Jamie Oliver

When Jamie's Italian went under back in 2019, it was one of the most public closures possible, with coverage all over the press. But, the brand has managed to keep going overseas and, much to pretty much everyone's surprise, it's coming back to the UK too. 

This time, the chef is spreading the risk about a bit as it's going to be a team-up with Prezzo and the first opening is going to be

11/4/25 - updated with the opening date and more details

With the closures of both DH Evans and Debenhams on Oxford Street, at least one of the department stores left is planning to be in there for the long haul. John Lewis just announced a big makeover, and as part of that, they've brought in Jamie Oliver. 

The chef, who hasn't opened

13/10/23 - Updated with the opening date and menu details.

It's been nearly four years since Jamie Oliver's restaurants went into administration in the UK. Since then, he's had pasta pop-ups and opened restaurants abroad but nothing new in the UK - until now. 

He's getting

For the first time since closing down his Jamie's Italian business in 2019, Jamie Oliver is back with a new restaurant - although this one is for collection and delivery only.

He's just launched Pasta Dreams in Soho. It's not a full restaurant launch though - Pasta Dreams will be a pop-up in the run-up to Christmas and seems to be designed to expand as delivery only across the

There's no getting around that it's been tough out there on the High Street recently. We've already seen the collapse of Patisserie Valerie and now here comes the most high-profile collapse yet. Jamie Oliver has announced that his restaurant group has gone into administration. 

25 of his restaurants are affected - mainly Jamie's Italians - but there are two high-profile restaurants too, Barbecoa

It's been a bad couple of weeks for celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Following news that he was closing 12 of his Jamie's Italian restaurants last month, comes the confirmation of rumours that both his Barbecoa restaurants have closed their doors.

Fellow restaurateur Martin Williams of M Restaurants said yesterday that he wanted to buy both Barbecoa restaurants from Oliver. In a statement Williams said: "I believe there is a future

Jamie Oliver now has two Barbecoa restaurants in London - we went to check them out.

We take a look at the latest restaurant from Jamie Oliver, which sees him opening a second Barbecoa, on Piccadilly. 

These were not just any radishes. These were Jamie Oliver's radishes - all the way from his own farm, delivered straight to his Fifteen restaurant in Hoxton for a one off 'Night in' with acclaimed young cookery writer Anna Jones. We went along to try her vegetarian feast - and hear about the great work of the Jamie's Fifteen apprentice scheme.

Anna - whose second book, A Modern Way to Cook, comes out next month - graduated as an apprentice in 2003, and hasn't looked back. No better person, then, to kick off this series of special dinners.

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