Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver like many chefs, grew up around the culinary scene picking up on what he can pick up and learning what he can learn at the young age that he was at. He started out working at his father’s pub The Cricketers which was located in Clavering, Essex, England, UK, where he grew up and was born. There he was allowed to cut and prep the vegetables enhancing his knife skills. Jamie had always been fascinated with the kitchen as well as what went on it. He quotes “It just seemed like such a cool place, everyone working together to make this lovely stuff and having a laugh doing it.”
Unfortunately he’s peers didn’t have the same outlook on the kitchen as he did. They thought that cooking was “Girlie” and would make fun of Jamie at school. But that didn’t change Jamie’s mind about what he loved to do. In fact he didn’t mind at all because the money that he earned from working at the pub, he’d use to buy the latest trainers. This is the British term for sneakers.
When in school he learned that he did not have the grades to stay in. But realizing that a chef is what he wanted to be he then enrolled in Westminster Catering College. He also did some time in France as well. When in France he took the time to learn everything that he could learn. He was lucky enough to work at a renowned restaurant so early into his career. There he made the most it obtaining all that he could. After working at After The Neal Street Restaurant, He then worked for Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers at the River
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Café for three and a half years he quotes “What an amazing experience that was. Those two ladies taught me all about the time and effort that goes into creating the freshest, most honest, totally delicious food.”
There is where he was discovered as far as the television aspect his life goes. While a documentary of the restaurant was being filmed the editors couldn’t help but show this “Cheeky Kid” that was so into the cooking and kept answering back to the camera crew. When the show was aired he got calls from a lot of producers and companies wanting to talk to him about possibly having his own show. Jamie said he couldn’t believe it and thought it was just his mates winding him up. But it wasn’t it was real and that is how he got the show Naked Chef and that’s where it all Kicked off for the young chef.
Jamie Oliver is a great chef and has added his own British style to the world of culinary arts. He is so into what he does that he considers the heath of others. Going from school to school trying to change the way kids eat. On one show he was previously on he stated that sadly the upcoming generation of kids are predicted to not live longer than there parents. He encourages the parents of young children and high school students as well as college to prepare healthy lunches and eat in moderation. He plans on working with Michelle Obama changing the way people eat so lives can be saved. Jamie Oliver is not only a great chef but a rising leader in the making. His courage strength and passion is ideal for any great role model.

By: Morrison Jodi-Lee