I guess all teachers have fantasy students, don't they? And I guess we'd all pick the same dream students. I mean, Eminem and John Lydon would be on anybody's list, wouldn't they? And the scariest thought in the world would be to have Billy Bragg show up in your seminar (only joking, of course).

But do people make lists of teachers manques? (Sorry, dunno how to do the acute accent).

Anyway, I'm one of the few who never got bored of Jamie Oliver. I even took the 'mullarkey' phase in my stride. I'm enjoying the fact that he's managed to keep making must-see programmes after all these years.

The main interest for me is discovering what a good teacher he is. I mean, I knew he was a good communicator in general, but I'm really impressed by how he deals with his 'problem students' (and by the patience and goodwill of the teachers at the catering college). The one mistake I think he's made is hopping into a car after some of his hardest one-to-ones with Nicola or Kerry-Anne or Michael and telling five and a half million people what he was really thinking.

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