Jamie Oliver

  • FootprintFeature: Opening the kitchen doors

    AGAINST A background of job shortages and rising university fees, the foodservice sector is an increasingly attractive option for young talent from the UK, writes Nick Hughes.   Convincing young, homegrown talent to consider a career in the foodservice sector has… Read More

  • Steve Quinn, MD – Cucina Restaurants

    I HAVE to say that Jamie Oliver’s recent attack on Michael Gove over non-mandatory nutritional standards in academies made me a bit cross.                             You may think… Read More

  • Chefs support action on milk price

    JAMIE OLIVER and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall have thrown their weight behind the NFU’s SOS Dairy campaign calling for action on the current milk price crisis.   The pair today issued a joint letter to The Times saying they are “shocked” that… Read More

  • Subway targets schools

    SUBWAY IS REPORTEDLY in talks with a head teacher to open a branch at a school in Manchester.   According to the Manchester Evening News the food chain is in talks with Parrs Wood High School in Didsbury over the possibility… Read More

  • 50% of teachers say kids suffer from malnutrition

    INCREASING NUMBERS of pupils are coming into school “hungry”, “dirty” and “struggling to concentrate” since the recession.   Almost half the teachers quizzed in a survey by youth charity The Prince’s Trust and the Times Educational Supplement regularly witness pupils… Read More

  • Oliver attacks government over kids’ meals

    THE COALITION Government is doing nothing to tackle the obesity crisis among kids, according to Jamie Oliver. In an interview with Observer Food Monthly, Oliver launched a blistering attack on government policy, and in particular education secretary Michael Gove.  … Read More

  • Jamie Oliver ‘generation’ emerges

    CELEBRITY CHEFS like Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson are encouraging a “food revolution” among younger people.     Shoppers aged under 35 are twice as likely to want organic food as those over 35. They are also more likely to… Read More