Jake Gyllenhaal - 'blessed' in the kitchen

As Britain quivers under The Big Freeze, the Biggest Freeze since that Big Freeze of 6,000 BC, otherwise known as The Ice Age, the realisation strikes that we must be resourceful with our dwindling food supplies. The shops may be well stocked with Easter Eggs but otherwise you're lucky to get two mushrooms and a squidgy bottle of ketchup. This is when you need Jake Gyllenhaal. Obviously you need him for the other 364 and a half days a year too, but he's particularly handy now.


One remembers an interview back in October 2007 for Rendition: 'I have such a great family and I really love to cook for them. I've cooked since I was little. I feel most relaxed in the kitchen. If you can cook with any ingredients you have in your cupboards, then that's a sign of a true chef. I like to cook with any leftovers in the fridge.' Although how Jake would make do with my one veggie picnic egg, two sprigs of broccoli and half a pot of brandy custard is beyond me.


Today, Jake's sister Maggie was interviewed for Vanity Fair and she discussed her culinary ambitions. This was in contrast to her brother Jake who is known throughout the mediaworld as God's Gift to People Who Like to Eat. And this is what VF says: 'Isn't your brother, Jake, a great chef? [Maggie:] That’s different. He literally has a talent. He’s a brilliant cook. He’s blessed or something.' And so he is and so are we. But what's his Yorkshire Pud like?


Pics from IHJ, food courtesy of JG.