Jamie Trevor Oliver MBE is a British chef and restaurateur. He is the second-best-selling British author, behind J. K. Rowling. His TED Talk won him the 2010 TED Prize. His first restaurant, Jamie’s Italian, in Oxford in 2008, went into administration.
About Jamie Oliver in brief
Jamie Trevor Oliver MBE is a British chef and restaurateur. Born and raised in Clavering, Essex, he was educated in London before joining Antonio Carluccio’s Neal Street restaurant as a pastry chef. He was noticed by the BBC in 1997, after making an unscripted appearance in a documentary about the restaurant, Christmas at the River Cafe. In 1999, his BBC show The Naked Chef debuted, and his cookbook became a bestseller in the United Kingdom. In 2005, he opened a campaign, Feed Me Better, to introduce schoolchildren to healthier foods, which was later backed by the government. His TED Talk won him the 2010 TED Prize. In June 2003, Oliver was awarded an MBE for his services to the hospitality industry. His holding company, Jamie Oliver Holdings Ltd., earned enough for him to have been listed on The Sunday Times list of richest Britons under 30. In December 2009, Oliver hosted Jamie Oliver’s 15 Minute Meals on Channel 4. He is the second-best-selling British author, behind J. K. Rowling, and the best-selling non-fiction author of all time. Oliver has sold more than 14.5 million books, generating just under £180m for the chef’s company. His first restaurant, Jamie’s Italian, in Oxford in 2008, went into administration in May 2019. The brand was franchised and includes branches in Ireland, Canada, Cyprus, Australia, Iceland, Cyprus and the UAE. As of February 2019, Oliver’s restaurant brand includes 42 restaurants in the UK, Ireland, UAE, Canada and Cyprus.
Oliver’s first high street business venture, Jamie’s Italian, was in Oxford, England, where there were 42 of the restaurants in England, Ireland and Canada. The restaurant, in Westland Place, London continues to train young adults who have a disadvantaged background for careers in the restaurant business. Oliver was invited to prepare lunch for the then-Prime Minister Tony Blair at 10 Downing Street. He left school at the age of 16 with two GCSE qualifications in Art and Geology and went on to attend Westminster Technical College now Westminster Kingsway College. He then earned a City & Guilds National Vocational Qualification in home economics. Oliver moved to The River Café, Fulham as a sous-chef, and developed a relationship with his mentor Gennaro Contaldo. Oliver employed Contaldo to help run his collection of high street restaurants,Jamie’s Italian. After three series of Naked Chef programmes for the BBC, he moved to Channel 4, where his first series was Jamie’s Kitchen, which followed the setting up of Fifteen restaurant in London. His emphasis on cooking fresh, nutritious food continued as he created Jamie’s Ministry of Food, a television series where Oliver travelled to inspire everyday people in Rotherham, Yorkshire, to cook healthy meals. Another television series is Jamie’s Food Revolution, where he travelled first to Huntington, West Virginia and then to Los Angeles to change the way Americans eat.
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