Fat-tongued, Mockney (rhymes with pukka)

[Sean]

Let me start by stating that I am not a fan of Jamie Oliver.

He seems to believe that he is the only person on the planet who knows what we should eat and his mission in life seems to be to 'save the world' by a process of scolding, ridicule and humiliation. He is the new Bono.

Tonight I watched an episode of 'Jamie's Food Revolution'. For those who haven't seen it, it is his attempt to gain access to schools in LA and show everybody how to eat properly. Not working very well for him so far... the LAUSD have denied him access to their schools; a decision which Oliver has seized upon to declaim their "lack of transparency" and paint them as evil overlords who want to see a new generation of unhealthy obese Americans.

The truth is somewhat different. The LAUSD, it seems, were happy to welcome a 'celebrity' chef into their schools to promote healthy eating. What they don't want are their schools turned into a reality TV circus... a 'stage' for Jamie Oliver.
And rightly so!

So does good old Jamie leave his camera crew behind and teach the kids a few things (because after all, he's only doing this 'for the kids')?

Does he fuck!

Instead he makes a big song and dance about the evils of the LAUSD while the kids go unhelped.

But that wasn't the worst part of the show. Oh no...

Ace Oliver (what a guy!) was asked to help out a single dad with two sons (14 and 10yrs old). The dad worked hard to support his family and this left him with bugger all time with them and bugger all time to cook for them. The family were subsisting on takeaways. The dad was very unhappy about this situation and wanted to learn how to change their diets for the better.

So does Jamie waltz in, take them into the kitchen and show them how to prepare fast healthy meals on a budget?

Well yes he does. Eventually...

The first thing Jamie does is to fill their living room with a year's worth of fast food and reduce the dad to tears. This poor bastard is doing his best for his kids and Captain Fuckwit still feels the need to make him feel like a complete arsehole before deigning to help him. The fucker!

Most people seem to think that the sun shines out of his arse but to me Jamie Oliver is nothing more than a self-aggrandising little prick!



Did I mention that I don't like him very much either?

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[Sue U]

I don't get the subject line.

But nice rant!

[Rick]

Best guess is he 's making fun of the way Oliver twists his speech.

Never seen him...

[Daisy]

Jamie does have a tongue the size of a pillow. A "mockney" is a fake Cockney - Jamie isn't from the East End of London he's from Essex. And what rhymes with pukka??

Anyway, despite all of this I do like Jamie, I thought Series 1 of the US Food Revolution was well made and informative if a leeeeetle bit cheesed up for the US market, hey you guys LOVE your cheese right?

But, this season is dreadful, why oh why oh why .....

And when he did the original show in the UK it was aimed 100% squarely at stopping the shite schools were feeding infants. Be honest Sean would you want Spud to eat that crap all turkey twizzlers and that? So I won't fault a father wanting ALL kids to eat healthily. But I do think this series of JFR is a mistake for him.

[Rick]

It all depends on if the u is pronounced:

Like the u in up

Or the u in puke...

[The Hen]

It is pronounced as the u in up.

I haven't watch Jamie for years and years.

I find him annoying, I find his wife annoying, I find the names he called his children annoying too.

[Gob]

Though his "15" restaurants are worthy of admiration.

What is Fifteen?
Fifteen is a commercial business with a purpose – a global social enterprise with young people at its heart. Fifteen has three restaurants worldwide - Amsterdam, Cornwall and London – all of which operate a pioneering Apprentice Programme for young people, between the ages of 18 and 24, alongside the day-to-day running of the restaurants.

Where does the name Fifteen come from?
Fifteen is named after the first cohort of 15 young people who joined the London Apprentice Programme in 2002.

What is its purpose?
Fifteen’s purpose is two-fold: firstly to offer young people, often in need of a break in life, the experience of learning to work in the restaurant business and secondly, for our customers to enjoy fantastic food and knowledgeable customer service. The restaurant is the trading arm of a registered charity, the Jamie Oliver Foundation (no.1094536), and the profits go towards the apprentice Programme.

What is the Jamie Oliver Foundation?
The Jamie Oliver Foundation is a registered charity whose mission is to educate and empower as many people as possible to love and enjoy good food. This means learning how to cook, understanding where food comes from, and recognizing the power it can have on our health, happiness, and even finances. We do this through teaching, training and employment, and also by making good clear information available to as many people as possible.
http://www.fifteen.net/Pages/default.aspx

Anything Cornish nationalists hate HAS to be a good thing...

[The Hen]

I did enjoy the food at Fifteen. It was very yummy and I had a wonderful night.

[Sean]

And when he did the original show in the UK it was aimed 100% squarely at stopping the shite schools were feeding infants. Be honest Sean would you want Spud to eat that crap all turkey twizzlers and that? So I won't fault a father wanting ALL kids to eat healthily. But I do think this series of JFR is a mistake for him.

Oh don't get me wrong Dais, it's laudable to want kids to eat healthy... mind you even back then he couldn't get his fat tongue or brain around the fact that schools have to operate on a budget, if memory serves me correct his meals came in at about 6 or 7 times the budget allocation. The fact is now that it's got bugger all to do with the kids and more about promoting his fat face and filling his bank account.

For our American friends 'pukka' (puck-ah) is a Cockney word meaning 'good' which is one of many Cockney words that 'man of the people' Jamie uses all the time... despite the fact that he comes from a leafy little middle England village just south of Cambridge.

The twat!

[Gob]

To be pedantic; (as I usually am )

pukka
 
–adjective Anglo-Indian .
genuine, reliable, or good; proper.


Origin:
1690–1700; < Hindi pakkā cooked, ripe, mature