James “Jamie” Trevor Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975 in Clavering, Essex) is a British chef. His nickname was The Naked Chef is back on his first cooking show and is the simplicity of ingredients and preparation of its recipes.

Life

Oliver grew up in Clavering, Essex in a small village, located about 32 miles south of Cambridge. There he worked in his father’s pub, The Cricketers, in the kitchen. After leaving school he went to London, where he learned to cook in college. A short time later, he worked in the restaurant from Gennaro Contaldo. There he also worked with the German television chef Tim maltster. In Oliver’s work in the River Cafe restaurant, he was discovered for television. Later he worked in the restaurant Monte’s, while commercials and shows like The Naked Chef turned.

1989 Oliver co-founded the band Scarlet Division Haggerwood Leigh, where he still plays the drums.

Jamie Oliver has been married since June 2000 with Juliette “Jools” Norton, the couple have three daughters and one son.

For his commitment, he was appointed in October 2003 Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Social Commitment

Oliver’s first television show, The Naked Chef, was immediately an international success. As a result, he increasingly devoted himself to social issues: he opened in 2002 under the show Jamie’s Kitchen Restaurant ‘Fifteen’ in London, the unemployed and socially disadvantaged young people the opportunity to learn to cook and work in the hospitality industry. Meanwhile there are other restaurants in Amsterdam, Newquay, Cornwall and Melbourne.

Another action was the Feed Me Better campaign, on TV under the title of Jamie’s School Dinners, to improve the quality of food in school canteens. The accompanying television series on Channel 4 showed the offer of fast food and rigor dominated situation in Britain’s school kitchens and trying Jamie Oliver, the school children nutritious, healthy menus. Oliver collected 241 000 signatures for it at various schools in England. During the campaign, the Labour government promised to provide additional 280 million pounds available.

In Ministry of Food, he tried the inhabitants Rotherham, Yorkshire, cooking with fresh ingredients and healthy eating almost bring. But he taught a small group of residents recipes, which in turn are the recipes to neighbors, colleagues, and friends in a cooking session. The idea for the program comes from the time of the Second World War: The British Ministry of Food recipes in this way had distributed to the population, were rationed as food.