As selection process begins, reality dawns: the kids do not look like future chefs and they don't appreciate the tempura oyster Jamie prepares to test their passion for food.
Having whittled them down from over 1000 applicants, the final 15 are announced and with no time to waste, training begins at Chef School where they'll learn the basics.
Some of Jamie's trainees aren't attending classes and others aren't up to scratch. The size of the problem is apparent when 11 of the 15 fail their first exam, the NVQ 1.
Jamie sends the trainees on placements for a month, working alongside professional chefs in a dozen top restaurants.
Jamie has had a punishing schedule, with overseas tours and the demands of family life, and still has to find time for the project.
The cameras return to Jamie Oliver's restaurant to see how the 15 young people he took off the dole are progressing. On the surface the new restaurant is a huge hit.
Exhausted by his routine and some of his trainee chefs who have become disillusioned and problematic, Jamie devises tests of their proficiency as graduation day nears.
