Jamie Oliver facts: Chef's age, wife, children and career explained (2024)

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Jamie and Jools have five children, whose ages range from seven to 22. “I've got teenagers, I've got eight and ten-year-olds and I've got a just turned three-year-old,” he explained to You Magazine back in 2019. “So I still have a child in my bed who sort of rattles around like an electric eel… but I love it.

Early life

Oliver was born in the village of Clavering in Essex, where he still lives. His parents run a bar/restaurant where he practised cooking as a youngster. He was educated in Newport Free Grammar School. He graduated at the age of sixteen with two GCSE qualifications in geology and art.

Jamie Oliver's wife Jools, 49, announces huge career change after 'wrong guidance' at school. Jools Oliver has made it no secret that she and her husband Jamie Oliver want to expand their family.

Personal life. In July 2000, Oliver married former model and writer Juliette Norton, usually known as "Jools".

"TIL celebrity chef Jamie Oliver named his children Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice and River Rocket Blue Dallas," one user penned on the subreddit. Over 1,000 Redditors have since flocked to the comments section of the post to discuss the unconventional names.

Jamie Oliver has revealed the name of his new baby son – River Rocket Oliver. The celebrity chef posted a picture on Instagram of his fifth child snoozing in the garden as he formally introduced him to the world.

Oliver's parents were owners of a pub-restaurant in Clavering, Essex. After persistently begging the chefs to let him assist, he was allowed to work in the kitchen. At age 16 Oliver entered the Westminster Catering College before traveling to France for additional training and experience.

Alan Wong takes the top spot as the world's wealthiest chef by a long shot, with a jaw-dropping estimated net worth of $1.1 billion. Wong is best known as the co-founder of Hawaii Regional Cuisine, a company set up to showcase Hawaii's locally grown ingredients and diverse culinary styles.

Born in Minori on the Amalfi Coast, Gennaro Contaldo is one of the most respected chefs in London and is widely known as the man who taught Jamie Oliver all he knows about Italian cooking.

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Jamie and Jools Oliver have five children. The couple were teenage sweethearts having met when they were just 17 and have been together ever since. The couple's brood are known for their unusual but adorable names.

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Last year, the couple, who have five children together, renewed their vows in a “special” ceremony in the Maldives. In April, Oliver posted photographs from the beach ceremony on his Instagram and wrote: “Morning all, me and Jools Oliver got married again!

Hoping to bring the number of sites to 90 from 72 by the end of the year, the celebrity chef is then planning an additional 25 to 30 openings in 2024, Ed Loftus, global director for the Jamie Oliver Group, revealed. “We have a robust plan to get the group to 200-plus sites by 2027 and that's our focus.

In fact, the top 10 counts six UK chefs! And the second name in this European ranking – none other than Jamie Oliver – doesn't hold a single Michelin star, despite being the subject of 4.4 million Google searches last year, compared with 1 million for Alain Ducasse.

Born in Minori on the Amalfi Coast, Gennaro Contaldo is one of the most respected chefs in London and is widely known as the man who taught Jamie Oliver all he knows about Italian cooking.