Claim: Jamie Oliver won a prize.

James Trevor `` Jamie '' Oliver , -LRB- born 27 May 1975 -RRB- is a British celebrity chef and restaurateur . He is most known for his typically English cuisine that has garnered him numerous television shows and restaurants .   Born and raised in the village of Clavering , Essex , he was educated in London before taking his first culinary engagement at Antonio Carluccio 's Neal Street restaurant as a pastry chef . When he moved to serve as a sous chef at the River Cafe he was noticed by the BBC and in 1999 debuted his television show , The Naked Chef which was followed by his first cook book subsequently becoming the No. 1 bestseller in the UK . After his Naked Chef Series he was endorsed by multiple companies and expanded his television capacity to include a documentary called Jamie 's Kitchen ; garnering him an invitation from the Prime Minister to 10 Downing Street . In June 2003 , Oliver was honored as a Member of the Order of the British Empire .   In 2005 , Oliver initiated a campaign originally called Feed Me Better to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting out junk food ; this campaign was eventually backed by the British government . Soon after he launched his first high-end restaurant , Jamie 's Italian , in Oxford in 2008 and hosted a TED Talk winning him the 2010 TED Prize .