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Jamie Oliver Calls Reporter B-Word for Telling Him He's Gained Weight

Celebrity chef and healthy eating champion Jamie Oliver has stepped at least on one set of toes while in Australia. Asked by a female reporter whether he's gained some weight, Jamie called her the b-word and “thanked” her for noticing. As fans must know, Jamie is one of the champions of healthy eat...

9 March 2012
14:01 GMT

McDonald's Changes Burger Recipe to Exclude 'Pink Slime'

His show may have been canceled by ABC in mid-season but it seems that celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is still making a difference: McDonald's has just announced it will no longer use the ammonium hydroxide process in the making of burgers. While the fast food chain makes it a point of underlining that the decisio...

27 January 2012
16:11 GMT

ABC Pulls the Plug on Season 2 of Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’

The first season of the Ryan Seacrest-produced “Food Revolution” with British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver got off to a very strong start – and even earned an Emmy in the process, guaranteeing a new season on ABC. The network has just pulled the plug on the show. Season 1 of “Food Revolution&rd...

5 May 2011
06:21 GMT

Jamie Oliver Sells £100M Worth of Books, Is Second to JK Rowling

Not that he needed any more confirmation that he was the most successful celebrity chef in the UK right now, but Jamie Oliver has just been named the second biggest selling author in his home country, right after “Harry Potter” creator JK Rowling. The book that helped him move £100 million worth of ...

30 November 2010
04:31 GMT

Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ Show in Danger: LA Schools Don’t Want Him

The first season of “Food Revolution” saw British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver attempt to change the way children in US schools eat. For the second season, he’s aiming to move headquarters from Huntington, West Virginia to Los Angeles – but schools here don’t want him. As we also noted on...

10 November 2010
05:06 GMT

Jamie Oliver and Wife Welcome Fourth Child

It’s a boy! Though he always said he was happy with his gorgeous girls, British celebrity chef has just become the father of a healthy baby boy, whom he and wife Jools named Buddy.Oliver himself announced the happy news on his Twitter, while also saying both the child and Jools are in perfect health.“The ...

16 September 2010
05:47 GMT

Jamie Oliver Has New Use for His Emmy Award in the Kitchen

Some would put an Emmy award behind the glass or up on a shelf for all house guests to see and wonder, but not Jamie Oliver. As a new video shows, he’s found a new use for the statuette. As we also reported, the British celebrity chef scooped up his first Emmy statuette for Outstanding Reality Program with his ...

9 September 2010
09:02 GMT

‘Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution’ Picked Up for Second Season

With a little help from Oprah and a little more from the Emmys, but, most importantly, thanks to Jamie Oliver’s charisma and determination to make a difference, the chef’s new reality show has been picked up for the second season. As we also noted on previous occasions, British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver...

4 September 2010
04:08 GMT

Jamie Oliver Puts Health Secretary Lansley on Blast over School Food

A few years ago, Jamie Oliver started a program that would prove as controversial as it would eventually be successful. The celebrity chef set out to change the way children ate in school by making sure they got home-cooked meals for lunch, thus spend less money on snacks and junk food – and he achieved all he ...

1 July 2010
16:21 GMT

Jamie Oliver Announces Sale on His 20 Minute Meals iPhone App

Jamie Oliver, an English chef, restaurateur and media personality well known for his growing list of food-focused television shows, has announced a limited price offer for his iPhone application - Jamie Oliver’s 20 Minute Meals. Oliver is reaching out to America’s iPhone generation with some 60 mouth-wate...

27 April 2010
08:51 GMT

Jamie Oliver Wins Over Audiences as Show Becomes Number One

Not long ago, David Letterman was telling British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver that he didn’t stand a chance at making the Americans change their eating habits and start leading healthier, better lives. The numbers have spoken – and they say Letterman may have been wrong because Oliver’s latest reali...

21 April 2010
05:01 GMT

Jamie Oliver Is Among Britain’s Richest

Thanks to many years in the public eye as a chef, health campaigner and, of course, television personality, Jamie Oliver is now a household name. What with the launch of a US show as well, Jamie has broken into the list of Britain’s richest men, while also occupying a very respectable position on another list, ...

19 April 2010
05:52 GMT

Jamie Oliver Says NHS Should Fine Binge Drinkers and the Obese

Jamie Oliver is not the man to mince his words when he’s got something on his mind, and he’s certainly not about to start on a topic that’s apparently so close to his heart: the NHS in his home country, England. After watching a BBC documentary on sick children, the chef took to his Twitter page to ...

9 April 2010
13:06 GMT

Jamie Oliver’s New Show Opens with Help from Oprah

Jamie Oliver’s new ABC show, called “Food Revolution” and set on changing the eating habits of the people in Huntington, West Virginia, opened with great numbers at the end of last week – and part of that success is due to an appearance on Oprah, who openly recommended the British cook’s...

30 March 2010
04:25 GMT

David Letterman to Jamie Oliver: You Will Fail

British chef Jamie Oliver is now in the US, getting ready to start his very own “Food Revolution,” one that will hopefully end with the people in Huntington, West Virginia changing their eating habits for a healthier life. In order to promote the new ABC show, Oliver put in an appearance on David Letterma...

25 March 2010
06:22 GMT

Jamie Oliver Reduced to Tears by America’s ‘Fattest City’

Jamie Oliver, the internationally famous British chef who, in a past show, attempted to tackle the issue of childhood obesity, has hit a dead end as he’s shooting for the upcoming ABC show Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution in Huntington, West Virginia. After several “warnings” from the local medi...

19 January 2010
13:21 GMT

Jamie Oliver’s Tips for Stress-Free Christmas Dinner

Jamie Oliver has traveled the world and has done what many thought to be impossible, promoting a healthy lifestyle by healthy eating habits, but even he, an experienced cook, knows that preparing Christmas dinner can be quite a difficult task to accomplish. Experience, Oliver says in a Daily Mail column, has nothing ...

8 December 2009
13:41 GMT


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