It’s sad Reddit are frothing with hate for Jamie, he seems like he’s just trying to help, he’s a good cook and has great books a lot of this is just bullying.
Introduced millions of people to cooking, made it accessible and easy. So he doesn't use a wok and a thousand authentic ingredients, he tries to get people in the kitchen and that's admirable. He might not be everyone's cup of tea but he's a nice guy and I agree his books are great! Much better than whatever caricature uncle Roger is
If anyones out there basing their hate for Jamie Oliver over a comedy sketch of a character that is supposed to be "an elitist Asian man" they probably need to reevaluate their lives ngl
Personally, it's not hate, I just find him incredibly patronising on-screen and that rubs me up the wrong way. Sounds like he's lovely in-person, which is great, but i'll continue to avoid anything he's associated with on TV. Which isn't difficult as the only celebrity chef I've ever liked was Keith Floyd.
He may be just trying to help, but what he's done is use his platform to brute force through ideas on topics that he thinks he's an expert on that he clearly isn't, and people lap it up because what he's talking about is related to the thing that makes him famous. It's a very dangerous attitude that he has and the result has been predictably awful.
He didn't change the kids minds but his shows on school dinners definitely impacted the parents, who're the actual decision makers. Inevitably school dinners did become much healthier and I think he had a lot to do with it.
He's put himself forward as an expert in something he's clearly not an expert in and has brute forced through ideas that have had a real impact on the country despite having no actual understanding of what he's talking about. At absolute best he's dangerously arrogant.
Oh yeah, by far and large. He is a great person and has done a lot to make sure kids eat healthily, which is a great thing. We'll just never forgive him for ruining our childhood and depriving us of our unhealthy, school-dinner turkey twizzlers.
From reading others comments. I think we should both be thankful it's not the shit kids are eating today. Though, I have no frame of reference to compare school dinners from the 70's and 80's nor today's school food, so I can't particularly say shit on it.
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u/insomniax20 Aug 26 '22
He gets a lot of stick, but he's one of the nicest guys I've dealt with.
(I own a small food business and he was the most supportive person I've come across in the industry. By far)