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Jamie Oliver issues apology as controversial children’s book is ‘pulled from shelves’ following complaints

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has issued an apology for "misrepresenting" Indigenous people in his latest children's book.

Jamie – on screen with his Air Fryer Meals this weekend (November 17) – has also said he is “devastated” to have hurt the minority community that’s already battling many issues. Sharon Davis of the First Nations educational body Natsiec said that portraying the main character of the book as if she has extraordinary powers “dehumanises her” and, by extension, the entire community. The main character is from Alice Springs in the Northern Territory but the vocabulary used in the language is that of the Gamilaraay people of the states of New South Wales and Queensland.

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