Naked Chef, The

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Summary: "Stripping down cooking to the bare essentials"
Review: Jamie Oliver is, without doubt, one of London's most innovative,exciting and unpretentious chefs and is on his way to becomingBritain's favourite cookery book writer, now outselling Delia Smith'scook books (who has reigned as Britain's favourite cook for 25years). Jamie first began to cook when he was eight years old in hisparents' pub in the picturesque village of Clavering near SaffronWalder in north Essex. He trained at Westminster Catering College inLondon and became very interested in learning about Italian food. Hefirst worked at Antonio Carluccio's Neal's Street Restaurant in CoventGarden, London and stayed for one year before going to Rose Gray's andRuth Rogers' River Café restaurant in Hammersmith, west London. TheBBC first noticed Jamie when they were filming a television series ofcooking show at the River Café. After he began to talk about cookingwith the "bare" essentials, they gave him the epithet,"The Naked Chef" and so a cookery show was born.

TheNaked Chef is a distillation of workable (primarily) Italianinfluenced recipes that can turn any reluctant home cook into aserious foodie. His method of "stripping down restaurant methodsto the realties of home" has had enormous appeal to everyonetrying to cook good food at home. Jamie's style of writing isapproachable and he communicates in a language that is relaxed andinformed, while constantly guiding the wary cook.

The book is divedinto 13 sections covering herbs and spices, soups, salads, fish, meat,poultry, vegetables, breads,pulses, pastas, risotto and desserts. Hisfinal chapter is a miscellaneous collection of helpful hints andrecipes such as clarifying stock. He gives a new twist to oldfavourites and has updated the old-fashioned English Pease Pudding byadding garlic, shallots and fresh herbs to the dish. His Perfect RoastChicken, which is infused with a variety of fresh herbs, olive oil andlemon has been reprinted in various British food and women'smagazines. Despite the many variations of risotto, he manages to comeup with new variations on an old theme: his spicy squash risotto withfresh thyme and mascarpone is a terrific accompaniment to his SkateWings with prosciutto, capers and lemon. If you liked the recipes inThe Naked Chef, you will want a copy of The Return of the NakedChef....

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Summary: Some Pukka food by a Lovely Jubly Person!
Review: Jaime Oliver has continued to amaze me with his brillient cooking styles and fantasic ideas. I just recently made his Minestrone soup and it was really good! His book doesn't just tell you about his cooking, but also fills you in on his history. Two thumbs up!

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Summary: The Naked Chef
Review: This book is full of wonderful easy to follow and extremely tasty recipes. Just reading the book is a delight. Although it doesn't follow the recipes in Jamie Olivers TV Cooking programme, the book is equally as good. Try the meatballs in Tomato Sauce, absolutely superb. His Freshly cooked Tuna is also perfection. These recipes and those in his following book a full of flavour and simple to cook and the ingredients are readily available. A must to have for the bookshelf.

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Summary: Awesome chef, awesome book
Review: I loved this book! Heaps of easy recipes, in easy-to-understand english, not lots of fancy cooking terms. It's simple food but it tastes sensational. Jamie sets out what you need in your kitchen so you can be ready for everything and he's really done a classy job on this book. Definitely deserves a five-star rating, hopefully there'll be lots more to come from this awesome chef!

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Summary: Mouthwatering
Review: This is a brilliant cookbook. I love Jamies sexy enthusiasm about food and cooking. The book is filled with easy, down to earth recipes and inspires you to cook with only good quality, fresh products. I can't wait to try every single recipe.

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Summary: Cooking has never been so much fun
Review: I first watched his show on TV be chance, but than I was hoked on his cooking methods, his instruction was so simple yet effective, the book is basiclly based on the TV series.

I would be the first to admit that I don't normally buy cook books because they are generally boring and you need a PHD in English to follow, however, this is different. The instruction is simple yet the outcome is fantastic. try the simple chocolate tart if you don't beleive me. The writing style is much more easiler to follow than other cook books as it's tough he's talking to you right thee rather than a robot dictating. There are measurement in both metric and the old english method, so if you don't know your grams from oz, then it shouldn't be a problem. There are loads of recipies inside for you to follow, from soup to pudding, from roast to bread, it's all in there. I rate this book as one of my best buy of the year. not to metion the great price amazon is selling this at.

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Summary: Choice!
Review: A brillant book which is easy to follow and uses great ingrediants. A must for anyone wanting to create exciting meals but doesn't want to slave away in the kitchen all day.

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Summary: Pukka book, Chef not bad either.
Review: This book was released last week in Australia to coincide with the screening of the series. I just had to go out and buy it after watching just one episode. The recipes are fabulous and not intimidating, easy to follow and taste superb. Jamie really encourages you to try every recipe and the ingredients are easily accesible. Cant wait to try out the pudding section, YUM! Definitely recomended for anyone wanting to create scrumptious restaurant quality food without all the fuss.

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Summary: Jamies Pukka Cook Book
Review: I loved Jaimies quick and simple recipe for fresh pasta, I always thought it would be a nightmare to make it myself, but it is so easy. I also love the way he incorporates fresh herbs, and encourages people to relax about cooking and to get in and give it a go. His book was just released in New Zealand last week, and we picked one up straight away, we are looking forward to trying more of the recipes, especially the roast lamb, yum!. I would recommend this book to anyone, experienced in cooking or just a beginner.

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Summary: WONDERFUL
Review: WONDERFUL BOOK. NOT ONLY DOES HE PROVIDE A VAST VARIETY OF INTERESTING AND DIFFERENT RECIPES BUT HE GETS DOWN TO THE BARE BASICS. GIVE IT A CHANCE!

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