Jamie Oliver On The Food Network Sunday Night

 In case you missed it,  Jamie Oliver will be returning to the Food Network on Sunday Night.  He will first contend with Chef Mario Batali on Iron Chef America and then you can watch the premier of his new show Jamie at Home.

Nina Lalli from The Village Voice saw an upcoming episode and thinks that if you like Jamie Oliver, you are going to love his new show:

He is dressed like the Beastie Boys circa “Check your Head,” grates cheese all over the table, says things like “I reckon it’s about 3 tablespoons,” and uses his hands a lot. The camerawork is of the food-porn variety, with sudden, extreme close-ups and intermittent blurriness that should come with a warning to the hung-over.

Each episode is about a different ingredient (Sunday will be peppers and chillies). The one we watched was pumpkin and squash, and he made an “Asian-style” duck and pumpkin salad, some muffins, and soup. We like his unfussiness, and the effort to talk about foods in-season and gardening is cool. This show is watchable, like the old days of Food TV. But what’s a kilo?

The fun starts this Sunday, January 6 at 10pm EST with the battle at Kitchen Stadium followed by Jamie at Home.  Oliver’s new show will then begin its designated time-slot, Saturday mornings at 9:30am on January 12th.