After the success of Cooking Mama and Can’t Decide What to Eat?, it looks like culinary simulators are going to take off in the same way that Brain Trainers have on the Nintendo DS. The latest to show their hand is Atari, which has confirmed that What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver will arrive on the portable in time for Christmas.

Just like Nintendo’s very own Can’t Decide What to Eat? (there’s a surprise), What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver sees the ‘pukka’ chef walking players through both virtual and real-life cooking situations, with over 100 of the London-born celebrity cook’s recipes to choose from.

What’s Cooking? also includes a virtual shipping list, allowing you to save groups of ingredients so that they are on hand to recall every time you visit the supermarket, while the creative mode encourages players to use hundreds of hand-picked ingredients to create their own dishes. Rustled up something special? You’ll then be able to share it with your friends via the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

“I really want to get as many people as I can cooking simple, tasty food, so I’m really excited about bringing a book’s worth of my recipes to a game for the first time,” said Jamie Oliver. “You can cook my recipes for real at home or in the game’s 3D kitchens, but what’s brilliant is that you can come up with your own recipes then share them with your mates and family over wi-fi. Lovely.”

“What’s Cooking? with Jamie Oliver will be the most complete cooking game and it’s great to have Jamie Oliver on board with his wholesome recipes and passion for life,” said Cyril Voiron, VP Brand Management, Worldwide Publishing, Atari. “What’s Cooking? with Jamie Oliver is a great game for Nintendo DS as it appeals to players of all ages within the family, be it the everyday adult cook or the budding child chef, which is a perfect fit with Nintendo’s phenomenal DS audience.”

Well, at least that’s your DS-playing mother’s Christmas gift sorted.