00:00:32sort of celebrating everyone else’s
00:00:34countries I thought it was probably
00:00:35about time to do Britain interestingly
00:00:39you know in the last fourteen years
00:00:41there’s been a massive evolution of food
00:00:42in Britain I mean there’s always been a
00:00:44rich diversity of food and food culture
00:00:46but I think what was important about the
00:00:47last fourteen years is the young ones
00:00:49have been really running with kind of
00:00:51modernizing and making food beers wines
00:00:54cheeses their own you know so it’s good
00:00:57timing also the Olympics around the
00:00:59corner you know it just kind of feels
00:01:01like the right time
00:01:08great British cooking is really diverse
00:01:11it’s exciting it can be light and
00:01:13delicate and it can be sort of like a
00:01:15big beautiful friendly hug so I think
00:01:17you know for me this is a celebration
00:01:18actually this is Jamie’s Great Britain
00:01:21but actually it’s it’s kind of a
00:01:23celebration of global cooking around the
00:01:25world
00:01:26you know what I’ve tried doing this
00:01:27series is get people comfortable you
00:01:29know and say things like you know fish
00:01:31and chips yeah
00:01:32British I go no it was not British it
00:01:36came with the Jewish communities and if
00:01:38it wasn’t for them we’d never have it
00:01:39you know and just just stuff and I love
00:01:42doing that and we’re doing that and
00:01:43every single program we’re trying to
00:01:44give people things that they’re really
00:01:45close and comfortable with but saying
00:01:47it’s not ours don’t call it out because
00:01:50it ain’t ours but what we should be
00:01:51proud of is the fact that we were clever
00:01:53enough to love it and embrace it and
00:01:55call it our own you can’t really
00:01:57understand food in a culture unless you
00:01:59understand the culture so my shows are
00:02:01always about people they’re always about
00:02:03places but ultimately we get down to the
00:02:05nitty-gritty and that’s cooking serious
00:02:07cooking you know what with me it’s
00:02:09always a little bit deeper than just
00:02:10cooking a few things you know it’s about
00:02:11people it’s about people’s dreams about
00:02:14the way that families can travel and and
00:02:17some people’s stories about getting to
00:02:19this country 100 years ago 50 years ago
00:02:2120 years ago now I just find it
00:02:24fascinating what I’m trying to do in
00:02:25this series is just show people the
00:02:28diverse range of beautiful food
00:02:29happening on this little island and
00:02:31really celebrating not just what we
00:02:34think is British food but also the many
00:02:37many countries from all around the world
00:02:38which now called Britain their home to
00:02:41celebrate British food is to celebrate
00:02:42so many other cultures and cuisines and
00:02:44I just want to get people excited about
00:02:45it
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