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Jamie's Ministry of Food (2008)

Jamie's Ministry of Food poster
Genre
cooking show
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Jamie Oliver runs a program in Rotherham, England to teach ordinary people how to cook basic meals from scratch. The idea is that each person who learns will then teach others, spreading cooking skills through the community.

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What happens

Jamie's Ministry of Food is a four-part Jamie Oliver food docu-series that aired from 30 September to 21 October 2008, following his attempts to teach basic cooking skills to residents in Rotherham. The title of the show is a play on the Ministry of Food that existed during the Second World War to help people eat well despite food rationing. A companion cookbook of the same name was also released. The show attempted to be premised on the principle of Oliver's 'Pass It On' campaign, with the idea that teaching local townspeople a selection of recipes and skills would see them passing those on to family members and friends and thereby cause an exponential growth. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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