2. Background
• James Trevor or "Jamie" Oliver
• 27 May 1975
• Clavering, Essex, England
• Specializes in Italian cuisine
• Parents own a pub, "The Cricketers", where he used
to practice in the kitchen
• He left school at age sixteen with two GCSE
qualifications and went on to attend Westminster
Kingsway College
3. • His first job was as a pastry chef at
Antonio Carluccio's Neal's Yard restaurant
• Oliver then moved to The River Café,
Fulham, as a sous chef
• he was noticed by the BBC in 1997 after
making an unscripted appearance in a
documentary about the restaurant,
"Christmas at the River Cafe“
• That year, 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 then Prime Minister Tony
Blair at No. 10 Downing Street
• In 2000, Oliver became the face of the UK
supermarket chain Sainsbury's through an
endorsement deal worth $2 million a year
Background
4. Achievements
• In 2002, Oliver created Fifteen
• In 2003, he was awarded an MBE
• In 2005, he initiated a campaign called
"Feed Me Better" and voting him as the
"Most Inspiring Political Figure of 2005,"
• In 2009–2011, his emphasis on cooking
healthily continued as he created Jamie's
Ministry of Food, a television series
• Another television series is Jamie
Oliver's Food Revolution
5. • Company called Sweet As Candy
• In June 2008, he launched Jamie's Italian
• In October 2009, that Oliver is in the
process of raising US$22 million to help
fund 30 of his Italian restaurants in Asia
• In December 2009, Oliver received the
2010 TED Prize
Achievements
6. A Successful Entrepreneur
• Innovative
• “Inspire existing staff to be creative or bring
in new staff that can be creative and shake
things up a bit. Be bold and don’t be afraid
to experiment with new ideas.”
11. A Successful Entrepreneur
• Passionate
• " I am not doing this for the
money as I could have retired
five years ago. I'm here
because I want to speak out
about things that matter –
about what people eat, about
preventing obesity. It's
a killer."
12. Inspiration
• Working in his
father's pub-
restaurant
– Passion and talent about
food
• Starting of his
career
• working with Rose Gray, a pioneer
and good boss at The River Cafe
13. Inspiration
• Fifteen restaurant
• Giving opportunity to those who have a
disadvantaged background, criminal record or
history of drug abuse
• School Dinner
•Serving kids with healthy and
nutritious food
•No junk food
14. Our favorite entrepreneur
• Social entrepreneur driven primarily by social
ambition rather than financial gain
• Focused on global eating trend issues
• Food Revolution
• Jamie's School Dinners (TV Series)
• Fifteen Apprentices
• Opportunity to unqualified teenagers