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Anti-poverty campaigner, author and television cook Jack Monroe has told The Londoner that although she felt “hurt” by the decision by Channel 4 to use Jamie Oliver to front a new show she feels is based on her idea “the door would be open to working with them”.
Keep Cooking and Carry On, which began yesterday, is based on using store-cupboard ingredients to help people cook through the coronavirus lockdown. “I was hurt not because I think I have a right to have my own show, but because it was my niche. I’m this gobby little Essex girl who ended up on television making cheap stuff out of tins.”
Monroe rose to fame writing a blog (now called Cooking on a Bootstrap) sharing cheap recipes as a cash-strapped single mother on the poverty line. She told us: “This is my thing. I’ve been doing it for years. I’ve been sneered at and fought hard to teach people you can use long-grain rice for a cheap risotto.
“I’m so used to doing it and now it’s useful to everyone, not just food bank mums.” But she doesn’t blame Oliver and Channel 4.
“It’s not his fault. They probably just wanted a jolly, safe pair of hands. But I would have been able to help, and I would be happy to co-host. My door is open. The more of us helping out in this crisis, the better.”
She has set up a daily digital food surgery — #JackMonroesLockdownLarder — to help people make meals while inside. While many were sympathetic to Monroe online, Oliver also drew huge support for the first episode where he showed viewers how to rustle up a quick chilli with fans praising him as a “national treasure”. The Londoner would love to see these two kitchen heroes join forces.
