Jamie Oliver Quotes

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Jamie Oliver

Profession : Chef

Birth : May 27, 1975

The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.

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I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.

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I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.

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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!

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Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.

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Heads know that failing to invest in good, nutritious food is a false economy and parents won't tolerate reconstituted turkey being put back on the menu.

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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.

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As usual, my timing is bizarrely good.

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When I was a schoolkid, I went to Castleton quite a few times. We'd be there studying rocks, going down these big hills. It was a great place!

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My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday to Thursday within 20 minutes, you know, there's millions of recipes out there to be had.

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If Obama wanted to make radical changes to America's health long-term, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt.

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God, why do I give interviews to 'the Guardian'? They always try to dissect you, and I don't really think about stuff in the way that you're asking me these questions.

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I left school with basically nothing, I was a special needs kid. I did feel as though my school had let me down.

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Young people can be disruptive and screw up classes. But even if they are being a pain in the arse it's a cry for help - they don't feel like they are being listened to.

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It's not the extremes and the treats that are the problem. It's the everyday.

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If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.

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Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.

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Just because the Americans are so good at rattling out accessible and cheap junk food, nobody looks twice when it comes to their food. But there are golden nuggets everywhere.

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Give your kids a bloody knife and fork and let me put some fresh food in front of them they can eat.

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We opened a shop in Rotherham which does free demonstrations every day, six days a week and it's been very popular.

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