EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Oliver‘s son, Buddy, is following his dad into culinary TV and children content material distributor Cake has boarded his first present.
As introduced in February, he 13-year-old Buddy will star in his personal present, Cooking Buddies, on UK youngsters channel CBBC later this 12 months, with The Jamie Oliver Group producing.
Cake, which sells reveals such because the Whole Drama franchise, has picked up worldwide rights (excl UK).
The present relies on Buddy Oliver‘s cooking channel — additionally referred to as Cooking Buddies — which has amassed over seven million views, prompting Sarah Muller, Senior Head of Kids’s Commissioning 7+ at BBC Kids’s and Training, to order a ten-part collection for tv. The manager producer for the Jamie Oliver Group is Samantha Beddoes.
Cooking Buddies is billed as a “enjoyable cooking present with a twist,” wherein youngsters be part of Buddy as he teaches them the right way to cook dinner easy meals for somebody or an necessary event. In a skill-swap, his company educate him a ability they’re enthusiastic about, from basketball to avenue artwork, soccer, karate, ice skating, boxing, BMX’ing, hip hop, salsa and extra.
Jamie Oliver and the remainder of the Oliver household will make shock visitor look within the present, which can promote wholesome and balanced consuming and goals to encourage youngsters to start out cooking with recipes similar to do-it-yourself pasta, pesto rooster, pancakes, egg tortillas and a particular Christmas dessert.
Ed Galton, CEO of distributor Cake, mentioned: “We all know how necessary cooking is within the mainstream and to youngsters and households all over the world and having Buddy introduce cooking to a world viewers is a good way to get youngsters fascinated with wholesome meals and encourage them to study totally different abilities in a singular and entertaining method.”
“We’re main the cost in youngsters’s TV, commissioning sensible reveals like Cooking Buddies to convey younger folks and their households leisure and schooling in all kinds of flavours,” added BBC Kids’s Muller. “Cooking Buddies is all about exploring new hobbies with mates and embarking on a culinary journey. It encourages younger viewers to attempt new issues and reveals you may have a good time with one another while doing it.”
Zoë Collins, Managing Director, Jamie Oliver Group mentioned Buddy Oliver “has been sharing his ardour for cooking for years, by means of his digital movies and in addition when he is available in to cook dinner on the Jamie Oliver HQ.”
“It’s this ardour for and data about meals that we actually wished to seize on this collection, and, in fact, there shall be some shock appearances from the remainder of the Oliver household,” she added. “The present shall be packed filled with scrumptious, nutritious and simple recipes that youngsters will have the ability to cook dinner at dwelling, now and for all times, supporting our mission to make sure that each youngster learns the fundamentals of cooking.”
