Jamie Oliver
Photo by: David Loftus
Jamie
Oliver grew up in his parents' country pub in Essex, England, where he
started cooking at the age of eight and has since worked with some of
the world's top chefs. After attending catering college and studying in
France, Jamie worked at The Neal Street Restaurant in London as the
pastry chef before joining the staff of London's famed River Café,
where he worked for three and a half years before filming his first
television program, The Naked Chef about a young Brit who stripped food
to its bare essentials.
Jamie has starred in five television series and today owns Fifteen
and Jamie's Italian, two restaurants with multiple locations in London
and elsewhere around the world. He has also written a number of
top-selling cookbooks. Jamie's Fifteen Foundation provides training and
mentoring for disadvantaged young people and now has programs and
restaurants in London, Cornwall, Amsterdam, and Melbourne.
Jamie lives in London with his wife, Jools, and their daughters, Poppy and Daisy.
