Watch an interview with Jamie Oliver online now! Restaurants and cooking are in Jamie Oliver’s blood, as his parents own and operate a successful pub/restaurant in Cambridge, where he grew up. He attended Westminster Catering College at 16, where he completed his formal training. Jamie began a food revolution in Britain with Jamie’s School Dinners, prompting the British government to publicly commit to improving the quality of the country’s school meals. Jamie married his childhood sweetheart, Jools, in 2000. They live in London with daughters Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo.