I've been watching Jamie's show, but am on the fence about him. Very few of his dishes seem to end up well cooked - everything seems to still be rather raw when it's supposed to be done - & whoever is in charge of the timing on the show needs to sharpen up. I was really looking forward to seeing the end result of the pizzas he made the other day, but the show ended right after he popped them in the oven. A few of his shows have ended like that, & it seems very odd. I also agree that he seems to be a bit of a messy cook, & sometimes has some strange food combinations.
He was frequently in the news around here a number of months ago when he did a show stint in Huntington, WV, "revamping" their "unhealthy" school lunch system. (Huntington, WV, supposedly has the highest levels of obesity in the country.) Anyway, not only were his ideas over-the-top pricewise for a low-income WV school district, but he was tremendously insulting both on the air & in the print media re: the townsfolk during the whole thing. Left a lot of bad feelings all around & sort of tainted the show, regardless of his good intentions.