Two British giants of food television — Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver — are coming together for a BBC show. “Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking” is currently airing on BBC Two and on BBC iPlayer. It’s a six-part cookery series featuring some of Mary Berry’s favourite recipes, celebrating her reaching 90 earlier this year.
In the first two episodes, Berry spoke to comedian Tom Allen and broadcaster Gabby Logan, respectively. However, in the third episode — releasing today, Tuesday, November 11 — she’ll be chatting to fellow cooking icon Oliver.
A teaser clip posted to Instagram shows the pair, who were already long-time friends, enhancing their bond over an unlikely tabletop game: foosball.
‘Natural’ Jamie Oliver Wins a Closely-Fought Contest
The 54-second video — which was posted to both Berry’s account (235,000 followers) and Oliver’s account (10.6 million followers) — shows Jamie Oliver asking Mary Berry if she’d like a game of table football (foosball). Berry reluctantly agrees, despite admitting she’s never played before, and knowing Oliver has.
The two culinary legends have some back and forth banter and appear to enjoy the game, which Oliver ultimately wins. It prompts Berry to say, “You’re a natural, aren’t you? I was second!”
Oliver then humorously responds, “It’s your round now!”
A caption on the video reads, “On this week’s episode of Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking, I’m delighted to be joined by my lovely friend, @jamieoliver, Jamie and I have always shared a love of simple and delicious home cooking for the whole family, so this week I share some of my most favourite dishes with him. We also take a trip down to the pub for a lovely chat and we even have a game of table football… ⚽️ Tune in tonight at 7:30pm on BBC Two and @bbciplayer 💞.”
This particular episode of “Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking” is sure to have lots of great cooking tips from the two kitchen masterminds, so make sure you catch it if you can.
Fans Show Love to Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver
GettyMary Berry. (Photo by Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images for the NTAs)
The comments on the video were full of love for Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver — as you would expect for two beloved cooking legends.
One fan wrote, “2 of my favourites right there! ❤️”
Another fan of food television commented, “Not British myself, but boy did I learn a lot about cooking/baking from you two ❤️.”
Someone else said, “👏👏👏👏Love these two !!!❤️❤️”
There will be six episodes of “Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking,” and following the appearances of Tom Allen, Gabby Logan, and Jamie Oliver, the final three guests will be broadcaster Alex Jones, gardener Alan Titchmarsh, and an as-yet-unnamed special guest for the final episode.
A new episode of “Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking” is released every week.
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