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Biografie van Jamie Oliver, uitgezonden in 2005

He"s only 31 but he"s already sold millions of cookery books, conquered the US market, opened a restaurant, starred in several TV shows and revolutionised UK school dinners. What next?

Jamie Oliver is responsible for making cooking cool.

Voted the sexist chef on television, his cooking shows are broadcast in over 50 countries and his cookbooks are bestsellers worldwide. He is the self-proclaimed ambassador for British cooking whose diners include Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prince Charles.

Born in 1975, Jamie developed his fascination for all things food at his parents? restaurant in Essex. After leaving school he attended the Westminster Catering College, before travelling to France to further his skills. On his return he landed the job of head pastry chef for Antonio Carluccio at The Neal Street Restaurant.

Jamie?s next move was to the River Café, where he stayed for three and a half years, fine-tuning his skills under the guidance of Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers.

Spotted in the background of a documentary about the restaurant, it wasn?t long before the editors of the show focused in more and more on this cheeky young Chef. The day after the programme was broadcast, Jamie received calls from five different production companies all eager to work with him. He soon became the hottest celebrity chef on the circuit and his programme, ?The Naked Chef", revolutionised TV cooking shows - even though he was fully clothed!

His cheeky manner and down to earth personality have won him legions of fans around the world. Indeed, he is responsible for re-introducing the word `pukka" to the wider world.

Jamie is also a chef that likes to take risks - he set up`Fifteen Foundation", a charity which trains unemployed young adults to become professional chefs, and gambled over a million pounds of his own money on its success. The accompanying TV series and book were both huge successes.

His efforts to improve school meals saw him take on the British Government as well as the unenviable task of convincing schoolchildren to give up fast food. Again, the success of Jamie?s mission was huge and major steps were taken to improve the quality and variety of food on offer in schools.

Jamie continues to make his own brand of cookery shows, which most recently saw him travelling around Italy in a camper van in search of real Italian recipes.

Now a multi-millionaire, Jamie and his wife Jools live in London?s fashionable Primrose Hill with their two young children.