Jamie Oliver is launching a brand new Channel 4 sequence about cooking with air fryers in an try to indicate they’re about ‘a lot greater than nuggets and chips’.
The 48-year-old chef will cook dinner grilled greens, an entire Keralan roast rooster, Baked Alaska and, pork stomach and roasted pineapple with noodles within the gadgets.
Oliver, whose two half sequence will air later this spring, stated he was initially ‘sceptical’ about air fryers however turned ‘completely hooked’ after experimenting with them.
He added that it was ‘super-rare’ for an merchandise of kitchen tools to ‘revolutionise how persons are selecting to cook dinner in the way in which the air fryer has executed’.
The programme, Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals, comes as the recognition of the gadgets has soared in recent times with almost half of households now estimated to personal one.
Jamie Oliver, pictured in a publicity photograph for his 5 Ingredient Meals present on C4 final yr
Air fryers have soared in recognition with almost half of households now estimated to personal one
Many households turned to air fryers throughout the pandemic and because of the power value disaster, with producers saying they’re a lower-energy approach of cooking.
Earlier this week, the gadgets had been added to the Office for National Statistics basket of goods which is used to measure the speed of inflation for British households.
In a press release saying the brand new Channel 4 present – which will likely be sponsored by Tefal, which makes air fryers – Oliver stated: ‘It’s super-rare for a bit of kitchen equipment to revolutionise how persons are selecting to cook dinner in the way in which the air fryer has executed.
‘At first, I used to be sceptical, however as quickly as I began to check and mess around with concepts, settings and new methods to create flavour and texture, I used to be completely hooked.
‘In my thoughts, something that will get folks cooking is a win. And the truth that the air fryer makes use of much less power, saves time and creates a lot much less washing-up – all whereas turning out scrumptious, nutritious meals – can solely be a great factor.
‘It’s an ideal resolution for the fashionable household, the place days are sometimes hectic and respectable meals are wanted, quick.’
Oliver additionally cited the recognition of air fryer recipes he has been posting on his web site since final yr, saying they’d been ‘an enormous hit’ with greater than 500,000 views.
Recipes on his web site embody cauliflower curry, oat cookies and bubble and squeak, reported the Daily Telegraph.
TV chef James Martin has stated he doesn’t use an air fryer they usually ‘must be banned’
Nigella Lawson used the gadget throughout her Christmas particular final yr, having beforehand admitted: ‘I do know nothing of the world of air fryers’
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Katie Millard of Jamie Oliver Productions stated: ‘Working with our long-term associate, Tefal, Jamie was ready to reply to the large public demand for extra air fryer recipes and beloved each second growing the brand new recipes.
‘As this sequence will present, there’s a lot extra to an air fryer than nuggets and chips.’
Air fryers have featured in as many as 4 documentaries on Channel 5 in current months, together with ‘Air Fryers vs Microwaves: Which Is Higher?’, ‘Air Fryers: An Simple Technique to Lose Weight?; and ‘Air Fryers: Do You Know What You’re Lacking?’
Channel 4 additionally broadcast a documentary referred to as ‘Air Fryers: Are They Value It?’ that includes Denise van Outen final June.
And Nigella Lawson used the gadget throughout her Christmas particular final yr, having beforehand admitted: ‘I do know nothing of the world of air fryers.’
However not everyone seems to be satisfied by the gadgets, with TV chef James Martin saying last November: ‘I don’t use an air fryer. For my part they need to be banned.
Nadiya Hussain and Masterchef winner Simon Wooden have additionally spoken out towards air fryers
Talking on the BBC Good Meals Present in Birmingham, he added, to laughs from the viewers: ‘I don’t even need to converse to anybody that has an air fryer.’
Restauranteur Simon Wooden, who gained Masterchef in 2015, has additionally criticised air fryers, saying on X final November: ‘Air fryers are merely bloody terrible.
‘I’ve tried completely different ones with various things and each time it’s simply garbage. Prepare dinner correctly, pans, oven, grill. Salt pepper butter and thyme.’
And Nice British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain advised Virgin Radio final September that folks have to ditch air fryers in favour of deep fats fryer.
She stated on the time: ‘A lot of persons are actually terrified of frying and we’ve received to maneuver on. I get it, everybody’s all into the air fryers, however we’ve received to get into deep frying.’
