Quote

I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.

Jamie Oliver

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jamie Oliver
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: May 27
Activist
Artist
Blogger
Chef
Cookery Writer
Restaurateur
Television Presenter
Television Producer
Youtuber
Clavering
Essex
James Oliver
James Trevor Oliver
Jamie Trevor Oliver
Idea
Stores
Hands
Romantic
Able
Woods
Ideas
Starting
Better
Clothes
Something
Loved
Wood
Always
Bits
Slightly
Create
Store

More quotes by Jamie Oliver

Image
I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes that binds us to the best bits of life.
Jamie Oliver
Image
I think authenticity is important whichever homeland you're from but one of the lovely things about British cooking is that we adopt great food and dishes from all of the lovely people who come from overseas to live in our country. We're a magpie nation - we take the best bits of other cuisines and embrace them as our own.
Jamie Oliver
Image
But I read Catching Fire. I loved disappearing into a story.
Jamie Oliver
Image
It's just us trying to start a movement where everybody passes on a bit of cooking knowledge. We estimate that one person can potentially affect 180 others very quickly so we're just trying to spread the word.
Jamie Oliver
Image
I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge.
Jamie Oliver
Image
Your child will live a life ten years younger than you because of the landscape of food that we've built around them.
Jamie Oliver
Image
Every child should be taught to cook in school, not just talk about nutrition all day. Good food can be made in 15 minutes. This could be the first generation where the kids teach the parents.
Jamie Oliver
Image
The world is blessed most by men who do things, not by those who merely talk about them.
Jamie Oliver
Image
I'm probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.
Jamie Oliver
Image
I hate making TV documentaries.
Jamie Oliver
Image
If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.
Jamie Oliver
Image
Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.
Jamie Oliver
Image
All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.
Jamie Oliver
Image
I think there are definitely two types of student: the academic kids and the 50% who fail. It's very clear to see - it's fact. We're not doing enough for those who fail they need a more physical, tactile approach, involving people skills, team-building, problem-solving, building things.
Jamie Oliver
Image
I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.
Jamie Oliver
Image
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
Jamie Oliver
Image
My life is really so much based in England.
Jamie Oliver
Image
Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the mouths of their children?
Jamie Oliver
Image
There is not one thing we can do to fix the problem, it has to be an ambush!
Jamie Oliver
Image
Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.
Jamie Oliver