Welcome to the famous Jamie Oliver quotes about food, life, cooking and eating healthier. You’ll know Jamie as the smiling, down to earth chef from some of his popular television shows like The Naked Chef and Jamie’s Kitchen.
Popular Jamie Oliver cooking books include: 5 Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food, Ultimate Veg: Easy & Delicious Meals for Everyone, and Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals Delicious, Nutritious, Super-Fast Food.
Famous Jamie Oliver Quotes
My vegan and vegetarian friends have cooked me some fantastic meals, many of which I now make regularly. It’s saving me money, encouraging me to eat more vegetables, and reducing my meat intake. While I have no plans to give up meat, I recognize that it shouldn’t be the focus of my diet. I am now vegetarian every other day – not consciously, but because lots of my favorite meals are meat-free.
Jamie Oliver
I think I enjoyed Jamie At Home the most, because it was simple, honest cooking, growing stuff and cooking it. Channel 4 wouldn’t commission it, so I commissioned it myself. The creative experience was amazing.
Jamie Oliver
If I’m being reflective, I’ve had the best and the worst of it. I’ve learned a lot. I smell differently now. I see differently now. It doesn’t mean I’m cynical. I still feel I have 20 years of good work ahead of me, but I don’t have an appetite to sort of see my name all over the globe in restaurants.
Jamie Oliver
We need some magic, and I think magic comes from kids. The kids who are talking about the environment and climate change, well, there’s no gap between that and the food system. My dream is to make a Blue Planet, David Attenborough-style epic explaining all this. Can you imagine?
Jamie Oliver
When things get bumpy it can’t be in vain, you know? You’ve got to learn something, you’ve got to use it.
Jamie Oliver
If you’re giving your young children fizzy drinks you’re an a#hole, you’re a tosser. If you give them bags of crisps you’re an idiot. If you aren’t cooking them a hot meal, sort it out.
Jamie Oliver
I challenge you to go to any school and open 50 lunchboxes, and I guarantee you there will be one or two cans of Red Bull, there’ll be cold McDonald’s and jam sandwiches with several cakes.
Jamie Oliver
Although they don’t know it, the public is still king. So what I try and do is shit-stir. In America, what hasn’t happened yet is the public haven’t really told business what they want. For instance, McDonald’s America and McDonald’s UK are totally different. You’ve got one public that’s fairly well informed, which is here, so you know you’ve got organic milk, one hundred percent free-range eggs; they do a huge amount of salads, they’ve done a huge amount of inward thinking in the last five years. So although they’ve been the enemy for many years, you’ve got to take your hat off and say well done, and carry on. America hasn’t even done that, they’ve done nothing in comparison. The only difference is the public ask for more.
Jamie Oliver
I have a fairly low regard for money to be honest, it doesn’t really add that much to a lot of the things that give me pleasure in life. However, if you have an idea, and you’ve got it, you can do it. If you haven’t got money and you’ve got a great idea, it’s hard to get it done. So for me I want to get in a position where I can do stuff myself.
Jamie Oliver
You can tell that if you go on any blog. I annoy lots of people. You know people often don’t like the good guys, and I try to be a good guy, I’m consistent. You know, I’ve been consistent in my direction, the beliefs that I have. And people hate that.
Jamie Oliver
In a weird way, I would say that my cooking hasn’t evolved much. If you look at The Naked Chef, the food is very similar in heart, soul and style to today. I was an expert in a small number of things – roasts, salads, pasta – and I stuck to that. Of course, you open up your techniques and abilities over the years, but I still stuck to my strengths.
Jamie Oliver
It’s hard to imagine but 20 years ago boys did not cook. We started getting boys back in the kitchen.
Jamie Oliver
If I’d have spent 13 years opening posh restaurants, I could assure you they’d all be open today. You know, Britain has always been very good at nourishing the rich. My obsession – just because I knew it was my audience – was mid-market dining. It was so badly represented.
Jamie Oliver
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Check out some of his popular cookbooks online here: 5 Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food, Ultimate Veg: Easy & Delicious Meals for Everyone, and Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals Delicious, Nutritious, Super-Fast Food.
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