Celeb chef Jamie Oliver has been visiting Australia on and off for the previous 20 years — and in that point he has by no means tried a Tim Tam.
The much-loved British chef touched down in Sydney final week forward of his 10-year anniversary with Royal Caribbean cruises.
Throughout an interview with The At this time Present on-board the Ovation of the Seas on Friday, Jamie was requested to choose his favorite between Vegemite toast or a Tim Tam and that’s when it was revealed he had no thought concerning the beloved Aussie biscuit.
“What’s that in English? What did you simply say? he requested the presenter with a confused look on his face.
“Ah, Vegemite toast. What’s a Tim Tam? What’s it, it seems like some horrible rash,” he joked.
She instructed him it was a chocolate biscuit and naturally needed to get him one to strive it after discovering a tray on-board the ship.
“That is the second of reality – this factor I’ve by no means had earlier than,” he stated as he grabbed a Tim Tam from the tray.
“Very, very good … I’ll always remember this second.”
Jamie arrived in Sydney final week to have a good time Jamie’s Italian being on-board eight of Royal Caribbean’s ships for nearly a decade — since 2014.
“I grew up in a pub and I lived above the pub restaurant. Mum and Dad labored very, very arduous and each on occasion we used to go on a cruise — it was one of many issues that we did as a household till I used to be about of 13/14,” Jamie instructed information.com.au throughout an unique interview on Friday.
“And we used to like it. I feel that was the one manner that Dad may swap off.
“However now I’ve obtained eight eating places in eight ships, and I by no means, ever dreamt after I was forging my profession that, that may ever occur, nevertheless it’s practically a ten yr relationship.”
The 48-year-old chef first got here to Australia when he was simply 24 years previous “and I just about did yearly for subsequent 20 years”.
“I usually got here, within the previous world, yearly, however clearly Covid threw slightly curve ball in there,” he stated.
“I simply like it right here. It all the time looks like weirdly, my true residence. I really feel like my fashion of cooking, my persona, my ridiculous jokes appear to go down higher right here than again residence.”
The award-winning cook dinner, who first shot to fame nearly 25 years in the past along with his cooking program, The Bare Chef in 1999, has simply launched one other cookbook known as 5 Components Mediterranean which he says feeds again into his restaurant on-board the ships.
“My books, the TV I do and the travels I do straight feds again into this restaurant right here,” he stated. “We’ve obtained stuff from 5 Components Mediterranean on the menu and also you simply see these dishes that we’re making well-known around the globe by means of TV on the menu right here.
“I’m getting a bit older now, however hopefully slightly bit wiser. And I attempt to journey quite a bit, be taught quite a bit and share quite a bit about meals and tradition.”
