On the same day that Jamie Oliver's new Channel 4 documentary programme, Jamie's Kitchen, made its debut, it emerged that one of the teenaged cooks taken under the celebrity chef's wing for his televised restaurant experiment has been sent to anger management therapy.
Seventeen-year-old Michael Pizzey, who was one of 15 disadvantaged and unemployed young people to be trained by the Naked Chef and work in his new restaurant Fifteen, apparently had a number of rows with student cooks before finally having a heated argument with senior trainer Tony Elvin. As a result, he has left the show to receive help with his temper.
"(Michael) was like Roy Keane – the 'red mist' would descend," Jamie's spokesman told the London Evening Standard. "We cannot have someone being aggressive with knives and hot water."
However, the aspiring chef, whose every move was captured on film for the five-part programme, may one day be welcomed back into Jamie's culinary fold. "He left by mutual consent," said the representative. "We would like to see him back next time."
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