PPT - James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver PowerPoint Presentation - ID:1678394 Presentation Transcript James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver aka The Naked Chef, MBE (born 27 May 1975) is a British chef, restaurateur, media personality, known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and more recently his campaign against the use of processed foods in national schools. He strives to improve unhealthy diets and poor cooking habits in the United Kingdom and the United States. Oliver's speciality is Italian cuisine, although he has a broad international repertoire. Oliver's programmes are shown in 100 countries, including the USA's Food Network. Early life Jamie Oliver was raised in Clavering, Essex, in England. His parents ran a pub, "The Cricketers", where he used to practise cooking in the kitchen. He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School. Oliver left school at age sixteen with two GCSE qualifications and went on to attend Westminster Kingsway College, formerly Westminster College. He then earned a City & Guilds National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in home economics.

Personal life In July 2000, Oliver married former model Juliette Norton. The couple met in 1993 and have four children: Poppy Honey Rosie Oliver (born 18 March 2002), Daisy Boo Pamela Oliver (born on 10 April 2003), Petal Blossom Rainbow Oliver (born on 3 April 2009) and Buddy Bear Maurice Oliver (born on 15 September 2010). Oliver announced the births of the two youngest children on Twitter. The family lives in Clavering, Essex. Oliver suffers from dyslexia, and read his first novel (Catching Fire) in 2013, at the age of 38. Career (television appearances) His first job was a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's Neal's Yard restaurant, where he first gained experience with preparing Italian cuisine, and developed a relationship with his mentor GennaroContaldo. Oliver then moved to The River Café, Fulham, as a sous chef.

It was there that he was noticed by the BBC in 1997 after making an unscripted appearance in a documentary about the restaurant, "Christmas at the River Cafe". That year, his show The Naked Chef debuted and his cookbook became a number one best-seller in the UK. That same year, Oliver was invited to prepare lunch for the Prime Minister of that time, Tony Blair at No. 10 Downing Street. In 2000, Oliver became the face of the UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's through an endorsement deal worth $2 million a year. After 11 years the partnership between Oliver & Sainsbury's ended. The final television advertisement was for Christmas 2011. Oliver created Fifteen in 2002. Each year, fifteen young adults who have a disadvantaged background, criminal record or history of drug abuse, are trained in the restaurant business. In 2003, he was awarded an MBE. In 2005, he initiated a campaign called "Feed Me Better" in order to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting out junk food. As a result, the British government also pledged to address the issue.

Delving into politics to push for changes in nutrition resulted in people voting him as the "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005," according to a Channel 4 News annual viewer poll. Oliver appears at the BBC Good Food show each year and took to the road once more in 2006 on an Australian tour where he performed in Sydney and Melbourne. Following the entertaining format of his first live show, the 2006 Australian tour featuring special guests including mentor GennaroContaldo, and students from Fifteen London. His emphasis on cooking healthily 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 Oliver's Food Revolution (2010–2011), where he travelled first to Huntington, West Virginia and then to Los Angeles to change the way Americans eat, and address their dependence on fast food. Oliver's holding company, Sweet As Candy, has made enough profit for Oliver to have been listed on The Sunday Times list of richest Britons under 30.

In June 2008 he launched Jamie's Italian, his very first high-street business venture in Oxford, England. It was reported in October 2009 that Oliver is in the process of raising US $22 million to help fund 30 of his Italian restaurants in Asia. In December 2009, Oliver received the 2010 TED Prize. Oliver is the second British celebrity chef (after Robert Irvine) to appear as a challenger on Iron Chef America. In 2012, Oliver appeared during Week 6 of the series on MasterChef. In June 2013, the Jamie Oliver was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame. Advertising From 2000, Jamie was the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK, appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material. The deal earned him an estimated £1.2 million every year. By 2004, the company had made 65 advertisements with Jamie, but this arrangement has not been without controversy. Jamie was reported to have admitted that he does not use supermarkets, saying “For any chef, supermarkets are like a factory.

I buy from specialist growers, organic suppliers and farmers". He was also said to have been criticised by Sainsbury's CEO Justin King when he slammed the "junk" sold by supermarkets that ends up in the lunchboxes of millions of children. King reportedly hit back, saying: "Dictating to people—or unleashing an expletive-filled tirade—is not the way to get engagement."Oliver and Gordon Ramsay are spokeschefs for the "Big Fish Fight", which campaigns for sustainable seafood, but were criticised for their use of endangered fish. The Naked Chef (1998–1999) was Oliver's first series. Oliver's Twist and Pukka Tukka picked up where The Naked Chef left off. The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver's recipes. Oliver has frequently admitted that he was not entirely happy with the title, which was devised by producer Patricia Llewellyn. The success of the programme led to the books Return of the Naked Chef and Happy Days with the Naked Chef. Jamie's Kitchen was a five-part 2002 documentary series.

It followed Oliver as he attempted to train a group of disadvantaged youths, who would, if they completed the course, be offered jobs at Oliver's new restaurant "Fifteen". This was followed by Return to Jamie's Kitchen in 2003. Jamie's Kitchen Australia was a ten-part 2006 television series, similar to Jamie's Kitchen, that was based in and aired in Australia. Jamie's School Dinners (2005) was a four-part documentary series. Oliver took responsibility for running the kitchen meals in Kidbrooke School, Greenwich, for a year. Disgusted by the unhealthy food being served to schoolchildren and the lack of healthy alternatives on offer, Oliver began a campaign to improve the standard of Britain’s school meals. Public awareness was raised and subsequently the British Government pledged to spend £280m on school dinners (spread over three years). Tony Blair acknowledged that this was a result of Oliver's campaign. Following the success of the campaign, Oliver was named "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005" in the Channel 4 Political Awards 2006.

In episode 2 of Jamie's School Dinners, Oliver's Fifteen London restaurant was visited by former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton asked to see Oliver; however, Oliver refused: 36 showed up for a booking of 20 and many of them were on a South Beach Diet and refused the special menu that had been prepared, even though it had been approved in advance. Jamie's Great Italian Escape, a six-part travelogue series, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in Britain in October 2005. It follows Oliver as he travels around Italy in a blue VW van (plus a trailer for cooking). He is about to turn 30 and this is his personal adventure to rediscover his love of cooking. Jamie's Return To School Dinners. Jamie's Chef (2007) was a four-part series continuing where Jamie's Kitchen left off. Five years and fifty trainees later, Oliver's most recent series aims to help the winning trainee establish their own restaurant at The Cock, a pub near Braintree, Essex. The charitable Fifteen Foundation retains ownership of the property and has provided a £125,000 loan for the winner, Aaron Craze, to refurbish the establishment.

