Jamie Oliver will cook dinner meals in an air fryer for brand new Channel 4 sequence

Jamie Oliver is launching a brand new Channel 4 sequence about cooking with air fryers in an try to point out they’re about ‘a lot greater than nuggets and chips’.

The 48-year-old chef will cook dinner grilled greens, a complete Keralan roast hen, Baked Alaska and, pork stomach and roasted pineapple with noodles within the units.

Oliver, whose two half sequence will air later this spring, mentioned he was initially ‘sceptical’ about air fryers however turned ‘completely hooked’ after experimenting with them.

He added that it was ‘super-rare’ for an merchandise of kitchen gear to ‘revolutionise how persons are selecting to cook dinner in the way in which the air fryer has achieved’.

The programme, Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals, comes as the recognition of the units has soared in recent times with almost half of households now estimated to personal one.

Jamie Oliver, pictured in a publicity picture for his Five Ingredient Meals present on C4 final 12 months 

Air fryers have soared in reputation with almost half of households now estimated to personal one

Many households turned to air fryers through the pandemic and because of the power worth disaster, with producers saying they’re a lower-energy means of cooking.

Earlier this week, the units have been added to the Office for National Statistics basket of products which is used to measure the speed of inflation for British households.

In a press release asserting the brand new Channel 4 present – which shall be sponsored by Tefal, which makes air fryers – Oliver mentioned: ‘It’s super-rare for a chunk of kitchen package to revolutionise how persons are selecting to cook dinner in the way in which the air fryer has achieved.

‘At first, I used to be sceptical, however as quickly as I began to check and mess around with concepts, settings and new methods to create flavour and texture, I used to be completely hooked.

‘In my thoughts, something that will get individuals cooking is a win. And the truth that the air fryer makes use of much less power, saves time and creates a lot much less washing-up – all whereas turning out scrumptious, nutritious meals – can solely be factor.

‘It’s a fantastic resolution for the fashionable household, the place days are sometimes hectic and first rate meals are wanted, quick.’

Oliver additionally cited the recognition of air fryer recipes he has been posting on his web site since final 12 months, saying they’d been ‘an enormous hit’ with greater than 500,000 views.

Recipes on his web site embrace cauliflower curry, oat cookies and bubble and squeak, reported the Daily Telegraph.

TV chef James Martin has mentioned he would not use an air fryer and so they ‘must be banned’

Nigella Lawson used the gadget throughout her Christmas particular final 12 months, having beforehand admitted: ‘I do know nothing of the world of air fryers’

TikTok influencer and Michelin-trained chef Poppy O’Toole will function within the new documentary together with Sabrina Gidda, the writer of Modern South Asian Cuisine.

Katie Millard of Jamie Oliver Productions mentioned: ‘Working with our long-term companion, Tefal, Jamie was in a position to reply to the massive public demand for extra air fryer recipes and beloved each second growing the brand new recipes.

‘As this sequence will present, there’s a lot extra to an air fryer than nuggets and chips.’

Air fryers have featured in as many as 4 documentaries on Channel 5 in latest months, together with ‘Air Fryers vs Microwaves: Which Is Better?’, ‘Air Fryers: An Easy Way to Lose Weight?; and ‘Air Fryers: Do You Know What You’re Missing?’

Channel 4 additionally broadcast a documentary known as ‘Air Fryers: Are They Worth It?’ that includes Denise van Outen final June.

And Nigella Lawson used the gadget throughout her Christmas particular final 12 months, having beforehand admitted: ‘I do know nothing of the world of air fryers.’

But not everyone seems to be satisfied by the units, with TV chef James Martin saying final November: ‘I do not use an air fryer. In my opinion they need to be banned.

Nadiya Hussain and Masterchef winner Simon Wood have additionally spoken out in opposition to air fryers

Speaking on the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham, he added, to laughs from the viewers: ‘I do not even need to converse to anybody that has an air fryer.’

Restauranteur Simon Wood, who gained Masterchef in 2015, has additionally criticised air fryers, saying on X final November: ‘Air fryers are merely bloody terrible.

‘I’ve tried completely different ones with various things and each time it is simply garbage. Cook correctly, pans, oven, grill. Salt pepper butter and thyme.’

And Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain advised Virgin Radio final September that individuals have to ditch air fryers in favour of deep fats fryer.

She mentioned on the time: ‘Lots of persons are actually fearful of frying and we have to maneuver on. I get it, everybody’s all into the air fryers, however we have to get into deep frying.’