Fifteen Melbourne Fifteen Melbourne Fifteen restaurant and its associated charity was a concept originally created by British chef Jamie Oliver in London in 2002 when he realised he could use his skills and energy to offer disadvantaged and marginalised young people with tough backgrounds an opportunity to train to be chefs. Oliver founded the original Fifteen restaurant in London and put young people at its heart. Since 2002 two further restaurants opened in Amsterdam and Cornwall. Melbourne, Australia was the fourth restaurant in the Fifteen ‘family'. On 8 June 2008, the offices of Fifteen Melbourne was burned in a fire lit by
Jamie Oliver covered by loans from HSBC Bank and Oliver's other companies. In 2009 his chain of cooking school/delis called Recipease were opened in several locations in the UK including Brighton, Battersea and Notting Hill in London. By the end of 2015 all stores had been closed. In 2011 Oliver set up Barbecoa, a BBQ meat-based restaurant with his friend, American barbecue expert Adam Perry Lang. There were two outlets, both in London, one in Piccadilly and a second in St Pauls. In 2014 the Piccadilly outlet voluntarily closed for 24 hours after hygiene inspectors gave it the second lowest rating. "The