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Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore

Jamie Oliver: The Naked Chef’s crusade to change the world

Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore

Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore || JOE Media

Society & Culture

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

More than almost any other Unfiltered guest so far, you know exactly who Jamie Oliver is. Except, you don’t. In a revealing and impassioned interview with James O’Brien, Jamie takes us back to being a young boy in Essex working in his parents’ pub, not only discovering his passion for food, but his passion for what food can do.The Naked Chef saw Jamie become a household name overnight, and while he may have sold a few cookery books off the back of it, his fame enabled him to pursue the thing that he’s best known for: trying to make a difference.Vote for Unfiltered! We're up for the Listener's Choice Award at the British Podcast Awards. Head to britishpodcastawards.com/vote and search for 'Unfiltered with James O'Brien'. Thank you!

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0:00.0

You're listening to Unfiltered with James O'Brien, brought to you by Joe.

0:04.3

Hello, I'm James O'Brien.

0:10.5

Hello, I'm James O'Brien. Thank you for downloading the latest episode of Unfiltered, episode 30,

0:15.7

featuring a man who I make no bones about describing for my money as one of the most important and

0:22.3

impressive people in the country.

0:24.0

I'm talking about Jamie Oliver. We will be talking partly about his new campaign which you can find out more

0:31.5

at Jamie Oliver.com slash ad enough, but I am here for an hour, hopefully, to show you

0:39.7

that although he's instantly recognizable and you think you've known him for the best part of 20 years,

0:44.1

you don't actually know Jamie Oliver very well at all. You're one of those people who, for my generation, it's as if you've always been in the public eye.

1:01.0

So I want to start when you weren't. I want to start in the family pub back in

1:04.3

Essex and the the first realization that the food and you were kind of all inextricable

1:12.4

the the relationship that you had with food that's different from most kids.

1:16.5

Yeah, well I grew up in a little village called Clavering in Essex. I lived in the local pub

1:22.1

My mom and dad still together, still work there now.

1:24.4

Dad still does the breakfast every day. I didn't know then, but he was a pioneer of what we would call a

1:30.4

a gastro pub. So then and and now sort of five six chefs on a shift

1:35.0

pastry all made on site whole animals game local British food but also an eye

1:41.7

open to sort of foods around the world.

1:44.4

How come he went down that route so early?

1:46.3

He grew up in a pub.

1:47.8

My uncle's got a pub.

1:49.2

It's all publicans.

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