All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.
From quite an early age I realised the effect that good food can have on others.
I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.
Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.
Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.
What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!
In 2003, Oliver was ranked number 28 in Channel 4's poll of '100 Worst Britons'. The poll was inspired by the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons, though it was less serious in nature. The aim was to discover the 100 Worst Britons We Love To Hate. The poll specified that the nominees had to be British, alive and not currently in prison or pending trial.
In Australia Jamie Oliver also promoted Yalumba wine in a series of advertisements that bore a similar look and feel to his television shows.
In 2003 fellow chef Clarissa Dickson-Wright called Oliver a "whore" for endorsing Sainsbury's Scottish farmed salmon and accused him of "selling his soul" to the company.
In the first two years these advertisements are estimated to have given Sainsbury's an extra ?1 billion of sales or ?200 million gross profit. By 2004 the company had made 65 adverts with Oliver.
Since 2000 Jamie Oliver has been the public face of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the UK, appearing on television and radio advertisements and in-store promotional material.
He is reputedly a multimillionaire.
Fifteen Amsterdam was opened in December 2004, and Fifteen Cornwall and Fifteen Melbourne are scheduled for opening in Summer 2006.
In June 2003 he was appointed an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
His daughters are named Poppy Honey (born in March 2002) and Daisy Boo (born in April 2003).
On June 24, 2000 he married Juliette Norton, also known as Jools.
He spent several years working alongside the London chef, Gennaro Contaldo, whom he regards as one of his culinary 'mentors'.
His parents own a pub called 'The Cricketers'.
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