As of 13 January 2008, the Cock has closed down and reopened as a regular pub. Jamie at Home (2007) featured Oliver presenting home-style recipes and gardening tips, with many ingredients coming from his substantial home garden. Jamie at Home airs on the Food Network in the United States. Due to licensing restrictions, only two recipes from each Jamie at Home episode appear online; also, access to recipes is limited to users within the United States. Jamie's Fowl Dinners (2008) was a special with Jamie backing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's "Hugh's Chicken Run" in trying to get the British to eat free range chickens. Jamie's Ministry of Food (2008) was a four-part series that aired from 30 September to 21 October 2008. It was based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Oliver aimed to make the town "the culinary capital of the United Kingdom" and tried to get the town's inhabitants to learn how to cook fresh food and establish healthy eating as part of daily life.

The 'Pass It On' campaign also featured in this series with the local townspeople being taught one of a selection of recipes and passing it on to family members and friends. The 'Pass It On' campaign gained a following on the social networking website Facebook which has a group and fan page with users signing up to chart their progress. What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver (2008) is a video game with Oliver narrating. Jamie Saves Our Bacon (2009) was part of Channel 4's British Food Fight Season, a thematic sequel to Jamie's Fowl Dinners. In the special, Oliver looks at the state of pig farming in the UK and EU. It was broadcast on 29 January 2009. Jamie's American Road Trip (2009) was a Channel 4 series following Oliver in the US, where he meets and learns from cooks at street stalls, off-road diners and down-to-earth local restaurants. Along the way, he picks up new recipes and learns how other cultures adapt when they come to the USA. Jamie's Family Christmas (2009) was a short series (5 episodes) on Channel 4 with Oliver cooking traditional and new Christmas dishes.

Unusually, the series includes members of Oliver's family: a family member (wife, children, sister etc.) appears in a supporting role with the preparation of particular recipe interspersed with more traditional. First broadcast 15 December 2009. Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (2009) was a series that aired during 2010 and 2011 on ABC in the United States. In the first season, Oliver visited Huntington, West Virginia, statistically one of the unhealthiest cities in the US, to try to improve its residents' eating habits. In 2010, the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Programme. In the second season Oliver visited Los Angeles, where his crusade to change school meals was met with resistance. Oliver was ultimately barred from filming at any Los Angeles public school. The show's cancellation was announced by ABC in May 2011, two weeks before the final episode of the season had aired. The program also aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 under the title Jamie's American Food Revolution, and in Australia on Channel 10 under the original title.

Jamie Does (2010) or Jamie Oliver's Food Escapes (2011, American title) is a Channel 4 series of 6 episodes following the success of Jamie's American Road Trip. Oliver travels across Europe and North Africa, cooking local dishes. Jamie's 30-Minute Meals (2010) is a Channel 4 series of 40 episodes aired during October–November. The programme focused on home-cooked meals that could be put together within the titular timeframe, using simple, 'not cheffy' techniques, with an emphasis on educating viewers about the cooking processes themselves. Jamie's Dream School (2011) is a Channel 4 series that looks at young people’s educational problems and attempts to uncover whether they are down to personal circumstance, society or the education system itself. It also examines how the new teachers get on as they try to translate their real-life expertise into the realities of the classroom. Jamie's Fish Supper (2011) was a one-hour special show in which Oliver cooked 10 fish recipes as a part of Big Fish Fight campaign.

Jamie Cooks Summer (2011) was a one-hour special in which Oliver cooked summer dishes in various outdoor locations. Jamie's Great Britain (2011) is a six-part series in which Oliver travels the length and breadth of the country in search of new ideas and inspiration for recipes and to find out what makes British food great. Jamie's 15-Minute Meals (2012) a follow-up to Oliver's book and television show 30-minute meals. Awards and Honours In June 2003, Oliver was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. A proponent of fresh organic foods, Oliver was named the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry when he topped the inaugural Caterersearch.com 100 in May 2005. The list placed Oliver higher than Sir Francis Mackay, the then-chairman of the contract catering giant Compass Group, which Oliver had soundly criticised in Jamie's School Dinners. In 2006, Oliver dropped to second on the list behind fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.

In July 2010, Jamie regained the top spot and has been named as the most powerful and influential person in the UK hospitality industry once again. Charity and campaigning Oliver conceived and established the Fifteen charity restaurant, where he trained fifteen disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry. Following the success of the original restaurant in London, more Fifteens have opened around the globe: Fifteen Amsterdam opened in December 2004, Fifteen Cornwall in Newquay in May 2006 and Fifteen Melbourne in September 2006 with Australian friend and fellow chef TobiePuttock. Oliver then began a formal campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools and to get children eating nutritious food instead. Oliver's efforts to bring radical change to the school meals system, chronicled in the series Jamie's School Dinners, challenged the junk-food culture by showing schools they could serve healthy, cost-efficient meals that kids enjoyed eating. Jamie's efforts brought the subject of school dinners to the political forefront and changed the types of food served in schools.

In 2012, after supporting Scottish primary school blogger Martha Payne in her NeverSeconds blog, Oliver attacked education secretary Michael Gove for failing to adhere to the standards agreed to by the previous administration. In December 2009, Oliver was awarded the 2010 TED Prize for his campaigns to "create change on both the individual and governmental levels" in order to "bring attention to the changes Englanders and now Americans need to make in their lifestyles and diet." In 2010, Oliver joined several other celebrity chefs on the series The Big Fish Fight, in which Oliver and fellow chef Gordon Ramsay spend time on a trawler boat to raise awareness about the discarding of hundreds of thousands of saltwater fish because the fishermen are prohibited from keeping any fish other than the stated target of the trawl. Oliver is a patron of environmental charity Trees for Cities.

Jamie Oliver: Quotes, Life and Career, Family, Notable Career Milestones, Charity and Campaigning, Advertising, Television Shows, Other Television Appearances, Live Shows, Controversy and Criticism, Scarlet Division, Table Tennis, Pop Culture, Books, Further Reading, and a List of Books by Author Jamie Oliver Quotes more ï¿½ ï¿½ less "All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.""I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.""Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.""What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!" Life and Career more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Jamie Oliver was brought up in Clavering, Essex, England, where his parents ran a pub, "The Cricketers", and used to practice in the kitchen. He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School.

He left school at 16 without any qualifications to attend Westminster Catering College. His first job was as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's Neal's Yard restaurant, where he first gained experience of Italian cuisine. Oliver then moved to The River Cafï¿½, Fulham, as a sous chef, where he was noticed by the BBC in 1999 when his show The Naked Chef debuted and his cookbook became a number one best-seller in the UK. That same year, Oliver was invited to prepare lunch for then Prime Minister Tony Blair at No. 10 Downing Street. Family more ï¿½ ï¿½ less On 24 June 2000, Oliver married former model Juliette Norton. The couple met in 1993 and have four children: Poppy Honey Oliver (b. March 18, 2002), Daisy Boo Oliver (b. April 10, 2003), Petal Blossom Rainbow Oliver (b. April 3, 2009) and Buddy Bear Maurice (b. September 15, 2010). Oliver announced the births of the two youngest children on Twitter.

