Jamie Oliver: World's Top TV Chef

by Stefania Butler, Posted Nov 29th 2005 @ 6:14PM

According to BBC News, British chef Jamie Oliver is the world's "favourite TV cook." The BBC polled more than 13,000 people in countries all over the world. Oliver, who has recently been re-vamping school lunches across Britain, said he was "honoured and humbled" by his win.

As an American, I haven't heard of the two tele-chefs in second and third place: James Martin and Rick Stein. Ainsley Harriott was in fourth place, and Domestic Goddess Nigella Lawson rounds out the Top 5.

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11-29-2005 @8:32PM sam said... sounds way too Anglo-centric to me.
What would Rachael Ray think?
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11-29-2005 @10:09PM Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said... Nigella "rounds out" the top five? Heh. She's nicely rounded herself, yum yum!
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11-30-2005 @1:33AM Elise said... I love Jamie Oliver, he's adorable.

He did cause some uproar recently over killing a lamb on TV: http://tigerberries.blogspot.com/2005/11/jamie-oliver-spills-blood-of-lamb-film.html. But I agree with him, killing animals is how we get our meat.
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11-30-2005 @12:23AM sam said...
I love him too, Elise, especially since I met him. He is totally adorable in the flesh. I like rick stein as well, never heard of the 3rd one, Ainslee is Annoying and of course Nigella is the woman we all want to be. That hair, those lips, that family pedigree. aaah

when i met jamie:
http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2004/11/naked-chef-jamie-oliver-talks-at-copia.html
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11-30-2005 @1:37AM Elise said... Sam, you met Jamie? Ah, that's so cool...
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11-30-2005 @5:23AM peter said... I can't believe that Gordon Ramsey did not make in the top 5, I think he is the top TV chief of them all, he is very talented and very down to earth.
Don't get me wrong Jamie Oliver is very good and what he has done for our school dinners to make our children healthier is very good and so noble of him.
As for James Martin being third well it must be some kind of joke, the only thing I know him for is doing that stupid thing with the sugar.
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11-30-2005 @2:28PM Andrew said... You havent heard of Rick Stein! Oh, my.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/chef_biogs/s.shtml#rick_stein

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-5156016-4386063
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11-30-2005 @4:59PM Phil said... I think you would be hard-pressed to find someone more appropriate than Alton Brown. Though not a technical chef, and more of a TV personality, he is still great.

This particular poll seems more of a British thing than an american poll
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