Jamie Oliver is Britain's best-loved chef. His matey charm and down-to-earth approach to cooking – from The Naked Chef to 30-Minute Meals – have made him a household favourite the length and breadth of the country. Rising from humble pastry chef to television superstar by catching the eye of producers during a documentary about the River Café, his on-screen charisma meant that he featured heavily in the final programme and the offers came flooding in…and so The Naked Chef was born. Jamie's passion shone through and a whole generation of young people were captivated by his enthusiasm. Cooking was suddenly cool! His television series and books gave Jamie fame and fortune the world over, but he always wanted to do something positive with his success. Through his fifteen charity restaurants and campaigns to revolutionise school dinners and get Britain cooking again, Jamie has proved himself to be more than simply a celebrity chef. His desire to bring about radical change has seen him meet with top politicians and raise millions of pounds for good causes. This is the fun and fascinating story behind Jamie Oliver: talented chef, father of four, television celebrity, political campaigner and national institution.
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Stafford Hildred. Jamie Oliver: King of the Kitchen - The biography of the man who revolutionised the way Britain eats
Contents
Early Starter
A Perfect Match
Family Sadness, and Joy by the River
Discovery
Patten to Oliver – the TV Years
Married at Last
The Beat Goes On
Home-made
Serving up Aces
Local Hero to Global Star
Boiling Point
Hoisting the Sales
Success Breeds Success
Starting a Family
Jamie Confidential
Turkey Twizzlers and Number 10 Calling
Onwards and Upwards
Copyright
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Jamie spent a great deal of his boyhood helping out in his father’s pub. Living above the business is not always easy, but Jamie revelled in having his home right at the hub of the village. He loved it always being busy and people coming and going all the time. Jamie is not a solitary person and happily admits that he can quickly tire of his own company if left alone too long. His parents had moved in and took over the inn soon after Jamie was born, so his total childhood was spent in the most social surroundings.
Being brought up on licensed premises has helped to give him a natural ease with people from all walks of life and of all ages. ‘It was quite an amazing experience growing up in a country pub with all these different characters coming in every day,’ he said. ‘There was always something going on and always something happening. We were always taught to smile and be polite to people and make them welcome. So many of my dad’s ways were right, that I find myself following them even now. “People want to feel pleased to be here,” he used to say and I suppose it sounds so obvious. But over the years I’ve seen loads of restaurants where people plainly did not feel pleased to be there. Dad loved his job and he reckoned it was because he was interested in people. “Sometimes it only takes a smile to brighten up a customer’s day,” my dad used to say and many’s the time nowadays that I think how right he was.’
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