The family lives in Clavering, Essex.Oliver is of partial Sudanese ancestry. Notable Career Milestones more ï¿½ ï¿½ less In 2000, Oliver became the face of UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's through an endorsement deal worth ï¿½2 million a year. Putting up his house as collateral without telling his wife, Oliver created the Fifteen Foundation in 2002. Each year, 15 young adults who have a disadvantaged background, criminal record or history of drug abuse, are trained in the restaurant business. In 2003, he was awarded an MBE. In 2005, he initiated a campaign called "Feed me Better" in order to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting junk food. As a result, the British government also pledged to address the issue. Delving into politics to push for changes in nutrition resulted in people voting him as the "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005," according to a Channel 4 News annual viewer poll.

His emphasis on cooking healthily continued as he created "Jamie's Ministry of Food," a television series where Oliver traveled to inspire everyday people in Rotherham, Yorkshire to cook healthy meals. His latest television series is "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" (2009), where he travels to Huntington, West Virginia to change the way Americans eat and address their dependence on fast food. Oliver's holding company, Sweet As Candy, has made enough profit for Jamie to have been listed on The Sunday Times list of richest Britons under 30. It was reported in October 2009 that Oliver is in the process of raising $22 million to help fund 30 of his Italian restaurants in Asia. In December 2009, Oliver received the 2010 TED Prize. Opening on 3 November 2010, at the new City of London development, One New Change, is Jamie Oliver's, 200-seat restaurant, Barbecoa. Charity and Campaigning more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Oliver conceived and established the Fifteen charity restaurant where he trained 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry.

Following the success of the original restaurant in London, more Fifteens have opened around the globe: Fifteen Amsterdam opened in December 2004, Fifteen Cornwall in Newquay opened in May 2006, and Fifteen Melbourne opened in September 2006 with Australian friend and fellow chef Tobie Puttock. Oliver then began a formal campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools and get children eating fresh, tasty, nutritious food instead. Oliver's efforts to bring radical change to the school meals system, chronicled in the series "Jamie's School Dinners", challenged the junk food culture by showing schools they could serve healthy, cost-efficient meals that kids enjoyed eating. Jamie's efforts brought the subject of school dinners to the political forefront and changed the types of food served in schools. In June 2003 Oliver was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. He has also written columns for The Times. A great proponent of fresh organic foods, Oliver was named the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry when he topped the inaugural Caterersearch.com 100 in May 2005.

The list placed Oliver higher than Sir Francis Mackay, the then-chairman of the contract catering giant, Compass Group, which Oliver had soundly criticised in "Jamie's School Dinners". In 2006, Oliver dropped to second on the list behind fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. July 2010 saw Jamie regain the top spot and has been named as the most powerful and influential person in the UK hospitality industry once again. In December 2009 Oliver was awarded the 2010 TED Prize for his campaigns to "create change on both the individual and governmental level" in order to "bring attention to the changes Englanders and now Americans need to make in their lifestyles and diet." Oliver is a patron of environmental charity Trees for Cities. Advertising more ï¿½ ï¿½ less From 1998, Oliver was the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK, appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material. The deal earned him an estimated ï¿½1.2 million every year. By 2004, the company had made 65 advertisements with Oliver, but this arrangement has not been without controversy.

Oliver was reported to have admitted that he doesn't use supermarkets, saying “For any chef, supermarkets are like a factory. I buy from specialist growers, organic suppliers and farmers". He was also said to have been criticised by Sainsbury's CEO Justin King, when he slammed the "junk" sold by supermarkets which ends up in the lunchboxes of millions of children. King reportedly hit back, saying: "Dictating to people ... or unleashing an expletive-filled tirade ... is not the way to get engagement." Oliver has also promoted a line of non-stick pans and cookware for Tefal, and has appeared in Australian television commercials for Yalumba wines, using Del Boy's catchphrase of "Lovely Jubbly". Television Shows more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Oliver's programmes are shown in over 40 countries, including the USA's Food Network. Oliver's Twist and "Pukka Tukka" picked up where "The Naked Chef" left off. More recently, Jamie has been doing series based on campaigns to improve food in schools and cooking skills of the average person. The Naked Chef (1998—1999) was Jamie Oliver's first series.

The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver's recipes, and has nothing to do with nudity. Oliver has frequently admitted that he wasn't entirely happy with the title, which was devised by producer Patricia Llewellyn. (In the UK edit of the show, the opening titles include a clip of him telling an unseen questioner, "No way! It's not me, it's the food!") The success of the programme led to the books Return of the Naked Chef and Happy Days with the Naked Chef.

Series Guide Series 1 — 6 editions — 14 April 1999 to 16 June 1999 Series 2 — 8 editions — 12 April 2000 to 31 May 2000 Series 3 — 8 editions — 16 October 2001 to 4 December 2001 Special "Christmas comes early" — 21 December 1999 Special "Christmas in New York" — 20 December 2000 Special "Christmas Party" — 19 December 2001 Pukka Tukka was launched in 2000 on Channel 4 Oliver's Twist was launched 2002. Jamie's Kitchen was a five-part 2002 documentary series. It followed chef Jamie Oliver as he attempted to train a group of disadvantaged youth, who would, if they completed the course, be offered jobs at Oliver's new restaurant "Fifteen". This was followed by Return to Jamie's Kitchen in 2003.

Jamie's Kitchen Australia was a ten-part 2006 television series, similar to Jamie's Kitchen, that was based in and aired in Australia. Jamie's School Dinners (2005) was a four-part documentary series. Oliver took responsibility for running the kitchen meals in Kidbrooke School, Greenwich, for a year. Disgusted by the unhealthy fare being served to schoolchildren and the lack of healthy alternatives on offer, Oliver began a campaign to improve the standard of Britain’s school meals. Public awareness was raised, and, subsequent to Oliver's efforts, the British Government pledged to spend ï¿½280m on school dinners (spread over three years). Tony Blair himself acknowledged that this was a result of Oliver's campaign. Following the success of the campaign, Oliver was named "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005" in the Channel 4 Political Awards 2006. During the school dinners programme, Oliver's "Fifteen" London was visited by former US President Bill Clinton. Clinton asked to see Oliver; however, Oliver refused, as Clinton's party had asked for other diners to be removed to make room for their larger-than-agreed-upon group.

In episode 2 of Jamie's School Dinners, Clinton's party had 36 show up for a booking of 16 and many of them were on a South Beach Diet and did not want the special menu that had been prepared, even though the menu had been approved in advance. Jamie's Great Italian Escape, a six-part travelogue series, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in Britain in October 2005. It follows Jamie as he travels around Italy in a blue VW van (plus a trailer for cooking). Jamie is about to turn 30, and this is his personal adventure to rediscover his love of cooking. Jamie's Return To School Dinners Jamie's Chef (2007) was a four-part series continuing where Jamie's Kitchen left off. Five years and fifty trainees later, Oliver's most recent series aims to help the winning trainee establish their own restaurant at "the Cock", a pub near Braintree, Essex. The charitable Fifteen Foundation retains ownership of the property and has provided a ï¿½125,000 loan for the winner, Aaron Craze, to refurbish the establishment.

