Posts Tagged ‘Jamie Oliver’

Jamie Oliver In Trouble With Animal Welfare Group For Castrating Bull On TV

September 9th 2009

Jamie Oliver is in big trouble!
The “animal-loving” chef (said with the utmost sarcasm) is getting slammed by animal rights groups for castrating a bull during an episode of his new television show Jamie’s American Road Trip.
Seriously? I mean, SERIOUSLY??!
Director of Animal Aid, Andrew Taylor, says, “The public is convinced Jamie Oliver is the real deal [...]

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Jamie Oliver’s New Travel Show Is “Carbon-Neutral”

September 1st 2009

British chef Jamie Oliver has been committed to better food for kids and has supported eating local and now he’s reducing his carbon footprint. At least in the best way an international travel and cooking show can – by donating to environmental schemes in Asia to “offset” the CO2 emissions.
According to Broadcast, Jamie Oliver Limited [...]

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Jamie Oliver and Ryan Seacrest Hook Up On New Healthy Eating TV Series

May 11th 2009

ABC has announced that it will air a new series under the banner of Ryan Seacrest Productions featuring UK Chef Jamie Oliver giving healthy makeovers to places around the U.S.
The project came about after Seacrest talked about the poor quality of school lunches on his radio program in Los Angeles and received a huge response. [...]

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Jamie Oliver To Pressue EU For Tougher Laws Supporting Farm Animal Welfare

January 28th 2009

Jamie Oliver isn’t content to let his new show highlighting farm pig abuse, Jamie Saves Our Bacon, do all the talking. The famous celebrity chef is teaming up with the RSPCA and will call on the EU to “set tougher minimum welfare standards for farmers and legislate on more honest labeling about how their animals [...]

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Jamie Oliver “Saves Our Bacon” With New Pork Production Program

January 12th 2009

What the Earthlings is going on?
Omnivorous celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is taking one for the team (the VEG team, that is) by hosting a new series that will reveal the “dark secrets” of pork production.
Oliver received praise last year when he attempted to educate the world on the cruel and miserable chicken industry, and hopes [...]

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Chef Jamie Oliver To Design Herb Gardens, Kitchens In Dubai

October 31st 2008

We’re quickly starting to learn that not only is the United Arab Emirates becoming the playground of the architectural world — but it’s also where celebrities can go to build their dream projects with seemingly unlimited budgets.
We already know that Brad Pitt and Pamela Anderson have building ambitions in the area, and now comes word [...]

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Oprah To Address Dark Side Of Chicken Farming Today!

October 14th 2008

Taking a page out of Jamie Oliver’s book, Oprah Winfrey will today at 4pm EST go behind the scenes of the poultry industry and contrast the practices there with organic, free-range chicken farming. Her almost 10 million viewers are about to receive one hell of an education!
Oprah’s investigative reporter Lisa Ling will show people how [...]

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Celebrity Chefs Oliver and Fearnley-Whittingstall Receive Award From RSPCA

July 3rd 2008

More news on the celebrity chef front! For the last few months Ecorazzi has kept you abreast on all the chicken reform that’s taking place in the UK. Together, celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have worked hard to spotlight the plight of food animals and change the way chickens are treated. So to say [...]

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Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall Lobbies Against Tesco’s Cruelty

June 18th 2008

For the past year or so Ecorazzi has kept you abreast on the food reform initiative that’s taking place in the UK. Celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have all been deeply involved with raising the bar on animal welfare.
A couple months ago Ecorazzi reported news that Jamie Oliver had convinced Tesco (a popular Brittish supermarket) [...]

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Jamie Oliver Suffocates Baby Chicks On Cooking Show

June 1st 2008

There is a certain degree of frankness found in British media and PSAs that one would probably be shocked to experience here in the U.S. I discovered this first hand while living in New Zealand and being completely bowled over by their drunk driving commercials. Needless to say, they get to the point — and [...]

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