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We hope you will find the answer to your question below.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we are dealing with a very high volume of enquiries at this moment and we endeavour to get back to you as soon as we can. Please allow a little longer for responses during this time.
Journalist Requests
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Are you a journalist with a media enquiry for the Jamie Oliver Group?
For all media enquiries and interview requests, please contact Media.Enquiries@jamieoliver.com
Website
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How do I save a recipe
To save a recipe:
1) Create or log in to your JamieOliver.com account
2) Go into Cookie Settings here: https://www.jamieoliver.com/cookies/ and make sure that cookies are switched on for the purpose of Store and/or access information on a device. Then scroll to the bottom [Save Preferences & Exit]
3) Once you’ve done that you should be able to save recipes that you like using the [Save] button under the recipe image.
4) Your saved recipes will be saved in the profile dropdown.
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Terms and Conditions
For any queries related to your use of our website or our social media pages, please see our terms of use.
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Data Protection
For any queries related to your personal information and data protection, please see our privacy notice.
Recipes
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Can I use Jamie's recipes on my website/blog, in my newsletter/book or in my business?
Apologies, we do not permit Jamie’s recipes to be used on other websites. If you have a query for our PR team, please contact us at https://www.jamieoliver.com/contact/ and put PR REQUEST in the subject line of your email.
Photographs
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Can I use photographs of Jamie or that are featured in his books?
Unfortunately we can’t allow any individual photographs of recipes or of Jamie to be used commercially. If you have a query for our PR team, please contact https://www.jamieoliver.com/contact/ and put PR REQUEST in the subject line of your email.
Books
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Jamie's books
You can buy Jamie’s books here.
Jamie’s Ministry of Food
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Jamie’s Ministry of Food
Visit Jamie’s Ministry of Food for information about the community cookery classes held in centres across the UK and Australia.
International Restaurants
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Book a Table
Please visit Jamie’s Italian or Jamie Oliver Pizzeria to book a table at your nearest restaurant. Please note some opening information may vary due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Invites/events
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Can Jamie attend or speak at my event?
As you can imagine, Jamie’s diary is incredibly busy and – as much as he’d love to – there simply aren’t enough hours in the day for him to attend every event he’s invited to.
Cooking Lessons
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Does Jamie offer personal cooking lessons?
Jamie very rarely teaches these days, but you can book a class at The Jamie Oliver Cookery School or at one of the Ministry of Food centres across the UK, and learn the kitchen skills he thinks are important.
Charity requests
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Can you offer any prizes for an auction or raffle?
Unfortunately, due to the sheer number of requests Jamie receives for donations, we are unable to donate prizes to raffles or events.
Jobs
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How do I apply to work for Jamie Oliver?
For roles in the Media Group or Production Teams, please visit the Jamie Oliver Group website: www.jamieolivergroup.com/careers
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Does Jamie offer work experience?
We don’t offer regular work experience placements, however occasional internships or placements will be advertised on our careers website: www.jamieolivergroup.com/careers
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Career advice
For advice on how to get your book published, go to: penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/work-with-us/authors/
You can also find useful guides on the Society of Authors website: societyofauthors.org/Advice/Guides
How do I become a chef?
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Jamie often gets asked for advice on becoming a chef. Here are his top tips for getting started
1. If you’re just starting out and you want a weekend job, get one in a restaurant, pub, fishmonger’s, bakers, butcher’s or on a fruit and veg stall. All of these are really valid ways to learn about food. Then, as the years go by, try and move on to something different or to a more challenging restaurant.
2. Use the summer holidays to do a work placement in a really exciting hotel or restaurant or food purveyor, street food. Whether it’s for a week or a month, you’ll get a real feel for the kitchen and the way a team works together. After this, you’ll have a good idea whether you can handle the job, the hours, the money and the ups and downs that happen while working in a highly pressured kitchen. I’ve never heard of any head chef who’s refused an enthusiastic stranger on the end of a phone the chance to come and do a work placement for free. It’s quite common for it to happen to any chef and you may find yourself with a good job offer at the end of it!
3. Having done those last two, you now have three options to consider, none of which are necessarily the right answer:
(a) Go straight into a professional job. Jump in at the deep end with possibly not enough skills but be bold enough to carry it off. And learn on the job – get on the job training. This is quite common these days.
(b) Go to the best local catering college and do a two- or three-year course that gives you an insight into the science of cooking, culinary language, front-of-house, management and the accounting sides of the business. That’s what I did and I enjoyed it, although I did find that it lacked the real vibe of the kitchen. I found that working in restaurants over the holidays and at the weekends gave me a really good balance.
(c) I’ve always thought arranging to do day-release over two or three years at a good local college is a really good idea. It means you can get a full-time job, which challenges, inspires and pays you, and with your employer’s support you can go to college one day a week.
There’s nothing you can’t achieve with hard work, passion and real commitment for cooking. Read as many books as you can get your hands on, and try to work in other countries for authenticity, if you can. I also used to save up and go out for a posh meal with my fellow chefs every five weeks for education.
Food and cooking is one of the most exciting, dynamic industries on the planet and it often employs some of the most brilliant people. I know the industry still has a reputation for terrible money and hours, but things are really changing – yes you might not make huge money right at the beginning, but these days if you run a small artisan outfit you can make a lovely living out if it. The sky’s the limit!
So, get stuck in, get cooking and good luck!
Students
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Can Jamie answer some questions for my school/college/university project?
We receive lots of requests each week asking for Jamie’s help with all sorts of school, college and university projects, all of which he would love to answer. Unfortunately, this is just not possible. The best thing to do is to have a look around this website, and on https://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/, where you will find lots of information about Jamie, his various projects and businesses and hopefully the answers to your questions.
Apps
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Jamie Oliver’s Recipes
For any queries about Jamie Oliver’s Recipes app, please visit the contact page and select the ‘app’ area of enquiry.
Nutrition
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Where can I get the nutritional information for Jamie's recipes?
Nutritional information for individual recipes can be found on each recipe page.
For info on Jamie’s food philosophy and answers to common nutrition questions, please visit jamieoliver.com/nutrition.
If you cannot find the answer to your question in the list above then please contact us here.