Comments on: Jamie Oliver and the unethical 'flavour shaker' http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/ An infuriatingly infrequently updated reflection on the Internet, the US, and life in general Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Paul-B http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-212079 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:57:04 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-212079 I was considering buying one of these but probably won't now. However, if there are so many people with problems why on earth don't they return them to the store where they bought them and get a refund or a replacement. If enough people did that surely the company making/marketing them would have to dop something about it before reputable outlets like Debenhams and Argos would stop stocking them? I was considering buying one of these but probably won’t now. However, if there are so many people with problems why on earth don’t they return them to the store where they bought them and get a refund or a replacement. If enough people did that surely the company making/marketing them would have to dop something about it before reputable outlets like Debenhams and Argos would stop stocking them?

]]> by: Sheila http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-172859 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:43:41 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-172859 I could not agree more with this post! JO has become a complete sell-out! It is embarrassing to watch him on the telly as he does constantly cooks up similar stuff. I have worked with a great deal of good chefs and Jamie does not come near them! That said, I used to enjoy the cooking show he did several years ago (before he was really famous). He seemed like a good bloke and was a great new TV personality. However somewhere along the way something went terribly wrong! Additionally... I also got a shaker for Christmas and it was actually good the first time I used it. However already at the third use it started leaking and now (6 uses) it has a crack along the bottom. I could not agree more with this post! JO has become a complete sell-out! It is embarrassing to watch him on the telly as he does constantly cooks up similar stuff. I have worked with a great deal of good chefs and Jamie does not come near them!

That said, I used to enjoy the cooking show he did several years ago (before he was really famous). He seemed like a good bloke and was a great new TV personality. However somewhere along the way something went terribly wrong!

Additionally… I also got a shaker for Christmas and it was actually good the first time I used it. However already at the third use it started leaking and now (6 uses) it has a crack along the bottom.

]]> by: Anonymous http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-149055 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:39:16 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-149055 Hello pips, I really don't understand why is everybody against it. Nice idea bad implementation I agree. So since it is not good enough let's fix it. I got inspired but the flavour shaker and made my own, simple as this ! And yes it doesn't cost me 20 GBP and it does close much better. I do believe that sometimes the people miss the bigger picture. Just because Jamie or any other muppet wanted to charge this amount, it doesn't mean that you have to go and get it ! Hello pips,

I really don’t understand why is everybody against it. Nice idea bad implementation I agree. So since it is not good enough let’s fix it. I got inspired but the flavour shaker and made my own, simple as this ! And yes it doesn’t cost me 20 GBP and it does close much better. I do believe that sometimes the people miss the bigger picture. Just because Jamie or any other muppet wanted to charge this amount, it doesn’t mean that you have to go and get it !

]]> by: NS http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-147213 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:49:27 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-147213 I got my flavour shaker for xmas from my wife. After the first use I thought it was excellent, after the second use, terrible. The seal wont seal properly it leaks everywhere, totally useless, much quicker just to use a pestle and mortor. The flavour shaker is a great idea, but I am suprised Jamie Oliver puts his name on it, he has gone down in my estimations. He obviously doesnt use one or he would have experienced anyone of the problems poeple have listed on this site. Amazon wont take it back as I have binned the packaging plus with postage it wouldnt have been worth it anyway! SHITE! I got my flavour shaker for xmas from my wife. After the first use I thought it was excellent, after the second use, terrible. The seal wont seal properly it leaks everywhere, totally useless, much quicker just to use a pestle and mortor.
The flavour shaker is a great idea, but I am suprised Jamie Oliver puts his name on it, he has gone down in my estimations. He obviously doesnt use one or he would have experienced anyone of the problems poeple have listed on this site. Amazon wont take it back as I have binned the packaging plus with postage it wouldnt have been worth it anyway!

SHITE!

