I am a great fan of May's other projects such as toy stories and his wine adventures with Oz Clarke but this is definitely his weakest project. If you have seen the trailer like me you may have been expecting a funny take on the usual cooking shows with the twist of James learning to cook along the way. Instead we get a pretty normal cooking show with the slow mo closeups the only difference is the cook has a recipe visible. The joke of Niki coming out of the cupboard wears off in the first episode and I don't think anyone will try to make about 60% of the recipes shown as they are not very appealing or informative. May does throw in some bits of history which are interesting along the way but definitely not a reason to watch. Don't be fooled by those who rate it highly purely because James May is the host. It is a very average cooking show. If you do want to watch James May cooking his FoodTribe YouTube videos where he cooks odd dishes e.g. cat food pie is much more entertaining.
Review of James May: Oh Cook!
