Jamie Oliver slammed for spreading ‘fake news’ with latest £1 Wonders cooking show
Jamie Oliver has been accused of spreading ‘fake news’ with his latest £1 Wonders cookery show.
In the first episode of the new programme, the audience was shown how to prepare three different dishes for just a pound each.
But viewers have slammed and complained about the TV chef for the cost breakdown definitive no money for them.
In the first episode of the cooking show, Jamie explains to the audience how to prepare three different dishes for just £1 a portion – including ‘energy-efficient roast chicken’, ‘cheesy stacks of pancakes’ and ‘no oven’. Pizza’.
Let’s be honest, they all already sound like easy, typical no-fuss Jamie recipes, and there are already plenty of fans who have tried them at home and are singing their praises.
However, it’s clear that some viewers aren’t happy with the pricing and have since taken to Twitter to share their thoughts on the matter.
One person who was clearly dissatisfied with the portion size for the chicken recipe wrote, “One thigh per person!!! Most people will starve afterwards.”
It was anything but a winner-win chicken dinner for this person.
“I’m sorry but you can’t get three onions for 19p,” wrote another, who couldn’t believe the vegetable’s price breakdown.
A third even went so far as to call the new cooking show “ghastly,” writing: “What a chime[sic] of carrots then bake them in the oven and reheat spuds in the microwave to save £ on the oven? I’ll audit that.”
Another slammed Jamie for spreading “fake news” with the recipe, tweeting: “B****cks £1 a portion…” before offering his own price breakdown of the meal.
“A pack of chicken thighs costs £3. Bacon £1.89… just the two of us… other ingredients,” they added, before hashtagging Fakenews.
According to Jamie’s official website, the £1 miracle offers “delicious recipes that don’t break the bank – all costing less than £1 a portion”.
It reads: “The aim of Jamie’s £1 Wonders aims to be as useful as possible to people, with all prices correct at the time of filming (September 2022 and January 2023).”
The cooking show says it calculates the portion price “based on an average of four UK supermarkets” and calculates the average using the “cost per portion by quantity used rather than total ingredient cost”.
These retailers include Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons.
The website added: “We think you’ll already have many of the ingredients in your pantry/fridge/freezer.
“We don’t include olive oil, salt or pepper in the final cost as we believe you will definitely have them.”
Jamie’s £1 Wonders can be seen on channel 4 on Mondays from 8 p.m.
LADbible has reached out to the Jamie Oliver Group for comment.