The Channel 4 cooking show featuring a big celebrity chef has CLOSED after just one series
One of Channel 4’s newest cooking shows has reportedly been axed by the broadcaster after just one series.
The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver has been suspended after the debut series ended in March.
During the show, 18 chefs competed for a book publishing deal and the release of their own cookbooks, creating dishes in hopes of impressing a judge.
Each cook pitched their book ideas and various recipes that would appear in it, with contestants slowly progressing to the final three.
According to The sunChannel 4 has decided not to renew the show for a second series, with a source saying: ‘Bosses have decided to leave Great Cookbook Challenge at one series.
About! One of Channel 4’s newest cooking shows has reportedly been axed by the broadcaster after just one series
Not anymore: The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver has been suspended after its debut run ended in March
“They are proud of the show and will continue to work with Jamie on other shows currently in the pipeline.”
MailOnline has contacted a Channel 4 representative for comment.
Dominique Woolf was crowned winner with her Asian-inspired recipes and her cookbook was published last summer.
It comes after Jamie revealed that cooking “saved his life” as he struggled with dyslexia and reflected on renewing his vows with wife Jools.
The chef candidly explained why he decided to pursue cooking as a career, admitting that without it he would have been “utterly miserable.”
He explained that he found schoolwork “really hard” because of his dyslexia, a learning disability that affects reading and spelling skills.
Jamie shared how cooking was a lifeline for him The sun: ‘Cooking really saved my life, without cooking I would have been terribly miserable.’
Jamie also said that he didn’t read a novel until he was 35 years old, when he picked up Suzanne Collins’ book Catching Fire from the Hunger Games trilogy.
Dramatic! During the show, 18 chefs competed for a book publishing deal and release their own cookbooks by creating dishes in hopes of impressing a judge.
Jamie went on to explain how he would put his kids – Poppy, 21, Daisy, 20, Petal, 14, Buddy, 12, and River, six – to bed so he could read to them or make up bedtime stories.
He said this led him to write his first children’s book Billy And The Giant Adventure, something he thought he would never achieve due to his dyslexia.
Elsewhere in the extended chat, Jamie also spoke about recently renewing his vows with wife Jools, 48 – 23 years after they originally tied the knot.
Last month, Jamie shared an intimate carousel of family snaps on Instagram after saying ‘yes’ for the second time at the Soneva Fushi Resort in the Maldives.
Speaking of the ceremony, Jamie said they planned to renew their vows on their 20th wedding anniversary, before postponing it due to the Covid pandemic.
He said, “I have five kids, and the two oldest are out of the nest, in college and looking for jobs, and I thought it would be great to get away as it would probably be one of the last holidays are like a family, for boyfriends and other things that happen in parents’ lives.
“So we went to renew our vows, and it was actually really fun — and I think I enjoyed it the most of everyone.”