The first whippersnapper, seems to beon whenever one watches. If he is not talking inarticulately about food in a Sainsburys Commercial, he is doing the same with cooking, to a group of white skinned young acolytes, about as irritating as smug Carol Vorderman. I heard, that he has bought himself a knighthood. He talks about food lacking nutrition, and praises Macdonalds, and cooks unhygienically, as well as thinking, a woman's place is in the home. Odd for a young person. H apparently.olwever, he is popular, and makes money, for tose who invest in him, the only criteria

As for the title 'The Naked Chef.' What is wrong with 'The Plain Chef,' for example? Crudity seems to be everywhere, with th earrival of Mr Blair.

Foie Gras is to me, fromwhat I have heard, very cruel. However, certain of the French, seem toe at anything, and accept any way of getting something that tastes good. Certain chefs, particularly foreign ones, are the same.

my interpretation of the "naked " was that the recipes had been stripped down to make them easier to understand and cook and "plain" would not have done the recipes justice, a lot of people took to cooking because of the likes of him and with cookery being very low on the agenda in schools and some homes we need people with passion to enthuse the young to turn off the comp or tv and cook . Most french people that I know will not buy battery farmed goods as taste is paramount I hardly ever see battery chickens here for example and yet they are everywhere in england

I agree with you lesley, the Naked refers to the food, not the chef. It has been a long standing joke and many tongue in cheek comments to make people smile have been made.

Jamie Oliver as a person and chef has never praised MacDonalds, quite the opposite.

Does he cook "unhyienically"? I have never noticed it, but I suppose this would only lead us back the the Tamasin hair, the Jennifer nail varnish, the James Martin ring, et etc etc. As for a womans place being in the home, no way! He doesn't. However he does believe that the person (normally the mother) who cooks for the children, should do it well.

As for the Foie Gras mention, does that relate to this?

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It is a poll started on Jamie Oliver's website, by a member, not by Jamie himself.