Stars: Jamie Oliver

Director: Patrick Llewellyn

Summary: Features all the six episodes from the first series and the Christmas Special. Features easy to follow recipes presented with Jamie's unique approach to food.

The first season of Jamie Oliver's immensely popular NAKED CHEF television series. The 'Naked' in the title of the show refers to cooking meals that are stripped to their bare essentials, without all the flourishes that make many recipes too much effort for most folks at home, yet still cooking meals that are creative and delicious. Containing over three hours worth of Jamie's instruction plus the Christmas Special, this collection of the NAKED CHEF is perfect for anyone who's interested in cooking great meals but intimidated by the time and effort most other shows' recipes require.

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Unless you've had your head in a plate of pie and mash for the last few years you'll know that The Naked Chefis the UK's youngest culinary talent, Jamie Oliver, and that the "naked" refers to his style of cooking--fresh, simple, stripped back to basics--not his dress sense. The tone is set for the series from the very first episode with roast leg of lamb flavoured with garlic, rosemary, and pancetta and baked fresh fruits (figs, peaches, cherries) with mascarpone and vanilla sugar. It's all ever so slightly and deliciously left of a very classic centre. His basic recipe for homemade pasta is so undauntingly straightforward, it almost certainly did for pasta-makers what Delia did for coriander when she first used it. If his young nieces can handle ravioli with broad bean, mint and fresh ricotta or his mouth-watering variation with potato, watercress and orgonzola, then we all can. Equally simple but inspiring are his fish dishes: baked salmon fillets with French beans, roasted cherry tomatoes, olives, anchovies and a basil aioli; whole steamed sea bass slashed and stuffed with fresh herbs, red peppers and onions; orhis Asian-inspired herb-infused broth over steamed king prawns, scallops and clams with sliced ginger root, garlic and chilies. It remains to be seen whether Jamie Oliver turns out to be the Delia Smith for the lad and ladette generation, but British supermarkets seem infinitely better since he's had his way with purple basil, fennel and baby new potatoes on national television. --Tricia Tuttle

Aspect Ratio:	4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1999
Release Date:	November 13, 2000
Runtime:	210 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	078 076 2
Keywords:	First, General, Jamie, Series, Naked, Food, Oliver, Health, Leisure, Interest, Complete, Chef, Drink
Genre:	General Interest (Leisure/Health)