Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

Overview

Whenever Jamie Oliver utters the words "I wish you could smell this," during his television cooking escapades, often people toy with the notion of throwing their set out the window. Because we can't Jamie, we can't smell that pukka steak sarnie. Until now. The not-so-Naked Chef is heading to Sydney for an onstage cooking hootenanny you'll be able to smell with your own nostrils.

One of the world's best-loved chefs, Jamie Oliver, is coming to Australia, bring his Food Revolution with him. The 39-year-old culinary master will make his Opera House debut in the Concert Hall on Sunday, March 29, cooking live on stage for Ideas at the House. After nabbing a swag of Emmy's for his ABC show Jamie's Food Revolution, Oliver is intending to get back to basics with Sydney, wanting to show you how to cook delicious, healthy-ish noms with the freshest ingredients. Maybe he'll stop by Jamie's Italian for a little surprise cook-up.

A longtime crusader against malnourishment and unhealthy eating, the Ministry of Food maestro is bringing his quest for better food education to Sydney, so you'd better listen up. With less cooking at home, less veggies on our plates (only 5.5 percent of adults eat the recommended daily intake of both fruit and vegetables) and more boxes of processed shit lining our shelves, Australia's slowly becoming one of the most unhealthy places in the world — even though on the surface we're apparently all about the superfoods, kale and pressed juices. Obesity has overtaken smoking as the leading cause of premature death and illness in Australia. Yep, fact. So Oliver's taking it upon himself put Australia back in the kitchen.

"I’ve been working in Australia for 15 years now and recently, through the amazing work of my Ministry of Food Centres and trucks, as well as my partnership with Woolworths, I’ve really got to know and understand the scale of the problem in your beautiful country," says Oliver. "You guys have access to such incredible fresh produce but still there are millions of Australians who don’t know how to feed themselves and their families properly. This show is designed to inspire real change so I hope you’ll join me and together we’ll make a real positive difference, while having loads of fun at the same time."

Oliver's Food Revolution makes the latest cooking-focused event for Ideas at the House. Over the last three years, the likes of Michael Pollan, Yotam Ottolenghi and Alice Waters have made their culinary philosophies known on the Sydney Opera House stage.