As of January 13, 2008, the Cock has closed down, and reopened as a regular pub. Jamie at Home (2007) featured Jamie presenting home-style recipes and gardening tips, with many ingredients coming from his substantial home garden. Jamie at Home airs on the Food Network in the United States. Due to licensing restrictions, only two recipes from each Jamie at Home episode will appear online; also, access to recipes is limited to users within the United States. Jamie's Fowl Dinners (2008) A special with Jamie backing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's "Hugh's Chicken Run" in trying to get the British to eat free range chickens. Jamie's Ministry of Food (2008) was a four-part series was aired from 30 September to 21 October 2008. It was based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Jamie aimed to make the town "the culinary capital of the United Kingdom" and tried to get the town's inhabitants to learn how to cook fresh food and establish healthy eating as part of daily life.

The 'Pass It On' campaign also featured in this series with the local townspeople being taught one of a selection of recipes and passing it on to family members and friends. The 'Pass It On' campaign gained a following on the social networking website Facebook which has a group and fan page with users signing up to chart their progress. What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver (2008), a video game with Oliver narrating Jamie Saves Our Bacon (2009) Part of Channel 4's British Food Fight Season, a thematic sequel to Jamie's Fowl Dinners. In the special Jamie looks at the state of pig farming in the UK and EU. It was broadcast on 29 January 2009. Jamie's American Road Trip (2009) Channel 4 Series following Jamie who rather than visit fancy restaurants and top chefs, will be meeting, and learning from, real cooks making honest food for working people at street stalls, off-road diners and down-to-earth local restaurants. Along the way, he'll be picking up new recipes, and experiencing tastes old and new, as well as learn how other cultures adapt when they come to the USA.

Jamie's Family Christmas (2009) Channel 4 Short (5 episodes) Series with Jamie cooking traditional and new Christmas dishes. More unusually this series includes members of Jamie's family; a family member (wife, children, sister etc.) appears in a supporting role with the preparation of particular recipe interspersed with more traditional Jamie alone delivery to an off-camera person. First broadcast 15 December 2009. Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is a series airing on ABC in the United States. In the first season, Oliver visits Huntington, West Virginia, statistically one of the unhealthiest cities in the USA to try to improve its residents' eating habits. In 2010, the show won an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Programme. It is also airing in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 under the title "Jamie's American Food Revolution." Jamie Does (2010) Channel 4 Series (6 episodes) following the success of Jamie's American Road Trip, Jamie is travelling across Europe and North Africa, cooking local dishes Other Television Appearances more ï¿½ ï¿½ less Jamie Oliver has twice guest-hosted Channel 4's The Friday Night Project.

He has also made two appearances in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment of BBC Two's Top Gear. His first appearance was notorious for his attempt to make a green salad in the back of his Volkswagen Microbus while the Stig drove it around the Top Gear test track. Oliver is the second British celebrity chef (after Robert Irvine) to appear as a challenger on Iron Chef America, taking on Iron Chef Mario Batali in 2008 in a losing battle with cobia as the theme ingredient. He is starring as one of the judges in the 2008 US series Oprah's Big Give hosted by Oprah Winfrey on ABC . Live Shows more ï¿½ ï¿½ less The Happy Days Live tour was Oliver's first live show in 2001 and included several dates in the UK and Australasia. Performing to sold-out venues, he cooked on stage and interacted with the audiences with competitions, music and special effects only usually seen in pop concerts. He took the audiences by surprise by singing and drumming to a song called Lamb Curry written by his longtime friend Leigh Haggerwood.

Oliver appears at the BBC good food show each year and took to the road once more in 2006 on an Australian tour where he performed in Sydney and Melbourne. Following the entertaining format of his first live show, the 2006 Australian tour featuring special guests including mentor Gennaro Contaldo, and students from Fifteen London. Jamie also performed a new song written by Leigh Haggerwood called Fish Stew which Jamie cooked to and also drummed along to at the end of the show. The shows were a great success and are featured in a one-off TV documentary called Jamie Oliver: Australian Diary. Controversy and Criticism more ï¿½ ï¿½ less In 2005, Oliver was widely criticised by animal rights groups for slaughtering a fully conscious lamb on his TV show, while PETA praised Oliver for showing the killing uncensored, believing it would scare meat eaters into becoming vegetarians. Jamie Oliver has been known for his comments about other chefs and has spoken out against Marco Pierre White, who has been critical of Oliver in the past, and the notorious swearing of Gordon Ramsay.

In 2005, Jamie Oliver embarked upon his school dinners campaign to improve the quality of food fed to pupils. While the campaign was arguably successful,at the time it was a highly controversial shake-up for students and parents, some of whom believed that the students should have a healthy option available, but still be given the choice as to what they want to eat. In September 2006, Rawmarsh Community School, South Yorkshire, UK, made headlines after a handful of parents revolted against Oliver's lunch plan (in which all 1,100 pupils on site were fed two portions of fruit and three vegetables every day) by delivering junk food from local shops to the pupils through the school fence. One parent dismissed Oliver's food as "disgusting rubbish" and declared, "Food is cheaper and better at the local takeaways.” Since his early years, his accent, which is often described as "mockney" or "fake cockney," has become famous...particularly the use of the Hindi word "pukka" (colloquially meaning "brilliant" or "solid", originally "cooked" or "ripe").

Scarlet Division more ï¿½ ï¿½ less In 1989 at age 13, Oliver and friend Leigh Haggerwood formed Scarlet Division, a Britpop/Rock band. Oliver played the drums in the group. Their single, "Sundial," reached number 42 on the UK pop charts in 2000. Shortly after, Oliver left the band to focus on his cooking career. The band reunited briefly in 2002, but broke up for good in 2003.

Something for the Weekend, ISBN 0-1410-2258-2 The Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7868-6617-9 The Return of the Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7181-4439-2 Happy Days with the Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7868-6852-X The Naked Chef Takes Off, ISBN 0-7868-6755-8 Jamie's Kitchen, ISBN 1-4013-0022-7 Cook With Jamie: My Guide to Making You a Better Cook , ISBN 0-7181-4771-5 Jamie's Little Book of Big Treats, ISBN 0-1410-3146-8 Jamie at Home: Cook Your Way to the Good Life, ISBN 978-0718152437 Jamie's Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours, ISBN 978-0718148621 Published in America as Jamie's Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals,

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This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Top rankings for The Naked Chef 90th (Redirected to Jamie Oliver article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The page is about the chef, for the Welsh Alternative rock band Lostprophets member see Jamie Oliver (musician) Jamie Oliver Oliver in Union Square in New York City , 2008 Born Jamie's American Road Trip Jamie's Family Christmas James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975), sometimes known as The Naked Chef, is an English chef and media personality well known for his growing list of food-focused television shows, his more recent roles in campaigning against the use of processed foods in national schools, and his campaign to change unhealthy diets and poor cooking habits for the better across the United Kingdom . Oliver was brought up in Clavering , Essex , England, where his parents ran a pub, "The Cricketers", and used to practice in the kitchen. [1] He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School . He is dyslexic , and left school at 16 without any qualifications to attend Westminster Catering College.

