James starts his culinary journey by taking on the food of Asia; as the publishers of his recipe book are in attendance, he immediately starts with a glass of wine; the first dish of the day is a Thai noodle soup, a staple of Southeast Asian cuisine. View Details

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James tries his hand at vegan recipes and manages to succeed two out of three times. While meatless burger and casserole turn out great, a tofu dish fails to hit the spot. View Details

Hogan, Michael (13 November 2020). "James May: Oh Cook! review: boozy, un-PC and unpretentious – finally a cookery show for blokes". The Telegraph . Retrieved 21 November 2020. It's a very COVID friendly production. It's - we could do it pretty much as we did it last time and still meet all the health (requirements). On the whole, (Oh Cook) is less hazardous, I suppose,” James explained. “And people expect me to know what I'm doing and what I'm talking about if I'm driving a car. I think secretly, politely, she thinks I’m a half-wit,” James says as Nikki disappears behind the door again, glass in hand.

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Despite the wine glass May totes around the prep space, the kitchen weathers some mild emotional storms. “This is the most bad-tempered dessert…” a producer says when May twice chafes at retake request and later a correction from Nikki concerning a finer historical point concerning custard. This is the type of program only a man in May’s stage of life could conceivably host without coming off as laborious and over-framed for social media. “I’m 57 years old. I no longer give a s**t (about people thinking I’m weird),” he says while contemplating the great pleasure he derives from sharpening his vintage potato peeler. Reality television is at its best when it neither preaches nor manipulates, but inspires, entertains, and uplifts without resorting to triteness. Fortunately, the only cheese in Oh Cook! is dumped into the shepherd’s pie. The Oh Cook star divulged further: “So I've got quite a few ideas sketched out. I would love to do another one.”James ventures into the world of pasta, creating a lasagne, experimenting whether cream should be used in carbonara, and trying to put a twist on alphabet pasta During the episodes May is assisted at times by home economist Nikki Morgan, who is kept in a cupboard until her assistance is required. [6] Series 1 (2020) [ edit ] No. in And also everybody there is trying to tell you how to do it. It's actually quite fractured in the way the kitchens are. If you're trying to cook and you've got a lot of people interfering that is - I’m sure most domestic fights start either in the kitchen or around the TV remote control.”