I was watching Jamie's Kitchen on The Food Network tonight. It was fascinating. We don't get Food Network here in Acton (for some reason unknown to me) and so this was my first time watching this show. I think it was also the final episode in the series.

The gist of it is that Jamie Oliver aka The Naked Chef has invested about 2 million pounds into starting a restaurant. The catch? He's staffing it with underpriveledged kids from London's poor areas. He teaches them to cook and run a kitchen and become chefs. These aren't McDonald's short order cooks. They're supposed to be chefs at the end of the show. And his restaurant is supposed to actually be popular.

If tonight's was the last episode, then it ends with the opening night of the restaurant and the food critics giving it a once over. On New Year's Day, they're doing a marathon of it. They're also showing two new episodes a year after the initial ones which will show how the restaurant has fared and if Jamie is bankrupt or not.

This is one of the few times I actually want to be able to go to work on New Year's Day! ARG! Stupid Cogeco cable...