[1] [2] His first job was as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio 's Neal Yard restaurant, where he first gained experience of Italian cuisine . [2] Oliver then moved to The River Café , Fulham , as a sous chef , where he was noticed by the BBC in 1999 when his show The Naked Chef debuted and his cookbook became a number one best-seller in the UK. [3] That same year, Oliver was invited to prepare lunch for Prime Minister Tony Blair at No. 10 Downing Street . [3] In 2000, he also became the face of UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's through an endorsement deal of $2 million per year. [3] In 2003, he was awarded as an M.B.E., or Member of the Order of the British Empire , a British order of chivalry. Putting up his house as collateral without telling his wife, Oliver created the Fifteen Foundation in 2002. Each year, 15 young adults who have a disadvantaged background, criminal record or history of drug abuse, are trained in the restaurant business.

[4] In 2005, he initiated a campaign called "Feed me Better" in order to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting junk food. As a result, the British government also pledged to address the issue. Delving into politics to push for changes in nutrition resulted in people voting him as the "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005," according to a Channel 4 News annual viewer poll. [3] His emphasis on cooking healthily continued as he created "Jamie's Ministry of Food," a series where Oliver travels to inspire everyday people in Rotherham , Yorkshire to cook healthy meals. His latest in 2009 is "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," where he travels to Huntington, West Virginia to change the way Americans eat and depend on fast food . [3] Oliver's holding company, Sweet As Candy, has made enough profit for Jamie to have been listed on The Sunday Times list of richest Britons under 30. [5] It was reported in October 2009 that Oliver is in the process of raising $22 million to help fund 30 of his Italian restaurants in Asia.

[6] Contents 11 External links Family On 24 June 2000 Oliver married former model Juliette 'Jools' Norton. The couple met in 1993 and have three daughters: Poppy Honey Rosie (born 18 March 2002), Daisy Boo Pamela (born 10 April 2003), and Petal Blossom Rainbow (born 3 April 2009). [7] Oliver announced Petal's birth via Twitter . On 4 March 2010, Oliver announced that he and Jools were expecting their fourth child, due in September 2010. They live in Clavering , Essex . [8] Oliver is of partial Sudanese ancestry. [9] Charity and campaigning Wanting to create something positive using his wealth and fame, Oliver conceived and established the Fifteen charity restaurant where he trained 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry.

Following the success of the original restaurant in London, more Fifteens have opened around the globe: Fifteen Amsterdam opened in December 2004, Fifteen Cornwall in Newquay opened in May 2006, and Fifteen Melbourne opened in September 2006 with Australian friend and fellow chef Tobie Puttock . Oliver then began a formal campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools and get children eating fresh, tasty, nutritious food instead. Oliver's efforts to bring radical change to the school meals system, chronicled in the series " Jamie's School Dinners ", challenged the junk food culture by showing schools they could serve healthy, cost-efficient meals that kids enjoyed eating. [10] Jamie's efforts brought the subject of school dinners to the political forefront and changed the types of food served in schools. In June 2003 Oliver was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List . He has also written columns for The Times . A great proponent of fresh organic foods, Oliver was named the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry when he topped the inaugural CatererSearch 100 in May 2005.

The list placed Oliver higher than Sir Francis Mackay, the then-chairman of the contract catering giant, Compass Group , which Oliver had soundly criticised in "Jamie's School Dinners". In 2006, Oliver dropped to 2nd on the list behind fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay . In December 2009 Oliver was awarded the 2010 TED Prize for his campaigns to "create change on both the individual and governmental level" in order to "bring attention to the changes Englanders and now Americans need to make in their lifestyles and diet." [11] Oliver is a patron of environmental charity Trees for Cities . [12] Advertising From 1998, Oliver was the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK , appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material. The deal earned him an estimated £1.2 million every year. [13] By 2004, the company had made 65 advertisements with Oliver, but this arrangement has not been without controversy. Oliver was reported to have admitted that he doesn't use supermarkets, saying “For any chef, supermarkets are like a factory. I buy from specialist growers, organic suppliers and farmers".

[14] He was also said to have been criticised by Sainsbury's CEO Justin King , when he slammed the "junk" sold by supermarkets which ends up in the lunchboxes of millions of children. King reportedly hit back, saying: "Dictating to people — on unleashing an expletive-filled tirade — is not the way to get engagement." [15] Oliver has also promoted a line of non-stick pans and cookware for Tefal , and has appeared in Australian television commercials for Yalumba wines, using Del Boy's catchphrase of "Lovely Jubbly". Television shows The Naked Chef (1998–1999) was Jamie Oliver's first series. The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver's recipes, and has nothing to do with nudity. Oliver has frequently admitted that he wasn't entirely happy with the title, which was devised by producer Patricia Llewellyn . (In the UK edit of the show, the opening titles include a clip of him telling an unseen questioner, "No way! It's not me, it's the food!") The success of the programme led to the books Return of the Naked Chef and Happy Days with the Naked Chef.

Series Guide Series 1 - 6 editions - 14 April 1999 to 16 June 1999 Series 2 - 8 editions - 12 April 2000 to 31 May 2000 Series 3 - 8 editions - 16 October 2001 to 4 December 2001 Special "Christmas comes early" - 21 December 1999 Special "Christmas in New York" - 20 December 2000 Special "Christmas Party" - 19 December 2001 Pukka Tukka was launched in 2000 on channel 4 Oliver's Twist was launched 2002. Jamie's Kitchen was a five part 2002 documentary series. It followed chef Jamie Oliver as he attempted to train a group of disadvantaged youth, who would - if they completed the course - be offered jobs at Oliver's new restaurant Fifteen. This was followed by Return to Jamie's Kitchen in 2003.

Jamie's Kitchen Australia was a ten part 2006 television series, similar to Jamie's kitchen, that was based in and aired in Australia. Jamie's School Dinners (2005) was a four part documentary series. Oliver took responsibility for running the kitchen meals in Kidbrooke School , Greenwich, for a year. Disgusted by the unhealthy fare being served to schoolchildren and the lack of healthy alternatives on offer, Oliver began a campaign to improve the standard of Britain’s school meals. Public awareness was raised, and, subsequent to Oliver's efforts, the UK Government pledged to spend £280m on school dinners (spread over three years). Tony Blair himself acknowledged that this was a result of Oliver's campaign. Following the success of the campaign, Oliver was named "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005" in the Channel 4 Political Awards 2006. During the school dinners programme, Oliver's Fifteen London was visited by Bill Clinton . Clinton asked to see Oliver; however, Oliver refused, as Clinton's party had asked for other diners to be removed to make room for their larger-than-agreed-upon group.

