Spend Lunchtime With Jamie's 30-minute Meals: Us Premiere Of Jamie Oliver's Real-time Cooking Series Set For Bbc America

Jamie Oliver brings his years of experience to the culinary uninspired in this energetic food series, Jamie's 30-Minute Meals, premiering in BBC AMERICA's daytime lineup. Giving solid instruction in a tough talking, fast paced, as-live style, he creates great home-cooked meals from scratch. Jamie cooks up substantial mains, delicious sides and salads, gorgeous puddings and refreshing drinks - adding his own unique twist to each element. The series supports Jamie's continuing mission to improve people's lives through food by tackling the issues of kitchen confidence and lack of time, head on. The result is food programming that is as relevant and helpful as it is beautiful and seductive. Jamie's 30-Minute Meals premieres with back-to-back episodes on Tuesday, May 1, 1:00pm ET/PT.

Each episode walks viewers through the steps needed to create an entire meal from scratch in just 30 minutes. The recipes are played out in real-time, offering a step-by-step account of each instruction so the viewer can then recreate that same meal in their own kitchen. No recipe is repeated and these meals are guaranteed to breathe new life into even the most experienced cook's repertoire.

Jamie Oliver explains: "If you want really great food, and fast, then do EXACTLY what I say. The years of me making pleasant suggestions are gone; I am going to tell you what to do, what to buy, when to turn your oven on and how to make these dishes. If you listen, you'll end up with a feast of beautiful things on your table in less than half an hour. This is about making people brilliant, on a daily basis."

Jamie Oliver's recipes will be available on BBCAmerica.com. Jamie's 30-Minute Meals is a Fresh One production that is distributed internationally by FremantleMedia Enterprises.

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CREDITS
Host Jamie Oliver
Executive Producer Zoe Collins
Producer/Director Martha Delap

Jamie's 30-Minute Meals is a Fresh One production for Channel 4.

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS
Episode 1 - Piri Piri Chicken
This time Jamie's cooking piri piri chicken with dressed potatoes, rocket salad and quick Portuguese tarts. Episode one premieres Tuesday, May 1, 1:00pm ET/PT.

Episode 2 - Thai Red Prawn Curry
Jamie cooks up Thai red prawn curry with jasmine rice, cucumber salad and a papaya platter, in 30 minutes. Episode two premieres Tuesday, May 1, 1:30pm ET/PT.

Episode 3 - Roast Beef
Jamie makes roast beef with baby yorkies, little carrots, crispy potatoes and super-quick gravy, all, amazingly, in half an hour. Episode three premieres Wednesday, May 2, 1:00pm ET/PT.

Episode 4 - Spinach & Feta
Jamie shows how to make spinach and feta filo pie, cucumber salad, tomato salad, and coated ice cream in just thirty minutes. Episode four premieres Wednesday, May 2, 1:30pm ET/PT.

Episode 5 - Jool's Pasta
Jamie prepares 'Pregnant Jools's Pasta' with crunchy chicory and watercress salad, and little frangipane tarts. Episode five premieres Thursday, May 3, 1:00pm ET/PT.

Episode 6 - Rogan Josh Curry
Jamie makes rogan josh curry with fluffy rice, carrot salad, poppadoms, and flatbread. Episode six premieres Thursday, May 3, 1:30pm ET/PT.

Episode 7 - Duck Salad
Jamie makes duck salad with giant croutons and cheat's rice pudding with stewed fruit. Episode seven premieres Friday, May 4, 1:00pm ET/PT.

Episode 8 - Oozy Mushroom Risotto
Jamie shows how to cook oozy mushroom risotto with spinach salad, and quick lemon and raspberry cheesecake in just thirty minutes. Episode eight premieres Friday, May 4, 1:30pm ET/PT.

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