Jamie Oliver
English chef and restaurateur
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| November 2024 | Oliver withdrew his children's book 'Billy and the Epic Escape' following criticism from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Commission for stereotyping Indigenous Australians. |
| March 2024 | Opened Jamie's Italian Belgrade in Serbia, his first restaurant in that part of Europe, located in the Belgrade Waterfront quarter. |
| November 2023 | Opened a new restaurant, Jamie Oliver Catherine Street, in London in partnership with Andrew Lloyd Webber's LW Theatres at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. |
| December 27 2022 | Jamie Oliver served as Guest Editor on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4. |
| April 2022 | Co-organized a charity dinner in London with Ukrainian chef Yurii Kovryzhenko as part of the #CookForUkraine initiative to raise money for Ukrainians affected by the Russian invasion. |
| 2021 | Invested with the Order of the Star of Italy at the Italian embassy. |
| March 23 2020 | Jamie launched 'Keep Cooking and Carry On' series in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing cooking guidance for people in lockdown. |
| 2019 | Awarded the Order of the Star of Italy with the rank of Knight. |
| 2019 | Oliver partnered with Royal Dutch Shell for a £5 million branded range at 500 UK petrol stations, drawing criticism for potentially undermining his climate change and children's welfare advocacy. |
| June 2019 | Oliver and his family moved into Spains Hall, a 16th-century mansion located in Finchingfield, Essex, which includes a six-bedroom farmhouse, three-bedroom lodge, swimming pool, tennis court, and converted stables. |
| May 21 2019 | Jamie's Fifteen restaurant in London closed after training young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds for careers in the restaurant business. |
| May 21 2019 | Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group went into administration, resulting in the closure of 22 of 25 restaurants and the loss of 1,000 jobs. |
| February 2017 | Oliver criticised the Red Tractor scheme, particularly concerning chicken breeding practices, which drew strong objections from farming leaders like Minette Batters. |
| 2014 | Oliver became the culinary face of Woolworths Supermarkets and was strongly criticised over the funding of the advertising surrounding this relationship. |
| 2013 | At the age of 38, Oliver read his first novel, 'Catching Fire' by Suzanne Collins, overcoming challenges related to his severe dyslexia. |
| 2013 | Awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of General Practitioners for his efforts in tackling childhood obesity through improving school dinner nutritional value. |
| 2011 | Jamie's Dream School series aired, which explored educational challenges and featured notable guest teachers like Professor Robert Winston and Cherie Blair. |
| 2011 | Oliver's restaurants came under fire for lack of food safety protections and potential E. coli contamination from undercooked mincemeat. |
| 2011 | Set up Barbecoa, a barbecued meat-based restaurant with American barbecue expert Adam Perry Lang, with two outlets in London. |
| 2011 | Oliver faced controversy when it was revealed that sauces used in Jamie's Italian in Glasgow were sourced from an industrial park in Bicester, contradicting his advocacy for local produce. |
| July 2011 | Oliver's partnership with Sainsbury's supermarket chain ended after eleven years. |
| July 2011 | Ended his eleven-year partnership with Sainsbury's supermarket chain, with the final television advertisement airing for Christmas 2011. |
| May 2011 | ABC announced the cancellation of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, two weeks before the final episode of the second series aired. |
| 2010 | Released two significant cookbooks: 'Jamie does...Spain, Italy, Sweden, Morocco, Greece, France' and 'Jamie's 30-Minute Meals'. |
| 2010 | Participated in The Big Fish Fight television series with fellow chefs Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Gordon Ramsay to raise awareness about fish discarding practices. |
| 2010 | Won the TED Prize following his impactful TED Talk. |
| 2010 | Began filming Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, a television series aimed at changing American eating habits, first in Huntington, West Virginia, and then in Los Angeles. |
| October 2010 | Jamie's 30-Minute Meals series premiered on Channel 4, focusing on quick home-cooked meals using simple techniques. |
| August 21 2010 | Oliver won an Emmy Award for Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution at the 62nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, highlighting his work addressing childhood obesity in America. |
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