I use a clothes airer to dry my pasta on coz it stands up securely & theres loads of rack space., & above all its plastic coated so it wipes down dead easily. I place it over my sink & drainer so anything that falls etc doesn't fall on the floor.

A few people have asked about the Jamie Oliver Pasta Maker.  My son was given one for Christmas and has been bitterly disappoointed with it.  Managed to use it twice before it broke.  The handle mechanism is not robust enough to turn the roller smoothly, rendering it unusable. We worked with small batches of dough, 100g flour plus 1 large egg for each batch so machine should have been able to cope.

Did not come with a customer care leaflet, so difficult to tell if problems could have been avoided.

Sorry Jamie - JO Pasta Maker is not a good purchase as it doesn't seem to be up to the job.  Very surprised that you have put your name to this product.

I bought a Kitchen Craft Pasta maker that broke after the first "run".  I took it back to Debenhams and they exchanged it for a Jamie Oliver one.

That broke after the third run...

Neither of those machines (are they from the same manufacturer?) were robust enough. The JO one was better but not by much.  I would not buy either

I'm getting an Imperia 150 for Chrimbo.  It looks like the Imperia is the one all the chefs recommend from what I've found on the interweb.  If that doesn't work, I'll resort to only buying ready made pasta - even though the freshly made stuff (particularly with only semolina) is so much better.

I too am very surprised that JO has put his name to this product.  Mind you I also have a set of his non-stick saucepans where the non-stick surface is peeling off (I kid you not).  They were a wedding present just under 18 months ago.....

Last edited by Fred the Needle (Wed 14 Dec 11 4:49pm)

thanks for share such a nice food  community i really love that

I feel compelled to sign up and express my displeasure at this product.

It was bought for me as a Christmas gift and broke during the first use.

It looks great and has a satisfying heft to it however the mechanism is simply not up to the job.  The gears inside are obviously made from some weak materials that break too easily and result in the handle jamming.

It seems I'm not alone because a google search for Jamie Oliver Pasta Machine not only brings you here but also takes you to some pretty damning reviews.

Normally I wouldn't bother registering on a site just for a moan.  I got my money back from Sainsbury's no quibbles so it was really just a matter of being inconvenienced for a day.  However I am a big Jamie fan and I'm saddened to see his name attached to such a shoddy piece of equipment.  Sort it out!

I've since ordered an Imperia machine and if the swathes of positive online reviews are to be believed it'll be as good as I was expected a JO product to be.

Last edited by Schmy (Sat 31 Dec 11 7:33pm)