Jamie Oliver

 Oliver credits Gray and Rogers with teaching him to create the fresh and simple food which would become his signature. When the producer Patricia Llewellyn arrived to film "An Italian Christmas" at the River Cafe, she spotted Oliver. Llewellyn already had a proven eye for culinary talent as it was she who recognised that Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson-Wright would get together, and now she was looking for someone who could cook, yet whose image would be different from the stars of The Two Fat Ladies. She put Oliver in front of a camera and told him to stay natural, the result of which was the cookery programme, The Naked Chef.[6] Two highly successful seasons of "The Naked Chef" were filmed in 1998 and 1999. The popular series brought Oliver worldwide fame, and more television programmes and book deals followed. As of 2007, Oliver had seven additional television series and ten books to his name. In 2005 Jamie Oliver received the prestigious Beacon Fellowship Prize for his contribution to disadvantaged young people, offering training and practical experience in the catering industry.

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