Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker, Red Hot

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He certainly put in alot of effort and for that he is to be admired. But at the same time he started doing more and more commercials that I would argue were dubious in his position of a chef. And he involved his family and his personal life more and more, and it started to feel a bit wrong.

I have just had a 3 month experience working for Jamie Oliver at a very high level I agree with you its all bullshit and I hae come away seeing and hearing things that have devastated me considering I was in awe of him before.I could not agree more with this post! JO has become a complete sell-out! It is embarrassing to watch him on the telly as he does constantly cooks up similar stuff. I have worked with a great deal of good chefs and Jamie does not come near them! Did they get you to sign a confidentiality contract? Because if not, there is a newspaper out there that would pay for a behind-the-scenes expose. The Daily Mail or The Evening Standard. Swedes normally grease the inside of the Bundt with butter and then dust it with dried breadcrumbs, but you can use baking spray (NOT cooking spray) if you prefer.

I'm happy I found your review; it was a lot of fun to read and I'll save my aeroplan points for something else! A brilliant idea let down by one critical and possibly leathal problem…the plastic used in its construction is too fragile and rigid for the task at hand!

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I sealed it correctly with the arrows but not tight enough to do that level of damage and shook it less violently that Jamie does on TV! I really enjoy that the best thing to peel ginger with is a flatware spoon but I do love my mandoline and mortar and pestle! I shook it for about 15 seconds before adding cardamom seeds and whole cloves. As Jamie would say, I gave it a good bash for 30 seconds, and produced a course grind: discernable bits of spices, not anywhere close to the powdery and slightly gritty texture I was accustomed to with my trusty mortar and pestle. I closed it up again and shook it for another 30 seconds: medium coarseness: mostly homogenous, but there were still chunky bits. I closed it up again and bashed it for another 30 seconds: I still considered it a medium grind, just with more powder. I just don’t get Jamie Oliver, TV chef extraordinaire. He seems to be leaping between ever greater peaks of admiration and disgrace, but I really can’t see how he can rebound from the frankly disgraceful “flavour shaker” that he is relentlessly advertising on the TV.

But note that this one was not Jamie’s idea. It had been beautifully constructed by a professional production team to act as a vehicle for him. He also didn’t make the same mistake, as with 15, of putting his own money into it.Tony Diggs says: “The concept is good. The delivery not so much. Mine broke after very few uses. The threads crossed and that was it. This was several years ago. Maybe they’ve fixed it.” [They haven’t Tony] It’s made of four parts: a two-piece plastic case, a ceramic ball and a rubber gasket. You use it as you would a Boston shaker – seal the spices, herbs and whatnots into the contraption, and you shake so the ball bruises and crushes its contents.

Then there was an Italian “holiday” which was of course filmed and which was nothing but another TV vehicle. It was something that Jamie of old would have turned down. You had to admire him. It was filmed of course. But he was putting his money where his mouth was and it wasn’t easy. Here's another product review from Matt Powell, junior at Columbia University in the City of New York and GHRI intern: Well. That sounds like a completely useless thing to get. Thanks for the great review and saving us from even for a moment thinking it might be a fun gadget to have in the kitchen. Well done for persevering with all the tests. I think it’s a shame that fame and fortune has corrupted Jamie Oliver but he’s not the first and he won’t be the last.DONT BUY IT. Mine arrived a few hours ago and the seal came off during the first few shakes and left my counter and hands in a right old mess.