]]> by: Kieren http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-143014 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:36:20 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-143014 What utter nonsense. To say I "hate" Jamie Oliver is to willfully misread the post above, but then using this fabrication to then argue that I should haven't written anything in the first place is, frankly, bonkers. Good, don't buy the Flavour Shaker - there are enough comments here from people that have to make it clear that it is just as bad a product as I predicted it would be. But also do please try to post coherent and reasoned comments if you feel the urge to bother people on other blogs in future. Kieren What utter nonsense. To say I “hate” Jamie Oliver is to willfully misread the post above, but then using this fabrication to then argue that I should haven’t written anything in the first place is, frankly, bonkers.

Good, don’t buy the Flavour Shaker - there are enough comments here from people that have to make it clear that it is just as bad a product as I predicted it would be. But also do please try to post coherent and reasoned comments if you feel the urge to bother people on other blogs in future.

Kieren

]]> by: Ian Paton http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-138354 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:33:34 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-138354 I used my 'Flavour Shaker' about 5 times and the seal streched and is now useless. My email to Jamie Oliver requesting a replacement has been ignored. The 'Flavour Shaker' wensite redirects you to another site to obtain replacement, that website does not mentions it. Be advised; the Flavour Shaker' is a total waste of £20. I used my ‘Flavour Shaker’ about 5 times and the seal streched and is now useless. My email to Jamie Oliver requesting a replacement has been ignored. The ‘Flavour Shaker’ wensite redirects you to another site to obtain replacement, that website does not mentions it. Be advised; the Flavour Shaker’ is a total waste of £20.

]]> by: Peter Chaffer. http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-127755 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:22:54 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-127755 How on earth jamie Oliver, or whoever really invented this potentially lethal piece of garbage,has not been prosecuted , either under trade descritions act or dangerous goods act, amazes me. The broken shards of plastic I found in my shaker could easily have caused fatal damage.Remove from sale now, before there is a fatality . How on earth jamie Oliver, or whoever really invented this potentially lethal piece of garbage,has not been prosecuted , either under trade descritions act or dangerous goods act, amazes me. The broken shards of plastic I found in my shaker could easily have caused fatal damage.Remove from sale now, before there is a fatality .

]]> by: ANon http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-125336 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:46:00 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-125336 It may be shit i do not know i haven't got one. i probably won't get one after reading the comments but you've got to ask yourself if you hate him that much why the hell do you care about him so much by writing 20 paragraghs about him. if it was truly hate you would even be bothered by him!!! It may be shit i do not know i haven’t got one. i probably won’t get one after reading the comments but you’ve got to ask yourself if you hate him that much why the hell do you care about him so much by writing 20 paragraghs about him. if it was truly hate you would even be bothered by him!!!

]]> by: Paul Thompson http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-124963 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:58:26 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-124963 I bought the flavour shaker to make a couple of recipes, well I have just slaved for 1.5 hrs and then poured the dressing over the dinner to find 2 broken bits of smoked plastic. I have 3 and 5 year old boys and am disgusted with how fragile this is it could have killed them!!!! So dinner is ruined and if anyone can help I need to pursue this further. I agree this product should be recalled immediately before someone actually chokes on the plastic shards! I bought the flavour shaker to make a couple of recipes, well I have just slaved for 1.5 hrs and then poured the dressing over the dinner to find 2 broken bits of smoked plastic. I have 3 and 5 year old boys and am disgusted with how fragile this is it could have killed them!!!! So dinner is ruined and if anyone can help I need to pursue this further. I agree this product should be recalled immediately before someone actually chokes on the plastic shards!

]]> by: Donna http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-123351 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:46:58 +0000 http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2005/12/15/jamie-oliver-and-the-unethical-flavour-shaker/#comment-123351 DONT BUY IT. Mine arrived a few hours ago and the seal came off during the first few shakes and left my counter and hands in a right old mess. OK it looks pretty especially in red, however it is NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE There should have been a recall on this poorly designed product. Jamie shame on you. DONT BUY IT. Mine arrived a few hours ago and the seal came off during the first few shakes and left my counter and hands in a right old mess.
OK it looks pretty especially in red, however it is NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE There should have been a recall on this poorly designed product. Jamie shame on you.

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