Ol·i·ver, Ja·mie /ˈɒləvə, ˈɒlɪvə, ˈdʒeɪmi $ ˈɑːləvər/ BrE AmE
(1975-) a British CELEBRITY CHEF who has presented television programmes about cooking such as The Naked Chef , Jamie's School Dinners , and Jamie at Home . The ↑ recipe books which go together with these television programmes have been very successful. Oliver is very keen that people should use fresh ↑ organic ↑ ingredient s , and in 2005 he began a ↑ campaign to improve the quality of food given to students in school meals. He has also opened a number of ↑ charity restaurants around the world called ‘Fifteen’ which teach young ↑ disadvantaged people to do jobs in the food industry. He is known for his ↑ cockney ↑ accent and for using ↑ catchphrase s such as “pukka” (= very good).