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In 2004, motivated by the poor state of school lunches in the UK, Jamie embarked on one of his most ambitious ventures to date. He went back to school with the aim of educating and motivating the kids and lunch ladies to enjoy cooking and eating healthy, nutritious lunches rather than processed foods. Jamie launched a national campaign called Feed Me Better (www.feedmebetter.com) and an online petition for better school meals. As a result of the 271,677 signatures on the petition, which Jamie took to 10 Downing Street on March 30th 2005, the British government pledged the equivalent of $450million to improve the standard of school meals, provide training for lunch ladies and equipment for schools. Over seven months of hard work and constant filming culminated in the award-winning series Jamie's School Dinners, shown in the UK on Channel 4. The series prompted a public outcry for change to the school meals system and was awarded Best Factual Program at the UK National TV Awards. Jamie also received a special award for his contribution to television at the National TV Awards.

A follow-up documentary, Jamie's Return To School Dinners aired on Channel 4 in September 2006 and, as a result of Jamie's findings, the British government made further investment in school meals and food education for schoolchildren.

Jamie's major project for 2008, however, was Jamie's Ministry of Food, a Channel 4 TV series which showed how people who couldn't cook could be inspired with just a little encouragement and information. The series, filmed in Rotherham in the north of England, explored how friends, family and workmates could be inspired to pass on recipes and cook using fresh ingredients. Additionally, a Ministry of Food center set up by Jamie in the town has been providing information, cooking lessons and advice to the townsfolk who want to move away from takeaways and ready-meals. After the success of the Ministry of Food center, Rotherham Council announced it would continue to fund it and today its classes are booked many weeks in advance. A second Ministry of Food center opened in Bradford in November 2009 and a third in Leeds in April 2010. Many other UK councils are seriously looking at opening similar centers to try to halt Britain's growing obesity problem.

Early in 2011, Jamie and his family pulled up stakes and moved to California for two months where Jamie filmed the second series of Jamie's Food Revolution for ABC.

jamie oliver awards

2012
May – Harvard School of Public Health's Healthy Cup Award

2011
TV Choice Award– Best Food Show for Jamie's 30 Minute Meal
Webby Award for Jamie's Recipes App in the Lifestyle - Handheld Devices category

2010
February – TED Prize
June - Apple Design Award for '20 Minute Meals' iPhone app at Worldwide Developers Conference.
July – CatererSearch.com's most powerful and influential person in the UK hospitality industry.
August - Outstanding Reality Program for "Food Revolution" at the Emmy's
Observer Food Monthly - Food Personality of the Year
Jamie's Italian named Brand of the Year at the British Hospitality Association Awards

2009
Observer Food Monthly - Food Personality of the Year
Recipease - Land Securities Best UK Retail Interior at the Retail Interior Awards
Recipease - Best Visual Merchandising Solution at the Retail Interior Awards
Recipease - Best Small Shop at the Retail Interior Awards
Recipease - The NAS shop fitting excellence award at the Retail Interior Awards
Recipease - Global Beverage Design award for Best Food Packaging
Recipease – Global Beverage Design Award for Best Brand Identity
Recipease – Global Beverage Design Award for Best in Class
Benchmark best in brand communication awards for Retailer food packaging
Recipease - FAB Award & FABulous Award for Brand Identity.
JME - NY Festivals Gold for the JME Homeware
D&AD Awards In Book
JME - London International Awards Gold for JME Homeware Packaging;
JME - London International Awards Gold for JME Homeware Packaging;
JME - Benchmark Awards Winner for JME Homeware Packaging & JME Client Of The Year.
JME - Benchmark Awards Winner for Client of the Year

2008
"Cook With Jamie" wins IACP Cook Book Award
O2 X Award for Inspiration in the Celebrity Category
RSPCA Award for significant contribution to chicken welfare awareness
South Beach Food & Wine Festival - Global Citizen Award
Jamie's Ministry of Food (2008),Fresh One won the Derek Cooper Award for Campaigning and Investigative Food Writing
RTS Award - Best Educational Series for Jamie's School Dinners
Observer Food Monthly - Food Personality of the Year

2007
Horace Hagedorn Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Garden Industry
Gourmand World Cookbook Awards Best Book Tied to a TV Series

2006
Best Factual Series for Jamie's School Dinners at the BAFTAs
The Richard Dimbleby Award for outstanding presenter in the factual area at the BAFTAs
Outstanding Achievement Award at the British Book Awards 2006
Outstanding Achievement Award in the Observer Food Monthly Awards 2006 for Jamie's School Dinners in March 2006
Best Documentary Series – General at the Royal Television Society Awards for Jamie's School Dinners
BT Childline Awards 2006 Hero Award in recognition of services to children
Channel 4 News' Most Inspiring Political Figure

2005
November - Awarded Setting the Political Agenda Award at the Political Studies Association.
October - Special Recognition Award - UK National TV Awards
October - Best Factual Programme (for Jamie's School Dinners) - UK National TV Awards
Special Recognition Award – UK National TV Awards
Most Generous Celebrity - Judge's special prize at The Beacon Fellowship Awards
Outstanding Healthcare Communications - Judge's Award at Communiqué Awards 2005
Highly Commended (for Feed Me Better) – New Media Awards
Best Celebrity Site for jamieoliver.com – Webby Awards
British Hospitality Association Award
Special award for the ‘School Dinners' campaign from Local Authority Caterers Association Conference 2005.
Alwyn Smith Prize at the Faculty of Public Health for the Feed Me Better campaign
Jamie's School Dinners, Fresh One won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Factual Series

2004

2003
June - Jamie was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) in the Queen's Birthday Honours
May - Jamie won Time Out's Special Award for Outstanding Achievement at the magazine's food awards
May - Jamie was honoured with the Food and Drink Personality of the Year at the GQ/Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards
May - Jamie's Kitchen was voted best TV cookery show at the GQ/Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards
March - Jamie won the Academy Award of Excellence at the Tio Pepe Carlton London Restaurant Awards
February -Tatler Best Restaurant Award for Fifteen

2002
Jamie's Kitchen won the Broadcasting Press Guild Award Best Documentary series of the year

2001
GQ Best Chef Award in the USA
The Home & Leisure Award for Return of The Naked Chef at the WH Smith Book Awards
The Best Television Chef Book for Happy Days with The Naked Chef at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.

2000
A BAFTA award for the television series of The Naked Chef in the Features category
GQ Man of the Year Award in the TV Personality category
A TV Quick Award for Best TV Cook for The Naked Chef
Most Stylish Male TV Personality at the Elle Style Awards
Guild of Food Writers 2000 award for Television Broadcast of the Year for the TV series Naked Chef
RTS award for Network Newcomer on Screen for the TV series Naked Chef.