In episode 2 of Jamie's School Dinners, Clinton's party had 36 show up for a booking of 16 and many of them were on a South Beach Diet and did not want the special menu that had been prepared, even though the menu had been approved in advance. [16] Jamie's Great Italian Escape, a six part travelogue series, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK in October 2005. It follows Jamie as he travels around Italy in a blue VW van (plus a trailer for cooking). Jamie is about to turn 30, and this is his personal adventure to rediscover his love of cooking. Jamie's Return To School Dinners Jamie's Chef (2007) was a four part series continuing where Jamie's Kitchen left off. Five years and fifty trainees later, Oliver's most recent series aims to help the winning trainee establish their own restaurant at The Cock, a pub near Braintree in Essex. The charitable Fifteen Foundation retains ownership of the property and has provided a £125,000 loan for the winner, Aaron Craze, to refurbish the establishment.

As of January 13, 2008, The Cock has closed down, and re-opened as a regular pub. [17] [18] Jamie at Home (2007) featured Jamie presenting home-style recipes and gardening tips, with many ingredients coming from his substantial home garden. Jamie at Home airs on the Food Network in the United States. Due to licensing restrictions, only two recipes from each Jamie at Home episode will appear online; also, access to recipes is limited to users within the United States. [19] Jamie's Fowl Dinners (2008) A special with Jamie backing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 's "Hugh's Chicken Run" in trying to get the British to eat free-range chickens. [20] Jamie's Ministry of Food (2008) was a four part series was aired from 30 September to 21 October 2008. [21] It was based in Rotherham , South Yorkshire .

[22] Jamie aimed to make the town "the culinary capital of the United Kingdom" and tried to get the town's inhabitants to learn how to cook fresh food and establish healthy eating as part of daily life. [23] The 'Pass It On' campaign also featured in this series with the local townspeople being taught one of a selection of recipes and passing it on to family members and friends. [22] The 'Pass It On' campaign gained a following on the social networking website Facebook which has a group and fan page with users signing up to chart their progress. Oliver's programmes are shown in over 40 countries, including the USA's Food Network . Oliver's Twist and "Pukka Tukka" picked up where "The Naked Chef" left off. What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver (2008), a video game with Oliver narrating Jamie Saves Our Bacon (2009) Part of Channel 4's British Food Fight Season, a thematic sequel to Jamie's Fowl Dinners. In the special Jamie looks at the state of Pig farming in the UK and EU. It was broadcast on 29 January 2009.

[24] Jamie's American Road Trip (2009) Channel 4 Series following Jamie who rather than visit fancy restaurants and top chefs, will be meeting, and learning from, real cooks making honest food for working people at street stalls, off-road diners and down-to-earth local restaurants. Along the way, he'll be picking up new recipes, and experiencing tastes old and new, as well as learn how other cultures adapt when they come to the USA. [25] Jamie's Family Christmas (2009) Channel 4 Short (5 episodes) Series with Jamie cooking traditional and new Christmas dishes. More unusually this series includes members of Jamies family; a family member (wife, children, sister etc) appears in a supporting role with the preparation of particular recipe interspersed with more traditional Jamie alone delivery to an off-camera person. First broadcast 15 December 2009. [26] Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is a six-show special series to be aired on ABC in the United States starring Oliver and American Idol host, Ryan Seacrest.

The premise of the mini-series will be for the two to visit some of the most unhealthy cities in the United States and try to improve its residents' eating habits. [27] Other television appearances Jamie Oliver has twice guest-hosted Channel 4 's The Friday Night Project . He has also made two appearances in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment of BBC Two 's Top Gear . His first appearance was notorious for his attempt to make a green salad in the back of his Volkswagen Microbus while The Stig drove it around the Top Gear test track. Oliver is the second British celebrity chef (after Robert Irvine ) to appear as a challenger on Iron Chef America , taking on Iron Chef Mario Batali in 2008 in a losing battle with cobia as the theme ingredient. He is starring as one of the judges in the 2008 US series Oprah's Big Give hosted by Oprah Winfrey on ABC (America) . Live shows The Happy Days Live tour was Oliver's first live show in 2001 and included several dates in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

[28] Performing to sold-out venues, he cooked on stage and interacted with the audiences with competitions, music and special effects only usually seen in pop concerts. [29] He took the audiences by surprise by singing and drumming to a song called Lamb Curry written by his longtime friend Leigh Haggerwood . Oliver appears at the BBC good food show each year and took to the road once more in 2006 on an Australian tour where he performed in Sydney and Melbourne. Following the entertaining format of his first live show, the 2006 Australian tour featuring special guests including mentor Gennaro Contaldo , and students from Fifteen London. Jamie also performed a new song written by Leigh Haggerwood called Fish Stew which Jamie cooked to and also drummed along to at the end of the show. The shows were a great success and are featured in a one-off TV documentary called Jamie Oliver: Australian Diary. [30] Controversy and criticism In 2003, Oliver was ranked number 28 in Channel 4 's poll of " 100 Worst Britons ". The poll was inspired by the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons .

The poll specified that the nominees had to be British, alive, and not currently in prison or pending trial. In 2005, Oliver was widely criticised by animal rights groups for slaughtering a fully conscious lamb on his TV show, while others praised Oliver for showing the killing uncensored. [31] In 2005, Jamie Oliver embarked upon his school dinners campaign to improve the quality of food fed to pupils. While the campaign proved to be ultimately successful, [32] at the time it was a highly controversial shake-up for students and parents, some of whom believed that the students should have a healthy option available, but still be given the choice as to what they want to eat. In September 2006, Rawmarsh Community School, South Yorkshire, UK, made headlines after a handful of parents revolted against Oliver's lunch plan (in which all 1,100 pupils on site were fed two portions of fruit and three vegetables every day) by delivering junk food from local shops to the pupils through the school fence.

One parent dismissed Oliver's food as "disgusting rubbish" and declared, "Food is cheaper and better at the local takeaways.” [33] Since his early years, his accent , which is often described as " mockney " or "fake cockney ," [34] [35] has become infamous [36] [37] —particularly the use of the Hindi word " pukka " (colloquially meaning "brilliant" or "solid", originally "cooked" or "ripe").

Books Something for the Weekend, ISBN 0-1410-2258-2 The Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7868-6617-9 The Return of the Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7181-4439-2 Happy Days with the Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7868-6852-X The Naked Chef Takes Off, ISBN 0-7868-6755-8 Jamie's Kitchen, ISBN 1-4013-0022-7 Jamie Oliver - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Jamie Oliver Wikis Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Cornwall Did you know ...

