The One Show isn't known for its cooking segments but the show underwent a bit of a change this week as the presenting line-up was treated to various foodie delights from celebrity chefs and bakers - including cake from Mary Berry.
But during Thursday night's edition of the BBC One chat show (September 1), Alex Jones and Ronan Keating appeared in The One Show's very own kitchen with Jamie Oliver. The famous chef was cooking on the show to promote his new book 'One' which is said to be full of 'simple one-pan wonders'.
Jamie’s One-Pan Wonders is also airing on Channel 4 as his latest cooking show sees him whip up dishes from his new book. As he joined Alex and Ronan live on the show, Jamie decided to cook up a sausage and minestrone soup with the hosts following along next to him.
Speaking about his book, Jamie told viewers: "In this book I've used supermarket ingredients...never more than eight ingredients and for now when people are talking about cost of living and stuff like that, most of the recipes are in pans on hobs. So a hob is about four times cheaper than an oven."
Discussing the cost of the dish he was making on the programme, he added: "10 minutes of cooking that's about 10p, actually slightly less, in energy. And this dish with no tweaks is £1.45 per portion."
But those watching at home didn't actually believe that would be the true cost and felt the segment was 'patronising'. @iainm68 tweeted: "£1.45 a portion? Do u know how much parmesan cheese is!!#TheOneShow."
@claretrickett sarcastically commented: "Nothing like a millionaire Jamie Oliver teaching us how to cook for a pound #TheOneShow. @dcm_illness shared: "Book costs £20 to show you how to make a £1 dinner. What's the point eh when you're in a food Bank eh? Fresh veg and fruit non existent. Now red wine? F*** me Jamie I ain't got red pop!! #TheOneShow."
@KeithMcCormac17 fumed: "Millionaire chef patronising the f*** out of us." But @Hair_With_Jayne noted: "Great one pot meal but I'm not sure fresh pasta and parmesan is every day essentials for the shopping list of people on the bread line?"
In 2019 Jamie's restaurant empire collapsed and 22 of the 25 branches of Jamie's Italian were closed while the other three were sold off. A thousand people lost their jobs, Jamie was reported to have lost £25 million of his own money.
Asked by MailOnline of this was the case, the star cook simply replied: "Yep!" But that hasn't seemed to have put him off planning to open another restaurant in the near future. "The plan is to see how the dust settles in the next 18 months, which will be tricky for everyone in the restaurant game, then get back into it," he told ht publication. "With a wiser head."
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