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Jamie's Ministry of Food

My TV show Ministry of Food is basically about inspiring people to get back into their kitchens and make simple, delicious food from scratch again.

Although there are loads of great things to say about the state of cooking and food in this country, there are also quite a few negatives. We Brits have one of the highest obesity rates in Europe; we love our ready meals and takeaways and seem to be eating more of them then ever. We really seem to have lost the plot a bit when it comes to passing on our cooking skills from generation to generation - so much so, that some of the people I met in my cooking classes while filming the TV show didn't know how to mash a potato.

Pass it on!