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Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver is a British chef. He is definitely an outstanding figure in the world of food, restaurants, and cooking. He's famous for his TV programmes and cookery books.
He started cooking years ago when he was a child. Jamie was born in 1975 and grew up in Essex, near London. Jamie could cook from an early age. When he was eight years old, he used to help in the kitchen of his parents' restaurant. He could only do easy jobs but he enjoyed the work. He used to stand on a chair because he couldn't reach the work surface!
Jamie loved cooking, so he decided to become a chef. When he was sixteen, he left school and went to a catering college in London and got a diploma. When he was working in a restaurant as a sous-chef, he was noticed there by the BBC. And in 1999 Jamie debuted on TV.
Since that time his career has been going up. He has been opening restaurants, making TV shows and different cookery programmes, writing books. However, he is not only a businessman. He's also well-known for his campaign for healthy food in British schools. His idea is to replace junk food with healthy dishes. He even got a reward for having a great impact on healthy eating propaganda.
Moreover, Jamie Oliver established the Fifteen charity restaurant. Here he gives a great chance to fifteen people who are not very lucky to achieve success and to become significant.
Because of his talent, hard work and cheerful personality, he has become successful. He is now known all over the world and earns a very good living!
- Jamie Oliver is an American chef, TV star, and a book writer.
[True|False|Not Stated] - Jamie Oliver's parents had a restaurant when he was a child.
[True|False|Not Stated] - Jamie began to cook when he was eight.
[True|False|Not Stated] - He didn't like working in his parents' restaurant.
[True|False|Not Stated] - At sixteen, he went to a catering college.
[True|False|Not Stated] - He teaches 15 people to cook every year.
[True|False|Not Stated] - He is famous only in the UK.
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