“Sounds like some terrible rash”: Iconic Aussie food Jamie Oliver has never tasted
Jamie Oliver has been visiting Australia on and off for the past 20 years - but he has never tried Tim Tams.
The celebrity chef revealed that he never tried the classic Aussie treat during an interview with The Today Show on Friday.
Jamie touched down in Sydney recently ahead of his 10-year anniversary with Royal Caribbean cruises, and was onboard the Ovation of the Seas when he was asked to pick his favourite between Vegemite toast or Tim Tams.
“What’s that in English? What did you just say?" the celebrity chef asked.
“Ah, Vegemite toast. What’s a Tim Tam? What is it, it sounds like some terrible rash,” he joked.
The presenter told him that it was a chocolate biscuit and got him to try one after finding a tray on the ship.
“This is the moment of truth – this thing I have never had before,” Jamie said before he took a bite out of the popular snack.
“Very, very nice … I will never forget this moment.”
The 48-year-old chef first came to Australia when he was just 24 years old. Ever since, he's been travelling in an out of the country after falling in love with it.
“I normally came, in the old world, every year, but obviously Covid threw a little curve ball in there,” he told news.com.au.
“I just love it here. It always feels like weirdly, my true home. I feel like my style of cooking, my personality, my ridiculous jokes seem to go down better here than back home.”
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