JAMIE OLIVER is cooking up a brand new show –and this one has a huge change from his usual recipe for TV show success.
For the first time, the series and its accompanying book will come with a meal plan — usually used by health-focused folk on diets and fitness drives to really control their diets.
The new five-part series called Jamie: Eat Yourself Healthy, sees the chef offering simple and delicious ideas to tackle common health problems through food and will air this autumn on .
It is part of Jamie’s drive to help Britain eat better, which began in 2005 with his School Dinners campaign, where he was seen rowing with dinner lady .
Now, teaming up with experts, Jamie will look at how we can improve our sleep, concentration and immune health plus ways to lower and increase energy.
Commissioning editor Tim Hancock said: “Jamie is the best recipe-writer in the business, and now he’s turning his attention to one of the most important conversations of our time — how what we eat can transform our health.
“We’re thrilled to bring this very helpful and delicious series to the Channel 4 audience.”;
It sounds like Jamie’s healthy grub won’t just be chickpeas and quinoa thank God as recipes are set to include one-cup breakfast pancakes and a tasty smoked salmon omelette.
The book that accompanies the series Eat Yourself Healthy: Food To Change Your Life will be out in September and comes with the special two-week kick starter meal plan.
A source said: “Jamie’s career now spans more than 70 TV series and he’s not achieved that by resting on his laurels.
“Meal planning is a hot trend, championed by the likes of .
“But, often, these efforts make meals feel more like fuel rather than food.
“Jamie’s plan and recipe book will be the opposite of all that.”;
It comes hot on the heels of his thought-provoking Jamie Oliver Unpacks Dyslexia, which will air later this year, on Channel 4, too.
DOC SAYS RYLAN IS STELLAR
WHILE filming for , was left star-struck – by .
The actor, who on the BBC sci-fi series, could not believe his eyes when the TV presenter was booked to appear as a guest star for one of the episodes.
Rylan appeared as a version of himself in the episode, called the Interstellar Song Contest.
Ncuti told the Big Issue: “I acted with Rylan! I never thought I would ever do that.
“He’s really good, as well. If he decides to do more acting, I can see it panning out well for him.
“I was so impressed and he brought an amazing energy to the set.
“We all felt a bit of a hole in our hearts after he left.”;
FRANK IS HOT TO ’BOT
FRANK SKINNER has well and truly discovered the pain of being vain.
revealed he overdid it on a sunbed recently and burnt his manhood.
Speaking on the latest episode of his podcast, Frank Off The Radio, he said: “A make-up lady said to me, ‘You need to get a tan, you’re looking pale’.
“She said go to a stand-up tanning bed, don’t stay in for more than seven minutes.
“I thought after seven minutes nothing had happened. So I stayed in for about 11.”;
And after ending up with more than a tan on his privates, his next visit left him looking like a robot.
Frank continued: “They give you these gold things that fold into cones and you put them on your eye socket so the tanning thing doesn’t hurt your eyes.
“They’re gold, reflective discs. I said, ‘Can I have three?’. It looked like C-3PO with no clothes on!”;
A bit too frank, Frank.
MIDWIVES NUN TOO PLEASED
THE naughty nuns of have been desperate to nab back their tea set, according to cast member .
The crockery is housed at a museum dedicated to the show at Chatham Dockyard in – where some of the outside filming takes place.
But the actors believe it belongs at Nonnatus House, the convent at the centre of the BBC One drama.
Helen, who plays midwife Trixie, told the Like Minded Friends podcast: “The museum has our tea collection, which we’re furious about.
“We had this gorgeous tea set that was in the dining room of us all sat at Nonnatus House and they nicked it for the museum.
“I think they’ve now glued it down to the museum because we kept trying to steal it back.”;
Honestly, if you can’t trust a nun, who can you trust?
