Jamie Oliver topped a poll naming him UK’s favourite TV food personalities, with one in five of Brits having created at least one of his recipes using kitchen appliances.
That’s according to new research by AO.com to celebrate 60 years of food TV in the UK 1955 being the year the legendary Fanny Cradock first appeared on the nation’s screens and it’s 25 years since the first ever episode of MasterChef.
From Fanny in the 50s to the emergence of Delia Smith in the mid-70s, Keith Floyd in the 80s and the discovery of Jamie, Nigella Lawson and Gordon Ramsay in the 90s, shows such as Ready Steady Cook 20 years ago, right up to the smash hit of today the Great British Bake Off, food on TV has been not only a massive ratings success, but also hugely influential when it comes to the way we cook at home and what we eat.
While one in five Brits has cooked at least one Jamie Oliver recipe, one in seven has also made a Delia dish, one in ten has baked a Mary Berry cake and the same number produced a Nigella meal – using kitchen appliances to make our lives easier.
According to the poll, MasterChef is UK’s favourite foodie programme followed by the beloved Great British Bake Off, The Hairy Bikers, Saturday Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook.
But it seems Brits are not just emulating the dishes they see on their favourite foodie programmes but the kitchens and appliances they see, also.
More than a quarter of us have bought a new kitchen appliance as a result of seeing it on a TV food programmes such as Thomasina Miers’ (Wahaca) hand blender, Delia’s food blenders through to Mary Berry’s food processor. Infact, one in ten has adapted or restyled their entire kitchen after being inspired by their favourite chef’s kitchen.
Watch the video below to find out just how much TV cooking and food shows have evolved and influenced what Britain cooks and eats through the ages.
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