Jamie Oliver has been called out by TV viewers over a dish he claimed would cost just £1.45 to make. The celebrity chef came under fire after he appeared on the BBC's The One Show on Thursday where he was promoting his new book, 'One', featuring 'simple one-pan wonders'.
Oliver drew the ire of viewers when he began making sausage and minestrone soup, Birmingham Live reports. The dish contained the ingredients - Cumberland sausage, red wine, parmesan cheese, garlic, fennel seeds and fresh lasagne sheets.
While he cooked, Oliver said: "In this book I've used supermarket ingredients...never more than eight ingredients and for now when people are talking about cost of living and stuff like that, most of the recipes are in pans on hobs. So a hob is about four times cheaper than an oven."
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He added: "Ten minutes of cooking that's about 10p, actually slightly less, in energy. And this dish with no tweaks is £1.45 per portion."
Viewers were quick to pour scorn on the claim, with some posting in Twitter suggesting it would actually be far more expensive to cook. @iainm68 said: "£1.45 a portion? Do u know how much parmesan cheese is!!#TheOneShow"
@claretrickett wrote: "Nothing like a millionaire Jamie Oliver teaching us how to cook for a pound #TheOneShow." @FlopsyPickle added: "F*** off Jamie, you patronising p****," adding "So he’s trying to flog a book by using the cost of living crisis, telling us we need the book because most of the recipes are hob based and therefore cheaper to cook. Without realising no-one is going to want to spend money on a bloody recipe book #TheOneShow."
@KeithMcCormac17 said: "Millionaire chef patronising the f*** out of us." @ufoparts echoed: "don’t really think [sic] the public wants to hear the rich p**** jamie oliver educating on how to make meals on a budget. can you buy a ‘portion’ of an ingredient, jamie? no #TheOneShow."
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