Top TV chefs’ recipes ‘less healthy’ than ready meals

Recipes by TV chefs including Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson are “less healthy” than ready meals, researchers have said.

Meals randomly selected from the books of top celebrity chefs contained “significantly more” fat, saturated fat, energy, protein and less fibre per portion than supermarket ready meals, the study suggests.

Neither the ready meals or the recipes complied with all of the nutritional recommendations by the World Health Organisation (WHO).