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  • Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver wins prestigious prize

    Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has won a prestigious prize for ‘exceptional individuals’ previously awarded to former President Bill Clinton.

    Oliver has been awarded $100,000 to help him achieve his ‘one wish to change the world’ which he will reveal at a ceremony next month.

    The prize is run by an organisation called TED, which stands for ‘technology, entertainment, design’.

    TED’s prize recognises ‘exceptional individuals’, with previous winners including Bill Clinton, U2 singer and poverty campaigner Bono and author Dave Eggers.

    The former President pledged to help build a rural health system in Rwanda with his prize money.

    Oliver was given the award for his UK school dinners campaign, the Fifteen foundation which trains up young chefs, and the television series Food Revolution USA.

    TED organisers said: “It’s incredibly exciting to welcome Jamie Oliver to join our line-up of change catalysts.”

    2009.12.28 / no responses / Category: Celebrity, U2

  • Jools Oliver: Jamies a workaholic

    Chef Jamie Oliver’s wife Jools has said that she wants him to work less.

    The 34-year-old revealed that being married to Jamie, also 34, can be hard work. The couple have been married for nine years and they have three young daughters together.

    She said: “I’ve never known a person to work so hard. I don’t know how he does it. I’d hate his life, I couldn’t bear it.”

    Jools also said that she finds it difficult being away from her husband for long periods.

    She said: “I’m nearly 35, I don’t go out a lot and sometimes I get lonely. I don’t mind the day-trips to Sweden, but please come home at night.”

    Talking about Jamie retiring, she added: “We discuss it all the time. But then we think, we’re only 34 and life’s a rat race.

    “In 2011, he’s going to try to do a four-day work week, spend more time with the children and just enjoy life more.”

    2009.11.09 / no responses / Category: Jamie Oliver

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