Los Angeles is synonymous with glitz and glamour. But Jamie experiences a very different version of the American Dream a few miles east of the Hollywood sign among America's largest concentration of Mexican immigrants.
East LA is notorious for gangs, drugs and violence, but Jamie also discovers a community proud of its food, committed to family and striving to achieve a better life.
Jamie samples Mexican delicacies with great-great-grandmother Maria at a fiesta-style birthday party. But on the following day he meets Rigo, an ex-gang member turned successful chef who is hosting a special meal to commemorate his uncle Emmanuel, the victim of a gangland shooting.
Jamie is inspired to discover the fresh flavours of Mexican food at a charity helping ex-gang members, and agrees to cook his version of a Mexican feast for a baptism meal.
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Series 1 Episode 1
Los Angeles
Los Angeles is synonymous with glitz and glamour. But Jamie experiences a very different version of the American Dream…
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 2
Wyoming
Jamie tries the rodeo, camp-fire cooking, Rocky Mountain Oysters, and a night sleeping under the stars in Wyoming, to…
- Includes scenes of calf branding and castration which some may find distressing
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 3
New York
Jamie explores the underground restaurant scene in New York, shares a Hookah in Queens, makes noodles on the hoof in…
- Some strong language
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 4
Louisiana
Jamie goes hunting for alligators and cooking gumbo in Louisiana, as well as helping a local eatery get back on its…
- Strong language and skinning and killing of an alligator
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 5
Georgia to Florida
Jamie drives across America's Deep South in search of the best cheap food in the US. Along the way, he cooks soul food…
- Contains language some viewers may find racially offensive
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 6
Arizona
The final stop on Jamie's tour is a Navajo Indian reservation in Arizona, where he encounters America's oldest cuisine…
- Contains scenes of animal slaughter which some viewers may find distressing
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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