biography
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Oliver, Jamie (Trevor)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1975– )
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| biography:
| Chef, born in Clavering, Essex, SE England, UK. His parents ran a successful pub/restaurant in Cambridge, where he grew up, and from an early age he helped in the kitchens for pocket money. He trained at Westminster Catering College, and then joined Antonio Carluccio's London restaurant before moving to the River Café Restaurant as a sous-chef. In 1999 he made the successful cooking series The Naked Chef for BBC television, with an accompanying cookbook. Later books include The Return of the Naked Chef (2000) and Happy Days with the Naked Chef (2001), and he writes a regular column for the Saturday Times magazine. |
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