.

Order Your Copy Here!

Cheap at only £10. I recommend a speedy purchase as this book has received a LOT of interest and is sure to fly off the shelves!

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Inspired by the wartime Ministry of Food that helped people make the most of their rations, Jamie Oliver wants to start a food revolution. He’s travelling to Rotherham – where Julie Critchlow was a “Burger Mum” after defying his school dinners campaign, passing takeaways through playground railings – to see if he can inspire an entire town to get cooking. Jamie quickly discovers that Julie is actually a pretty nifty cook herself, so he recruits her to help him. But Julie is not convinced – and nor are a number of other people he encounters. Has he bitten off more than he can chew? Read more & comment »