About this season
Jamie Oliver and his friend and mentor Gennaro Contaldo go right to the heart of Italian cuisine. The pair travel far and wide to learn Italy's best-kept secrets from the true masters of the Italian kitchen--the nonnas and the home cooks who have perfected recipes that have been lovingly handed down over generations.
Episodes (8)
1. The Aeolian Islands
Aired 13 August 2018 • 46 min
Jamie learns from the locals how to cook stuffed squid, and creates a Sunday lunch for one of the island archipelago's biggest families
2. Puglia
Aired 20 August 2018 • 45 min
Jamie heads for one of the hottest food destinations in Italy, making hand-crafted pasta, a special seafood stew, and the region's answer to paella
3. Naples
Aired 27 August 2018 • 47 min
Jamie heads to the pizza capital of Italy, to seek out the recipes the locals love to eat and is blown away by acquapazza - fish poached in 'crazy water'
4. Basilicata
Aired 3 September 2018 • 46 min
Jamie heads to breathtaking Basilicata in search of some seriously old school Italian recipes, with the help of a family of shepherds and an 89-year-old macaroni master
5. Sicily
Aired 10 September 2018 • 45 min
Jamie gets a masterclass in Sicilian sweets and cooking up an epic tuna, prawn and pistachio spaghetti. There's also some chocolaty cannoli.
6. Tuscany
Aired 17 September 2018 • 45 min
Jamie is taking spag bol to the next level and re-creating a mind-blowing Jewish-Italian recipe. There's also beef stew with pappardelle.
7. Rome
Aired 24 September 2018 • 46 min
Jamie tracks down some fast, fresh and easy recipes, featuring tasty minty pea tortiglioni and gnocchi with roasted tomato sauce and rocket pesto
8. Piedmont
Aired 1 October 2018 • 45 min
Jamie is high up in the Italian Alps cooking some great comfort food, including dumplings, mind-blowing macaroni cheese, and a classic red wine and sausage risotto