More interesting facts on Jamie Oliver Include this on your site/blog: Encyclopedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The page is about the chef, for the Welsh Alternative rock band Lostprophets member see Jamie Oliver (musician) Jamie Oliver Oliver in Union Square in New York City , 2008 Born Jamie's American Road Trip Jamie's Family Christmas James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975), sometimes known as The Naked Chef, is an English chef and media personality well known for his growing list of food-focused television shows, his more recent roles in campaigning against the use of processed foods in national schools, and his campaign to change unhealthy diets and poor cooking habits for the better across the United Kingdom . Oliver was brought up in Clavering , Essex , England, where his parents ran a pub, "The Cricketers", and used to practice in the kitchen. [1] He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School . He is dyslexic , and left school at 16 without any qualifications to attend Westminster Catering College.

[1] [2] His first job was as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio 's Neal Yard restaurant, where he first gained experience of Italian cuisine . [2] Oliver then moved to The River Café , Fulham , as a sous chef , where he was noticed by the BBC in 1999 when his show The Naked Chef debuted and his cookbook became a number one best-seller in the UK. [3] That same year, Oliver was invited to prepare lunch for Prime Minister Tony Blair at No. 10 Downing Street . [3] In 2000, he also became the face of UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's through an endorsement deal of $2 million per year. [3] In 2003, he was awarded as an M.B.E., or Member of the Order of the British Empire , a British order of chivalry. Putting up his house as collateral without telling his wife, Oliver created the Fifteen Foundation in 2002. Each year, 15 young adults who have a disadvantaged background, criminal record or history of drug abuse, are trained in the restaurant business.

[4] In 2005, he initiated a campaign called "Feed me Better" in order to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting junk food. As a result, the British government also pledged to address the issue. Delving into politics to push for changes in nutrition resulted in people voting him as the "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005," according to a Channel 4 News annual viewer poll. [3] His emphasis on cooking healthily continued as he created "Jamie's Ministry of Food," a series where Oliver travels to inspire everyday people in Rotherham , Yorkshire to cook healthy meals. His latest in 2009 is "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," where he travels to Huntington, West Virginia to change the way Americans eat and depend on fast food . [3] Oliver's holding company, Sweet As Candy, has made enough profit for Jamie to have been listed on The Sunday Times list of richest Britons under 30. [5] It was reported in October 2009 that Oliver is in the process of raising $22 million to help fund 30 of his Italian restaurants in Asia.

[6] Contents 11 External links Family On 24 June 2000 Oliver married former model Juliette 'Jools' Norton. The couple met in 1993 and have three daughters: Poppy Honey Rosie (born 18 March 2002), Daisy Boo Pamela (born 10 April 2003), and Petal Blossom Rainbow (born 3 April 2009). [7] Oliver announced Petal's birth via Twitter . On 4 March 2010, Oliver announced that he and Jools were expecting their fourth child, due in September 2010. They live in Clavering , Essex . [8] Oliver is of partial Sudanese ancestry. [9] Charity and campaigning Wanting to create something positive using his wealth and fame, Oliver conceived and established the Fifteen charity restaurant where he trained 15 disadvantaged young people to work in the hospitality industry.

Following the success of the original restaurant in London, more Fifteens have opened around the globe: Fifteen Amsterdam opened in December 2004, Fifteen Cornwall in Newquay opened in May 2006, and Fifteen Melbourne opened in September 2006 with Australian friend and fellow chef Tobie Puttock . Oliver then began a formal campaign to ban unhealthy food in British schools and get children eating fresh, tasty, nutritious food instead. Oliver's efforts to bring radical change to the school meals system, chronicled in the series " Jamie's School Dinners ", challenged the junk food culture by showing schools they could serve healthy, cost-efficient meals that kids enjoyed eating. [10] Jamie's efforts brought the subject of school dinners to the political forefront and changed the types of food served in schools. In June 2003 Oliver was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List . He has also written columns for The Times . A great proponent of fresh organic foods, Oliver was named the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry when he topped the inaugural CatererSearch 100 in May 2005.

The list placed Oliver higher than Sir Francis Mackay, the then-chairman of the contract catering giant, Compass Group , which Oliver had soundly criticised in "Jamie's School Dinners". In 2006, Oliver dropped to 2nd on the list behind fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay . In December 2009 Oliver was awarded the 2010 TED Prize for his campaigns to "create change on both the individual and governmental level" in order to "bring attention to the changes Englanders and now Americans need to make in their lifestyles and diet." [11] Oliver is a patron of environmental charity Trees for Cities . [12] Advertising From 1998, Oliver was the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK , appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material. The deal earned him an estimated £1.2 million every year. [13] By 2004, the company had made 65 advertisements with Oliver, but this arrangement has not been without controversy. Oliver was reported to have admitted that he doesn't use supermarkets, saying “For any chef, supermarkets are like a factory. I buy from specialist growers, organic suppliers and farmers".

[14] He was also said to have been criticised by Sainsbury's CEO Justin King , when he slammed the "junk" sold by supermarkets which ends up in the lunchboxes of millions of children. King reportedly hit back, saying: "Dictating to people — on unleashing an expletive-filled tirade — is not the way to get engagement." [15] Oliver has also promoted a line of non-stick pans and cookware for Tefal , and has appeared in Australian television commercials for Yalumba wines, using Del Boy's catchphrase of "Lovely Jubbly". Television shows The Naked Chef (1998–1999) was Jamie Oliver's first series. The title was a reference to the simplicity of Oliver's recipes, and has nothing to do with nudity. Oliver has frequently admitted that he wasn't entirely happy with the title, which was devised by producer Patricia Llewellyn . (In the UK edit of the show, the opening titles include a clip of him telling an unseen questioner, "No way! It's not me, it's the food!") The success of the programme led to the books Return of the Naked Chef and Happy Days with the Naked Chef.

Series Guide Series 1 - 6 editions - 14 April 1999 to 16 June 1999 Series 2 - 8 editions - 12 April 2000 to 31 May 2000 Series 3 - 8 editions - 16 October 2001 to 4 December 2001 Special "Christmas comes early" - 21 December 1999 Special "Christmas in New York" - 20 December 2000 Special "Christmas Party" - 19 December 2001 Pukka Tukka was launched in 2000 on channel 4 Oliver's Twist was launched 2002. Jamie's Kitchen was a five part 2002 documentary series. It followed chef Jamie Oliver as he attempted to train a group of disadvantaged youth, who would - if they completed the course - be offered jobs at Oliver's new restaurant Fifteen. This was followed by Return to Jamie's Kitchen in 2003.

Jamie's Kitchen Australia was a ten part 2006 television series, similar to Jamie's kitchen, that was based in and aired in Australia. Jamie's School Dinners (2005) was a four part documentary series. Oliver took responsibility for running the kitchen meals in Kidbrooke School , Greenwich, for a year. Disgusted by the unhealthy fare being served to schoolchildren and the lack of healthy alternatives on offer, Oliver began a campaign to improve the standard of Britain’s school meals. Public awareness was raised, and, subsequent to Oliver's efforts, the UK Government pledged to spend £280m on school dinners (spread over three years). Tony Blair himself acknowledged that this was a result of Oliver's campaign. Following the success of the campaign, Oliver was named "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005" in the Channel 4 Political Awards 2006. During the school dinners programme, Oliver's Fifteen London was visited by Bill Clinton . Clinton asked to see Oliver; however, Oliver refused, as Clinton's party had asked for other diners to be removed to make room for their larger-than-agreed-upon group.

