"the naked chef" news and stories

Last month, Kristin over at TV Squad told you about Jamie Oliver's new Food Network show, Jamie At Home, which premieres on January 6 at 10pm. Now comes word that Oliver will appear on Iron Chef America to battle veteran chef Mario Batali. The episode will air on the same night, just before Oliver's new series debuts. It will be his first appearance on the show.

This is good news. Oliver deserves another cooking show. He was on Martha Stewart's show recently and really won over the crowd with his fast cooking technique and personality (even if he did, I believe, exhaust Martha a bit, and that's not easy to do). He even had a woman in the audience help him with the meal he was making. I'm not sure if the new show will have a studio audience, but he could be good in front of one.