Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver grew up in Essex, where his parents run their own highly respected restaurant The Cricketers in Clavering and was frequently found helping out in the kitchens. His fascination for food continued to grow and at 16 Jamie left school and completed his training at Westminster Catering College. After spending some time working in France, followed by Antonio Carluccio´s Neal Street Restaurant, London Jamie joined the acclaimed River Café where he worked for three and a half years alongside Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers...

The concept behind The Naked Chef was to strip food down to its bare essentials and Jamie´s hands-on style and general laid back outlook was like a breath of fresh air, inspiring everyone to cook and winning himself a BAFTA Award for the best television series in the Features Category in 2000. In addition to Jamie´s television programmes and books, Jamie works with top UK supermarket chain, Sainsbury´s, advising them on how to further improve the quality and variety of supermarket food. He has also designed a number of ranges of quality tableware and serveware with Royal Worcester. Jamie´s seventh book, Cook With Jamie was published in the UK in October 2006 and quickly became a massive best-seller. All of Jamie´s profits from this book go to the Fifteen Foundation. Jamie is a great motivator and keynote speaker.