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Jamie Oliver
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His restaurant empire has gone tits
Never ate in one personally but surprised he owned the whole business, I thought he was just fronting it
Never ate in one personally but surprised he owned the whole business, I thought he was just fronting it
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Oh I thought this just might be an RIP?4
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Pucker
Net worth of £240m according to some sources.0 -
He’ll be alright, just bought a new £6m family home so hasn’t lost everything0
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Gone into administration. Ate in the one that was in Greenwich. It’s was sit service and the food mediocre.cafcdave123 said:He’ll be alright, just bought a new £6m family home so hasn’t lost everything0 -
That’s the food chain, he’s still cakey as fuck0
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I read the comment that this year he put in £3 million of his own money so he sounds like it’s not total disaster financially for him personally.0
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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.
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His wife’s clothing business is absolutely booming0
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Still a bit embarrassing for him though.ShootersHillGuru said:I read the comment that this year he put in £3 million of his own money so he sounds like it’s not total disaster financially for him personally.1 -
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."
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Maybe - he's still got a few bankruptcies to go before he catches up with Gordon Ramsey thoughSoundAsa£ said:
Still a bit embarrassing for him though.ShootersHillGuru said:I read the comment that this year he put in £3 million of his own money so he sounds like it’s not total disaster financially for him personally.0 -
He’s got so many irons in the fire you can’t see the fire1
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I wonder if the competitors who existed before he tried to "positively disrupt" them, are still plodding?
Would be funny if they are...0 -
Should get Ramsay to come in and do a kitchen nightmares.
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ShootersHillGuru said: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 anyway2 -
To be fair it did launch in that way... It just didn't manage to maintain the 'Great Food and Service' bit.i_b_b_o_r_g said: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."
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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.0 -
his books sell like hotcakes .. his hotcakes taste like books8
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Just one part of his empire, he won't go hungry.0
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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.
All-round great experience. Sad they're closing.11 -
His pizzas are of a similar densitycharltonkeston said: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.
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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.9
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Spot on.Carter said: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.1 -
Can't have been that good, or they wouldn't have gone into administroneCarter said: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.4 -
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!!!!0
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Someone had a bad meal in Jamie’s Italian ....dajavouslagan said: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!!!!1 -
great pity, the restaurants were excellent ...the one at Bluewater was very good.
However, the worst is so many people losing their jobs.1 -
The problem is that there are so many businesses competing for the same space. I may be wrong, but his involvement now seems to be mostly his name.0
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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).0
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Couldn’t happen to a nicer bloke.0
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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.dajavouslagan said: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!!!!3
