Hundreds of suppliers, as well as some town councils, will bear the brunt of the losses.From June 2000, Oliver became the public face of the Oliver also markets a line of non-stick pans and cookware for In August 2013, Oliver and Canadian supermarket chain In September 2018, Oliver created a series of recipes and tips for In 2005, Oliver was widely criticised by animal rights groups for slaughtering a lamb on his TV show without first stunning it, with Oliver has been known for his comments about other chefs and has spoken out against In 2005, Oliver embarked upon his school dinners campaign to improve the quality of food fed to pupils in schools. All times are ET. While the campaign was arguably successful,In 2011, Oliver, an advocate of cooking meals from scratch and using local produce, caused controversy after it turned out the sauces used in Jamie's Italian in Glasgow were from an industrial park almost 400 miles (640 kilometres) away in Oliver and Gordon Ramsay are spokespeople for the "Big Fish Fight", which campaigns for sustainable seafood, but were criticised for their use of endangered fish.Oliver was criticised for underestimating the cost of supposedly cheap food he encouraged poor people to prepare for themselves, also for an unrealistic view of poverty in "Moreover, in this case he is not a spectator but effectively a beneficiary of these demands on our farmers. Jamie Trevor Oliver MBE (born 27 May 1975) is a British chef and restaurateur. Jamie Oliver, (born May 27, 1975, Clavering, Essex, England), British chef who achieved worldwide fame with his television shows The Naked Chef (1999) and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (2010–11) and as author of a number of cookbooks with a variety of culinary themes. Oliver’s parents were owners of a pub-restaurant in Clavering, Essex. Jamie Oliver was born and raised in the village of In 2005, Oliver initiated a campaign originally called "Feed Me Better" to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting out Oliver is the second-best-selling British author, behind In January 2017, Chief Executive Simon Blagden announced the closure of six restaurants in the UK affecting 120 jobs, at sites in In January 2018, as part of an agreement with creditors to secure £71.5M of debt, JORG proposed to enter the UK company Jamie's Italian Ltd into a In 2009, Oliver's chain of cooking school/delis, Recipease, opened in several locations in the UK including The group went into administration on 21 May 2019 with 22 of 25 restaurants closed and 1,000 jobs lost.In January 2020, KPMG, the firm administrators, said that most of the £80 million Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain owed after its collapse in May 2019 will not be recovered. Ministry of Food Centres and trucks have opened in Australia in In December 2009, Oliver was awarded the 2010 TED Prize for his campaigns to "create change on both the individual and governmental levels" to "bring attention to the changes that the English, and now Americans, need to make in their lifestyles and diet".Oliver's net worth was estimated in 2014 at £240 million.In 2013, Oliver was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the On 29 October 2015, Oliver was listed by UK-based company In July 2000, Oliver married former model and writer Juliette Norton.During the summer of 2019, Jamie and his family moved into Oliver is the second British celebrity chef (after The Happy Days Live tour was Oliver's first live show in 2001 and included several dates in the UK and Australasia. I am deeply saddened by this outcome and would like to thank all of the people who have put their hearts and souls into this business over the years. Oliver's Union Jacks pizza restaurants also foundered, and the last one reportedly closed in 2017.Most stock quote data provided by BATS.