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James Trevor
James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975) is a British chef, restaurateur and media personality, known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and more recently hiscampaign against the use of processed foods in national schools. He strives to improve unhealthy diets and poor cooking habits in the United Kingdom and the United States. Jamie Oliver's speciality isItalian cuisine, although he has a broad international repertoire.
Jamie Oliver was brought up in Clavering, Essex, England. His parents ran a pub, "The Cricketers", where he used to practice in thekitchen.[1] He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School. In 2009 Oliver stated that he was of partial Sudanese ancestry via his great-great grandfather John, whom he described as "a bit swarthywith curly hair".[2] However, research for the Sunday Express established that John's father James was a hatter from Penzance, and that James' father Richard was also Cornish, leaving little or nopossibility of a Sudanese connection. The family legend of Sudanese ancestry may have originated in the 19th century when John Oliver returned from sea, possibly with a tanned complexion after visitingAfrica.[3] He left school at age sixteen with two GCSE qualifications[4] and went on to attend Westminster Kingsway College, formerly Westminster College.[1][5] He then earned a City & Guilds NVQ inhome economics.
His first job was as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's Neal's Yard restaurant, where he first gained experience with preparing Italian cuisine, and developed a relationship with his'mentor' Gennaro Contaldo.[5] Oliver then moved to The River Café, Fulham, as a sous chef.
It was there that he was noticed by the BBC in 1997 after making an unscripted appearance in a documentaryabout the restaurant, "Christmas at the River Cafe".[6] That year, his show The Naked Chef debuted and his cookbook became a number one best-seller in the UK.[7] That same year, Oliver was invited...