Jamie's Christmas Lock-In Page #5

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HE SNEEZES:

Bless you. Arigato. We're going to

put a little bit of this mirin in,

just a little teaspoon.

And then a tiny bit of icing sugar.

Icing sugar?

Sweetness. Sweet and sourness.

Rice wine vinegar.

How much?

Tablespoon-ish.Lime juice.

So this is like Japanese...

Wow, two at once, you show-off!

Yeah,that's proper ninja-style.

And then we have a little taste.

I'll be honest with you,

that would do me for lunch.

Just that on some bread.

We're going to slice this up.

We want nice ninja-style slices.

Do you know it was your 50th birthday?

Yeah.

The knife that you'reholding

is your 50th birthday present.

Really?

From me to you.

And I know that you're a big

present giver, aren't you?

Yeah, I'm trying to be excited it's a

knife you probably got for nothing.

Don't say that!

I bet you got given this by someone.

I did.

Well then, don't make it a big deal.

It's not quite nothing

because actually...

Look, did you pay for it?

No.

No. Right, so you got it for nothing.

You know your 50th birthday, this is for me. There you go.

And I didn't buy it either.

And we're going to lay thisover here.

I've got somerice over here.

This is sticky rice.

You like sticky rice?

I love sticky rice.

I'm going to put this, this

is like sticky ricedressing,

it's like sugar syrup and vinegar.

Wow, that sounds incredible.

I'm going to take a little spoon of this.

Let's have a little bit there.

Little bit of sesame.

Let's try and eat some.

You like a bit of sake?

Sake daisuki.

That means "I like it a lot."

You've got to serve mine because in Japan,

you're not allowed to serve your own drink,

otherwise it's bad luck.

Bless you.

Cheers, mate. Kanpai.

Kanpai.

Wagu beef. Special.

Oh, man.

Melt in your mouth.

But it is very nice.

Is it true they feed it

beer and they massage them?

Yeah, they're the most looked

after cows in the world.

Yeah, they're the most looked after cows in the world.

Very much in the same way that Wayne Rooney is taken care of.

What, just beer and massage?

Beer and massage.

Whilst my little helpers

carry on cooking,

time for a chat with the one

and only Charlotte Church.

Charlotte Church!

Darling, thank you for

coming on my show.

My pleasure.

The lock-in is happening,

it's kicking off.

It's amazing.

Thank you for singing.

My pleasure.

So what's Christmas

like in your house?

Well, pretty much the

same as every household.

You've got two kids.

Two babies, so it's full of presents.

But also just full of food.

So are you a cooker?

I try, and I think I'm quite good.

Obviously nowhere near your level

but I do give it a good go and I

do sometimes produce some magic.

What's you comfort food?

If you want to cuddle up and have

a lovely comfort food night in?

Anything with mash.

Oh, you're a mash girl?

So like shepherd's pie or sausage and

mash, or a stew, a proper Irish stew.

But you're Welsh.

Yeah.

Come on, you must have

some Welsh influences.

Well, there is a Welsh stew but

that has crazy things in it

that I have never attempted to cook myself

because it seems far too complicated.

I mean, you are a working mum.

Yes, I am.

And dadGavin, he's a working dad.

Yes, he is.

Yes, he is. But you don't have any

help, you get on with it yourself?

Yeah.

You have to do a lot of juggling,

how do you do that? I've got four.

My rule is don't work too much.

Right.

I'm a bit of a work

shirker, to be fair.

Oh, really?

Absolutely, shirk the work.

Absolutely, shirk the work.

How do you pull that off?

Absolutely, shirk the work. How do you pull that off?

I don't know. Also, once you have babies, as you know,

you just want to be with them all

the time and not miss anything.

So it's going to be the first Christmas without Gav.

How's it going to be, juggling that?

I think we'll be fine.

I mean, you know,

I'll be with them on

Christmas morning and stuff.

But, you know, I'm sure that we'll work something

out for the evening or something like that.

But, yeah, I have got some

big plans for Christmas Day

in terms of the babies.

It's all about the kids,

looking after them?

It's all about my babies,

start to finish.

And it's great that you've

had an amicable split,

you've got a new, lovely

boyfriend, Jonathan.

Yeah.

Who is also a co-writer on your album.

Yeah.

And I saw him there on the

strings, giving it large.

And I saw him there on the strings, giving it large.

Yeah, he's on the viola.

I've heard he's a bit of a cook.

Yes, he is.

So he looks after you?

Yes, he does, he's very good.

When I was talking to him in

the changing room earlier,

he was talking about braising,

roasting, and slow cooking.

I was quite impressed.

Yeah, yeah, he's really

good, he's really good.

It was nice to know that Mrs

Church was in good culinary hands.

So let's talk about the new

album, Back To Scratch.

You have been honest about the

lyrics and some of it's about love

and it sounds like you're talking

about Gavin in some of those lyrics.

Not necessarily. Love and emotion and

everything is a rather broad path,

so yeah. I mean, life is life

and you write about what you can

draw from and that's it, really.

You've gone from opera, the best singers in the

world, and you've kind of come towards pop.

Where would you position this?

I think nowadays, I've kind

of found a nice balance,

where my voice is comfortable.

You know, that is what

I love about you,

because I think, in your

trade, you are incredible

proficient and intelligent.

And then you grow up as a teenager

and you get in amongst it.

There are pictures of you coming out

of taxis, legs all over the place,

getting drunk after a couple

of those dodgy old cocktails.

Easy, fella!

No, but you're human, you're a

teenager,you're a lovely lady.

You get in amongst it in Cardiff. And I think it's

brilliant that the press can't pigeonhole you.

I hope so. I mean, I'm human,

the same as us all. You know,

we all have our flaws and we

all have our good points.

And I've never claimed to be a role model

or perfect in any way, shape or form,

but I just try my best,

same as everybody else.

So hopefully, you know,

people like that.

Bless you. Charlotte Church, everyone,

she deserves a happy new year, yeah?

Thank you for coming on the show.

Thank you for coming on the show.

My pleasure.

Thank you for coming on the show.

My pleasure. Bless you. It's...

Thank you very much, Charlotte.

Listen, you might have seen earlier,

I've started my own fragrance,

J'ai Mange. So we took this lovely

product to a real focus group and

they're going to tell us what they really think of it.

They're not always nice.

This Christmas, I thought I'd join

the galaxy of shameless celebs who

are trying it on with a load of

ridiculous products. So say hello

to my very own J'ai Mange, the

world's first edible aftershave.

Sounds too good to be true?

Well, it is, so I've set up a

series of real focus groups

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