JO - "We launched Jamie's Italian in 2008 with the intention of positively disrupting mid-market dining in the UK High Street, with great value and much higher quality ingredients, best-in-class animal welfare standards and an amazing team who shared my passion for great food and service. And we did exactly that."
His wife’s clothing business is absolutely booming
I don't think the customer is as fussy if their new clothes have been dribbled over as much as they are their food. One should always stick new clothes in the wash anyway
JO - "We launched Jamie's Italian in 2008 with the intention of positively disrupting mid-market dining in the UK High Street, with great value and much higher quality ingredients, best-in-class animal welfare standards and an amazing team who shared my passion for great food and service. And we did exactly that."
*Emoji holding chinny thingy*
To be fair it did launch in that way... It just didn't manage to maintain the 'Great Food and Service' bit.
Probably always doomed to fail as higher quality ingredients and best in class animal welfare are not cheap... If you sell those things cheap you'll not be able to maintain your business model.
I worked in one a long time ago. It was great. The training was immense. The ingredients really were top notch and they were committed to having chefs actually cook in the kitchen rather than having things pre-made. As a cook it was great but for customers it had a downside because how good your food was largely depended on who cooked it.
That is a shame, as someone who works around the country and eats on an expenses account. Working in a place that had a Jamie's Italian was a blessing, decent balanced food at sensible prices and as @Chunes said. It was freshly cooked, I've never had a spectacular meal there but I've never had a shit one either.
That is a shame, as someone who works around the country and eats on an expenses account. Working in a place that had a Jamie's Italian was a blessing, decent balanced food at sensible prices and as @Chunes said. It was freshly cooked, I've never had a spectacular meal there but I've never had a shit one either.
That is a shame, as someone who works around the country and eats on an expenses account. Working in a place that had a Jamie's Italian was a blessing, decent balanced food at sensible prices and as @Chunes said. It was freshly cooked, I've never had a spectacular meal there but I've never had a shit one either.
Can't have been that good, or they wouldn't have gone into administrone
Maybe it failed because of what he has become. Pompous little do gooder prat preaching to people what they should eat & raising revenue for the government ie sugar tax (hypocrite as he apparently sold full fat fizzys himself) costing the public money just to benefit himself as in recognition for a possible knighthood!!!!
Maybe it failed because of what he has become. Pompous little do gooder prat preaching to people what they should eat & raising revenue for the government ie sugar tax (hypocrite as he apparently sold full fat fizzys himself) costing the public money just to benefit himself as in recognition for a possible knighthood!!!!
Always liked the restaurant across from my office, and the one at home. Too many like it though, can just as easily go somewhere else. Chelmsford in particular is absolutely saturated with restaurants in the same bracket. They didn't distinguish themselves enough perhaps, though the food was good, and they were great with families (my kids loved the menus being in binoculars).
Maybe it failed because of what he has become. Pompous little do gooder prat preaching to people what they should eat & raising revenue for the government ie sugar tax (hypocrite as he apparently sold full fat fizzys himself) costing the public money just to benefit himself as in recognition for a possible knighthood!!!!
Harsh. A cook who made the most of his personality and brought a lot of positive change to the industry, killed the turkey twirler mentality and encouraged poorer families to start cooking food themselves rather than being reliant on expensive processed rubbish from the supermarkets.
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Net worth of £240m according to some sources.
I'm more concerned about British Steel, yet another industry about to go forever.
Employees of Jamie will find it easer to find similar work the same cannot be said for British Steel.
*Emoji holding chinny thingy*
Would be funny if they are...
I don't think the customer is as fussy if their new clothes have been dribbled over as much as they are their food. One should always stick new clothes in the wash anyway
Probably always doomed to fail as higher quality ingredients and best in class animal welfare are not cheap... If you sell those things cheap you'll not be able to maintain your business model.
All-round great experience. Sad they're closing.
However, the worst is so many people losing their jobs.