Buddy Oliver: Junior star chef's recipes put to the Cork teens' taste test 

Caroline Hennessy’s daughters Maya and Hannah, along with two friends, pull out pots, pans and a rolling pin to see if Buddy Oliver’s new children’s cookery book delivers

Caroline Hennessy and her daughter Maya in the kitchen cooking from 'Let's Cook' by Buddy Oliver. Picture: Dan Linehan

Buddy Oliver has had a role in his dad’s TV shows, along with his four siblings since he was small. His popular YouTube channel, ‘Cooking Buddies’, was set up in 2020 and now has 135,000 subscribers. ‘Cooking Buddies’ has also made the move to television with a BBC show.

Dad, of course, is Jamie Oliver, the one-time Naked Chef, who made his first TV series at the ripe old age of 24 in 1999. The apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree, and now 13-year-old Buddy, Oliver’s second youngest child, is here to put his own slant on healthy home cooking for a new generation with his YouTube videos, TV series and Let’s Cookhis just-released cookbook. The theory is great, but does it work in practice?