Jamie Oliver

Photo by: David Loftus

JamieOliver grew up in his parents' country pub in Essex, England, where hestarted cooking at the age of eight and has since worked with some ofthe world's top chefs. After attending catering college and studying inFrance, Jamie worked at The Neal Street Restaurant in London as thepastry chef before joining the staff of London's famed River Café,where he worked for three and a half years before filming his firsttelevision program, The Naked Chef about a young Brit who stripped foodto its bare essentials.

Jamie has starred in five television series and today owns Fifteenand Jamie's Italian, two restaurants with multiple locations in Londonand elsewhere around the world. He has also written a number oftop-selling cookbooks. Jamie's Fifteen Foundation provides training andmentoring for disadvantaged young people and now has programs andrestaurants in London, Cornwall, Amsterdam, and Melbourne.

Jamie lives in London with his wife, Jools, and their daughters, Poppy and Daisy.

See his recipes at Cookstr and at his HomePage.

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