I remember when his Naked Chef series first hit America. People thought he was so cool, so hip. So very British.
Me, I just couldn't get past his informal, chatty demeanor and those expressions: Cracking. Lovely jubbly. A glug of olive oil. A knob of butter. A swig of vinegar. Whack it in the oven. Brill.
Jamie just didn't do it for me. His cooking style was too imprecise and too unconventional. I was used to watching the very professional, composed Mario Batali in Molto Mario and the serious Lidia Bastianich in Lidia's Italy.
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