Jamie Oliver Oliver travelled to inspire everyday people in Rotherham, Yorkshire, to cook healthy meals. Another television series is "Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution" (2010–11), where he travelled first to Huntington, West Virginia and then to Los Angeles to change the way Americans eat, and address their dependence on fast food. Oliver's holding company, Jamie Oliver Holdings Ltd., earned enough for Oliver to have been listed on "The Sunday Times" list of richest Britons under 30. In December 2009, Oliver received the 2010 TED Prize. Oliver hosted "Jamie's 15 Minute Meals" on Channel 4, which aired for 40 episodes in 2012. In June
Jamie Oliver 2008, Oliver launched a restaurant called Jamie's Italian, his first high-street business venture, in Oxford, England. At peak, there were 42 "Jamie's Italian" restaurants in the UK. The brand has been franchised and includes branches in the UAE, Australia (which Oliver part-bought back in November 2016 after its founders went bankrupt), Canada, Cyprus, Iceland, Ireland, Russia, Turkey, Singapore and Hong Kong. In January 2017, Chief Executive Simon Blagden announced the closure of six restaurants in the UK affecting 120 jobs, at sites in Aberdeen, Cheltenham, Exeter, Tunbridge Wells; and in London at Ludgate and Richmond. In January 2018, as part