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I try to eat as healthily as possible and I make a lot of meals from scratch. I've recently become a Vegan so my food is quite limited until I start experimenting with the different meat... more

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  • 82 of 82 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Pittypomm

    2 Stars Great Kitchen Gadget, But Not For Use. Review with images 02/12/2008
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages It's a good idea...

    Disadvantages Disadvantages ...it's poorly made.

    Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker The Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker is a bizarre combination of shameless marketing rubbish, and really good idea. I would compare it to the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine, except that our little purple grill hasn't broken and been replaced three times since we bought it. I am not a fan of Mr Oliver, but I have tried not to let that cloud my judgement. What is the Flavour Shaker? Well, it's a pestle and mortar. Simple as that. It's for crushing up seeds to make tasty herby spicy paste things. The pestle is replaced by a heavy ceramic ball and the ... more
  • 30 of 30 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 dkm1981

    Member since 17/02/2009

    Reviews written: 321

    2 Stars A Babushka Doll For The Kitchen 25/08/2011
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Nicely designed

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Pretty pointless, overpriced, gimmicky

    I enjoy cooking and so as a result tend to get a kitchen gadget or two for my birthday and for Christmas each year. Some of them have been super useful whilst others have been a bit of a disappointment. I'm afraid the Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker falls into the latter group. This is partly because it is an expensive gimmick but mainly because I just don't see the point of it. I got mine a few years ago for Christmas when Oliver was just about everywhere and everywhere he could be. Mine is the original flavour shaker and cost about £20 at the time. It has since been reincarnated in many styles ... more
  • 48 of 48 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Thehonesttruth

    Member since 26/05/2004

    Reviews written: 730

    5 Stars Spice up those salads 23/01/2011
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Small and compact, works well

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Can be expensive from some retailers

    I've been eating a lot of salads and vegetables since I've been on Slimming World. While they are undoubtedly very good for me, they can on occasion be a bit dull – but can be easily livened up with salad dressing. However, many salad dressings can be quite oily, so, opting to make my own, I purchased a Flavour Shaker to help me do it . The Jamie Oliver Flavour Shaker is pretty widely available – I've been seeing it on shop shelves for years, and a few months ago picked one up from Asda in a stylish black for around £8. It looks a little like a squashed bowling skittle in shape- curved and ... more
  • 24 of 24 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 marsland1

    Member since 03/05/2010

    Reviews written: 488

    1 Star A bowling pin? 25/08/2011
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Very light compared to pestel and morter

    Disadvantages Disadvantages awkward to store, doesn't work properly, awkward to clean

    I was bought this for Christmas about three years ago and I must say that in that time I've only used it a handful of times and find that it just sits in the cupboard unused but I feel as though I cannot throw it away seeing as it was a gift. I was bought it because I quite like Jamie Oliver and a friend of mine thought it would come in useful as I do like cooking and making sauces and things from scracth and I do find it quite hard to use a pestle and morter now that my wrists are quite bad so really there was quite a lot of thought behind the buying of this gift. The point of this gadget is ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 Jennster85

    Member since 11/05/2011

    Reviews written: 702

    3 Stars Proper pukka? 05/08/2011
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages looks good

    Disadvantages Disadvantages mine leaked

    Jamie Oliver.... I think you love him or you hate him really and I do love him! I have some fantastic cookery books of his and a couple of salad and serving bowls from his range that I have been bought as gifts. When I saw the flavour shaker in TK MAXX for £6.99, I had to try one. I have been intrigued by them for ages and they usually retail at around £15.00, you can pick one up everywhere now, from supermarkets from department stores. *Description* It is a modern plastic pestle and mortar designed in the style of a bowling pin! It is made out of plastic, but there are parts that are ... more