James Trevor "Jamie" Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975), sometimes known as The Naked Chef, is an English chef and media personality well known for his growing list of food-focused television shows, his more recent roles in campaigning against the use of processed foods in national schools, and his campaign to change unhealthy diets and poor cooking habits for the better across the United Kingdom.

Oliver was brought up in Clavering, Essex, England, where his parents ran a pub, "The Cricketer's", and used to practice in the kitchen. He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School. He is dyslexic, and left school at 16 without any qualifications to attend Westminster Catering College. His first job was as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's Neal Yard restaurant, where he first gained experience of Italian cuisine. Oliver then moved to The River Café, Fulham, as a sous chef, where he was noticed by the BBC in 1999 when his show The Naked Chef debuted and his cookbook became a number one best-seller in the UK. That same year, Oliver was invited to prepare lunch for Prime Minister Tony Blair at No. 10 Downing Street.

In 2000, he also became the face of UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's through an endorsement deal of $2 million per year. In 2003, he was awarded as an M.B.E., or Member of the Order of the British Empire, a British order of chivalry.

Putting up his house as collateral without telling his wife, Oliver created the Fifteen Foundation in 2002. Each year, 15 young adults who have a disadvantaged background, criminal record or history of drug abuse, are trained in the restaurant business.

In 2005, he initiated a campaign called "Feed me Better" in order to move British schoolchildren towards eating healthy foods and cutting junk food. As a result, the British government also pledged to address the issue. Delving into politics to push for changes in nutrition resulted in people voting him as the "Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005," according to a Channel 4 News annual viewer poll.

His emphasis on cooking healthily continued as he created "Jamie's Ministry of Food," a series where Oliver travels to inspire everyday people in Rotherham, Yorkshire to cook healthy meals. His latest in 2009 is "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution," where he travels to Huntington, West Virginia to change the way Americans eat and depend on fast food.

Oliver's holding company, Sweet As Candy, has made enough profit for Jamie to have been listed on The Sunday Times list of richest Britons under 30.

It was reported in October 2009 that Oliver is in the process of raising $22 million to help fund 30 of his Italian restaurants in Asia.

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