I was dreading the arrival of Jamie Oliver's new TV programme, Ministry of Food.
I didn't want to see my home town portrayed as being rammed with thick, ignorant oiks who don't know how to boil an egg. Because the people I have lived all my life among don't deserve that.
And the fact is, there are Rotherham people who are gou
rmets and there are Rotherham people who live on chip shop butties. Just like there are in any other town in Britain.
But I was relieved to find Jamie hadn't tarred and feathered us. He didn't hold the town up to ridicule. And some of the women who embraced his simple cookery lessons turned out to be absolute stars.
One such mum cried with shame as she forced herself to admit that chucking a packet of crisps at her children when they were hungry was lazy and selfish. She turned out to be a whizz in the kitchen.
But the pride that lit her face when her kids loved her home-cooked spaghetti and meatballs nearly had me in tears.
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