“The Only Thing I Can Do Is To Be Honest”

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver on success, credibility and better nutrition

By Michael Neudecker

Today he is a global star. His cookbooks have made him the second most successful British author after Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. Jamie Oliver’s career began in the kitchen of his parents’ pub in a small town in the county of Essex. As a chef in the TV cooking series The Naked Chef, he won over an audience of millions. Thirty years on, Oliver’s conviction to simple ‘naked’ ingredients is as fundamental to any delicious dish that still holds firm. In addition to your cookbooks and restaurants, you are famous for your campaigns for healthy eating for children. Eighteen years ago, you were in a school in London’s Greenwich district with television cameras for Jamie’s School Dinners. There was criticism at first, but later 270,000 people signed a petition for…

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Reader’s Digest New Zealand (Digital) - 1 Issue, June / July 2024

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