Earnings : $20 Million Per Year (2016)
Chef's Age : 48 Year Old
Date of Birth : May 27, 1975
Country / Birthplace : Clavering, United Kingdom
Source of Income : Cooking Shows
Spouse : Juliette Norton (m. 2000)
Children : Daisy Boo Pamela Oliver, Poppy Honey Rosie Oliver, Buddy Bear Maurice Oliver, Petal Blossom Rainbow Oliver
He is an English celebrity chef, restaurateur, and media personality known for his food-focused television shows, cookbooks and more recently his global campaign for better food education .
His first job was a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's Neal Street restaurant, where he first gained experience with preparing Italian cuisine, and developed a relationship with his mentor Gennaro Contaldo. (Later in his career, Jamie employed Contaldo to help run his successful collection of high street restaurants, Jamie's Italian).
Oliver 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 documentary about the restaurant, "Christmas at the River Cafe". In 1999, his BBC show The Naked Chef débuted, and his cookbook became a #1 bestseller in the United Kingdom .
In June 2000, Oliver became the face of the United Kingdom supermarket chain Sainsbury's, through an endorsement deal worth $2 million a year , In July 2011, after eleven years, the partnership between Oliver & Sainsbury's ended. The final television advertisement was for Christmas 2011
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