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 4's "The Friday Night Project" and has made two appearances in the "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car" segment of BBC Two's "Top Gear". In his first appearance he attempted to make a green salad in the back of his Volkswagen Microbus, which was fitted with a Porsche engine, while the Stig drove it around the Top Gear test track. Oliver is the second British celebrity chef (after Robert Irvine) to appear as a challenger on "Iron Chef America," taking on Iron Chef Mario Batali in 2008 in a losing battle with cobia as the theme ingredient. Oliver was one of