You’ve got to admit that it comes to something when a chef needs to take measures to prevent his recipes causing political offence but it seems that celebrity chef Jamie Oliver now employs “cultural appropriation specialists” to make sure his recipes avoid potential insensitivities or a woke brigade backlash.

The TV chef’s dishes are now all vetted, since as he says his 2012 Empire roast chicken would be apparently be totally unacceptable today.

A couple of years ago he was forced to defend the name of his “punchy jerk rice”, claiming it highlighted his culinary inspiration, only to face facing criticism from Labour’s then shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler. And in 2014, he came under fire for his interpretation of the West African dish, Jollof rice.

Other chefs have got into hot water over this. Gordon Ramsay, got roasted when his Lucky Cat restaurant in London was described as an “authentic Asian eating house” despite not having a chef from the Far East.

And MasterChef judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode got a dressing down from the Malaysian foreign minister for “whitesplaining” how to prepare rendang to a Malaysian-born contestant on the BBC1 show.

And in 2017, Nigella Lawson was mocked by Italians after sharing a recipe for spaghetti carbonara – using the non-traditional ingredient of cream.

Always politically correct, Margaret Mills joined me in he second hour to take us back to the days when Galleywood Racecourse was the place to be. Listen here to what Margaret had to say about those far off glory days: –

I hope to see you again next week,
Scott