Jamie Oliver hits out at cultural appropriation rows after critics tried to cancel his jerk rice and paella recipes Jaime Oliver has said people need to 'get over' cultural appropriation rows in cooking and reflected on the difficulties of 'being a middle class white guy' in the food world.
podcast and explained why Jamie Oliver had annoyed people with his 'punchy' microwave version of the culturally significant dish] The chef also admitted he had a 'crass misunderstanding' of the dish - and said that most 'British' dishes aren't native to the UK.
The celebrity chef, 49, spoke to The Louis Theroux Podcast this week and discussed the 2018 row over his release of a 'punchy jerk rice' ready meal.
Jaime Oliver has reflected on his controversial 'jerk rice' recipe that sparked controversy in 2018 in the latest episode of Louis Theroux 's podcast.
Now, Jamie said that one of his ex-students from an afro-Caribbean background summed it up: 'It's just a middle-class white guy trying to get more people to dig our food, get over it'.
