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I could cook from quite an early age - purely because I liked it.

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Jamie Oliver
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 27
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I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.
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Sugar is the next tobacco, without a doubt, and that industry should be scared. It should be taxed just like tobacco and anything else that can, frankly, destroy lives.
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I hear loads of cynics saying that I'll never be able to change anything. They say that junk food marketing and the ready availability of fast food is just too powerful. But I'd say in response, screw you. I know that most people, if they're really honest, are fed up with the same old rubbish
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