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Jamie Oliver
English chef and restaurateur (born 1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jamie Trevor Oliver MBE OSI (born 27 May 1975)[2] is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.[3] He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants.
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Born | Jamie Trevor Oliver (1975-05-27) 27 May 1975 (age 49) Clavering, Essex, England | |||||||||
Education | Westminster Kingsway College | |||||||||
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Juliette Norton (m. 2000) | |||||||||
Children | 5 | |||||||||
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Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
Genre(s) | Cooking, cooking tutorials | |||||||||
Subscribers | 5.72 million[1] | |||||||||
Total views | 857.7 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: 31 August 2021 | ||||||||||
Website | jamieoliver |
Oliver reached the public eye when his series The Naked Chef premiered in 1999. In 2005, he opened a campaign, Feed Me Better, to introduce schoolchildren to healthier foods, which was later backed by the government. He was the owner of a restaurant chain, Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, which opened its first restaurant, Jamie's Italian, in Oxford in 2008. The chain went into administration in May 2019.[4]
His TED Talk won him the 2010 TED Prize. In June 2003, Oliver was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "services to the hospitality industry".[5]