Jamie Oliver
The ‘Naked Chef’ sprang to fame in the late 90s after a debut TV appearance in a documentary about the River Café where he worked. Several TV series and books later, Jamie Oliver MBE is now a national treasure.
Joanne met Jamie four years ago when he brought an intake of students for his pioneering TV programme ‘Fifteen’ to Cumbria. “They visited our shop in Grasmere and we gave them a behind-the-scenes tour, showed them how to make rum butter and talked about the shop’s history and the general food history of Cumbria,” says Joanne. “Later, they cooked us a superb barbecue by way of thanks and it was wonderful and uplifting to see their enthusiasm at close hand.”
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The Fifteen students visit the Grasmere Gingerbread Shop. |
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Some of the Fifteen students try our Grasmere Gingerbread inside the shop. |
Jamie’s Fifteen charity restaurant in London encourages disadvantaged young people to follow in his footsteps and Joanne says she was honoured to have been personally involved in such a ground-breaking venture. Click here to see the letter of thanks from all the students...
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Jamie visits the Grasmere Gingerbread Shop stand at the County Show Kendal and took the last packet of Gingerbread. |
Jamie
later visited the Grasmere Gingerbread Shop’s stand at the County
Show in Kendal and then recommended serving the gingerbread with
coffee in an article in Delicious Magazine about his family’s
Christmas celebrations.
Find out more about the Fifteen charity at www.fifteenrestaurant.com
“Grasmere Gingerbread is the best gingerbread I have eaten in my life. It is made from a secret recipe which is 150 years old, and of course, they won’t let me in on it!”
Jamie Oliver
