![]() Oliver cooking at one of the Scandic Hotels in 2014 He earned a City & Guilds National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in home economics. He left school at the age of 16 with two GCSE qualifications in art and geology and went on to attend Westminster Technical College (now Westminster Kingsway College). He has one sibling, sister Anne-Marie, and he was educated at Newport Free Grammar School. ![]() His parents, Trevor and Sally Oliver, ran a pub/restaurant, the Cricketers, where he practised cooking in the kitchen with his parents. Oliver was born and raised in the village of Clavering in Essex. In June 2003, Oliver was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for "services to the hospitality industry". The chain went into administration in May 2019. He was the owner of a restaurant chain, Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, which opened its first restaurant, Jamie's Italian, in Oxford in 2008. ![]() In 2005, he opened a campaign, Feed Me Better, to introduce schoolchildren to healthier foods, which was later backed by the government. Oliver reached the public eye when his series The Naked Chef premiered in 1999. He is known for his casual approach to cuisine, which has led him to front numerous television shows and open many restaurants. James Trevor Oliver MBE OSI () is an English restaurateur and cookbook author.
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