In episode 2 of Jamie's School Dinners, Clinton's party had 36 show up for a booking of 16 and many of them were on a South Beach Diet and did not want the special menu that had been prepared, even though the menu had been approved in advance. [16] Jamie's Great Italian Escape, a six part travelogue series, was first broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK in October 2005. It follows Jamie as he travels around Italy in a blue VW van (plus a trailer for cooking). Jamie is about to turn 30, and this is his personal adventure to rediscover his love of cooking. Jamie's Return To School Dinners Jamie's Chef (2007) was a four part series continuing where Jamie's Kitchen left off. Five years and fifty trainees later, Oliver's most recent series aims to help the winning trainee establish their own restaurant at The Cock, a pub near Braintree in Essex. The charitable Fifteen Foundation retains ownership of the property and has provided a £125,000 loan for the winner, Aaron Craze, to refurbish the establishment.

As of January 13, 2008, The Cock has closed down, and re-opened as a regular pub. [17] [18] Jamie at Home (2007) featured Jamie presenting home-style recipes and gardening tips, with many ingredients coming from his substantial home garden. Jamie at Home airs on the Food Network in the United States. Due to licensing restrictions, only two recipes from each Jamie at Home episode will appear online; also, access to recipes is limited to users within the United States. [19] Jamie's Fowl Dinners (2008) A special with Jamie backing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall 's "Hugh's Chicken Run" in trying to get the British to eat free-range chickens. [20] Jamie's Ministry of Food (2008) was a four part series was aired from 30 September to 21 October 2008. [21] It was based in Rotherham , South Yorkshire .

[22] Jamie aimed to make the town "the culinary capital of the United Kingdom" and tried to get the town's inhabitants to learn how to cook fresh food and establish healthy eating as part of daily life. [23] The 'Pass It On' campaign also featured in this series with the local townspeople being taught one of a selection of recipes and passing it on to family members and friends. [22] The 'Pass It On' campaign gained a following on the social networking website Facebook which has a group and fan page with users signing up to chart their progress. Oliver's programmes are shown in over 40 countries, including the USA's Food Network . Oliver's Twist and "Pukka Tukka" picked up where "The Naked Chef" left off. What's Cooking? with Jamie Oliver (2008), a video game with Oliver narrating Jamie Saves Our Bacon (2009) Part of Channel 4's British Food Fight Season, a thematic sequel to Jamie's Fowl Dinners. In the special Jamie looks at the state of Pig farming in the UK and EU. It was broadcast on 29 January 2009.

[24] Jamie's American Road Trip (2009) Channel 4 Series following Jamie who rather than visit fancy restaurants and top chefs, will be meeting, and learning from, real cooks making honest food for working people at street stalls, off-road diners and down-to-earth local restaurants. Along the way, he'll be picking up new recipes, and experiencing tastes old and new, as well as learn how other cultures adapt when they come to the USA. [25] Jamie's Family Christmas (2009) Channel 4 Short (5 episodes) Series with Jamie cooking traditional and new Christmas dishes. More unusually this series includes members of Jamies family; a family member (wife, children, sister etc) appears in a supporting role with the preparation of particular recipe interspersed with more traditional Jamie alone delivery to an off-camera person. First broadcast 15 December 2009. [26] Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution is a six-show special series to be aired on ABC in the United States starring Oliver and American Idol host, Ryan Seacrest.

The premise of the mini-series will be for the two to visit some of the most unhealthy cities in the United States and try to improve its residents' eating habits. [27] Other television appearances Jamie Oliver has twice guest-hosted Channel 4 's The Friday Night Project . He has also made two appearances in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment of BBC Two 's Top Gear . His first appearance was notorious for his attempt to make a green salad in the back of his Volkswagen Microbus while The Stig drove it around the Top Gear test track. Oliver is the second British celebrity chef (after Robert Irvine ) to appear as a challenger on Iron Chef America , taking on Iron Chef Mario Batali in 2008 in a losing battle with cobia as the theme ingredient. He is starring as one of the judges in the 2008 US series Oprah's Big Give hosted by Oprah Winfrey on ABC (America) . Live shows The Happy Days Live tour was Oliver's first live show in 2001 and included several dates in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

[28] Performing to sold-out venues, he cooked on stage and interacted with the audiences with competitions, music and special effects only usually seen in pop concerts. [29] He took the audiences by surprise by singing and drumming to a song called Lamb Curry written by his longtime friend Leigh Haggerwood . Oliver appears at the BBC good food show each year and took to the road once more in 2006 on an Australian tour where he performed in Sydney and Melbourne. Following the entertaining format of his first live show, the 2006 Australian tour featuring special guests including mentor Gennaro Contaldo , and students from Fifteen London. Jamie also performed a new song written by Leigh Haggerwood called Fish Stew which Jamie cooked to and also drummed along to at the end of the show. The shows were a great success and are featured in a one-off TV documentary called Jamie Oliver: Australian Diary. [30] Controversy and criticism In 2003, Oliver was ranked number 28 in Channel 4 's poll of " 100 Worst Britons ". The poll was inspired by the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons .

The poll specified that the nominees had to be British, alive, and not currently in prison or pending trial. In 2005, Oliver was widely criticised by animal rights groups for slaughtering a fully conscious lamb on his TV show, while others praised Oliver for showing the killing uncensored. [31] In 2005, Jamie Oliver embarked upon his school dinners campaign to improve the quality of food fed to pupils. While the campaign proved to be ultimately successful, [32] at the time it was a highly controversial shake-up for students and parents, some of whom believed that the students should have a healthy option available, but still be given the choice as to what they want to eat. In September 2006, Rawmarsh Community School, South Yorkshire, UK, made headlines after a handful of parents revolted against Oliver's lunch plan (in which all 1,100 pupils on site were fed two portions of fruit and three vegetables every day) by delivering junk food from local shops to the pupils through the school fence.

One parent dismissed Oliver's food as "disgusting rubbish" and declared, "Food is cheaper and better at the local takeaways.” [33] Since his early years, his accent , which is often described as " mockney " or "fake cockney ," [34] [35] has become infamous [36] [37] —particularly the use of the Hindi word " pukka " (colloquially meaning "brilliant" or "solid", originally "cooked" or "ripe"). Books Something for the Weekend, ISBN 0-1410-2258-2 The Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7868-6617-9 The Return of the Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7181-4439-2 Happy Days with the Naked Chef, ISBN 0-7868-6852-X The Naked Chef Takes Off, ISBN 0-7868-6755-8 Jamie's Kitchen, ISBN 1-4013-0022-7

Question: Which British television chef was reported as saying ‘For any chef, supermarkets are like a factory.  I buy from specialist growers, organic suppliers and farmers’?
Answer: Jamie Oliver