Jamie Oliver Cooks Italy

Jamie returns to cooking the food he loves the most, getting right to heart of the Italian kitchen.

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.

Jamie visits the pizza capital of Italy to learn recipes from the locals and tries acquapazza, fish poached in crazy water.

Jamie visits Basilicata in search of some old school Italian recipes and meets a family of shepherds and an 89-year-old macaroni master.

Jamie gets a masterclass in Sicilian sweets and cooking up an epic tuna, prawn and pistachio spaghetti. There's also some chocolaty cannoli.

Jamie is taking spaghetti bolognese to the next level and re-creating a mind-blowing Jewish-Italian recipe. There's also beef stew with pappardelle.

Jamie tracks down some fast, fresh and easy recipes, featuring tasty minty pea tortiglioni and gnocchi with roasted tomato sauce and rocket pesto.

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.