i — eR crete tame ete Cocoa tener Poko a SB otg td ace or years, we've been turning pop singers, ~ models and actors into celebrities, But celebrity chefs? Until recently, the idea would have been © _ inconceivable. Now our screens are full of ‘rondy, fast-talking super-chefs cooking up delicious recipes. Top of the celebrity list is Jamie Oliver. With his friendly and informal stv, he's introduced us to @ whole ‘new type of cookery programme. In his latest series he ‘campaigned on his own to make the government ban the use of junk food in school dinners, Before that, we saw him batting to turn fifteen teenagers into cooks. His cookbooks, meanwhile, have sold by the million, making tim a mult-mitionai passion for cooking started young. His dad ran Jami fet utepeleantebcontncemeet sah cool place ~ everyone working together to make this lovely stuff and having a laugh with everybody’ he ‘explains. The boys at his school tried to persuade him that cooking was ‘a girlie thing’ but he disagreed. He could buy the coolesttrainers in town with the money he earned in ‘the kitchen! He left school at sixteen, not much goad at ‘writing and spelling, but knowing the only thing he wanted, was to be a chef. Jamie was working at a London restaurant when he got his big break. A TV producer, there to make a documentary, noticed the cheeky cook, He thought Jamie's casual manner ‘and jokes would go down well with audiences and he ended ‘up giving him his own series, The Naked Chef. The series got its name from the recipes Jamie thought up, which were down-to-earth and uncomplicated. The programmes were extremely successful and Jamie was catapulted int the limelight. Viewers watched him speeding about London on a scooter with rock'n'roll music blaring, and hosting parties for all his friends. Jamie spent months travelling the world to promote the show, but after two phenomenal years his popularity decreased, © Itwas the fabulous new series, Jamie's Kitchen, that won the viewers back. After auditioning 15,000 jobless young people, Jamie picked fifteen winners who would ‘be filmed learning to cook in his new London restaurant, Fifteen. Milions of viewers watched as Jamie tried to ‘teach his trainees, but it wasn't easy. They bunked off ‘work and were rude tothe staff, They told Jamie sob stories and even accused him of using them to improve. his own career. Nine teenagers survived the crash course. The TV show made Fifteen the most talked-about eating place in London and it soon became impossible to book a table there. Jamie now plans to repeat the idea elsewhere in the UK, and in Sydney and New York, Jamie's latest challenge has taken the UK by storm. In Jamie's Schoo! Dinnershe became a school dinner chef ‘30 he could let kids see the junk ingredients that went into ‘their favourite meals. To their horror, they discovered that ‘the Turkey Twizzlers they enjoyed eating were not made {rom real turkey meat, as they had thought, but included a mixture of water, pork fat, turkey skin and food colouring! They also learned exactly why a diet of fast food makes you fat and unhealthy. The kids had never realised how much the food we eat affects our mood, looks, behaviour, health, growth and even our ability to concentrate! Jamie persuaded them to try nutritious foods lke fruit, yoghurt and vegetables for lunch, instead of their usual fast-food diet of burgers, chips, sweets and fizzy drinks. Toth amazement, they discovered that fresh food tasted better than processed food. The series got everyone thinking, and the government has now promised to bring back practical cookery lessons for students to teach them the importance of a balanced diet, food safety and hygiene.ea eae] Food ©) Complete the sentences with these words from the article on page 85. cookery delicious ciet fi ingredients. junkfood nutritious 1 dike to make a pasta dish but | can't find a for tin the cookbook! 2 Doyouhave... 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I's delicious! & My dad has ordered/bookeda table for us ata really expensive restaurant! 7 The waiter was furious because we didn't leave him a r itp! 8 My brother wants to be a cook/cooker when he leaves school. Deli y Meat Fist/Seafood |FruitVVegetable © Putthese words into the correct column. Can you add more words? beans cabbage pineapple pork cheese salmon lamb peach tuna yoghurt © Complote the sontonocs with the exrrost form of these phrasal verbs. The definition of each phrasal verb is given in brackets. doup giveup puton run outof wash up 1 We've...... ww milk, Il have to buy some more. (use up) 2 Youwill...... .=« weight if you don't exercise. (ad/gain) 3 I've eaten so much | can't... seo. My jeans! (fasten), 4 Fmgoing to _ eating fastfood. (stop Si if you dry! (clean the dishes) WORDZONE Remember! Sometimes when words come together in an idiom, they have e different meaning from usual. his big break {an unexpected empty 9 succeed) working ina) © Choose the phrase with a similar meanina to the ‘underlined words. 11 He helped out inthe kitchen and enjoyed having ‘laugh with everybody. ‘A making fun of B having fun with 2 He was catapulted into the limelight AA suddenly became famous B was shocked by events 3 The trainee chefs bunked off work. A eft work eary without permission B id as litle work s possible 4 They told Jamie sob stories ‘A stories about the sad things that had happened tothom B stores that might not have been true, to make people feel sorry for them 5 He thought Jamie's casual manner and jokes would ‘ga.down well with audiences. ‘A get a good reaction from .B make 2 poor impression on