Quotes from Jamie Oliver

We opened a shop in Rotherham which does free demonstrations every day, six days a week and it's been very popular.

I've cooked just about everything really.

Food is one of life's greatest joys yet we've reached this really sad point where we're turning food into the enemy, and something to be afraid of

We're in a situation now where weight and extreme weight and heart disease is the biggest killer in this country today.

Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.

Your child will live a life ten years younger than you because of the landscape of food that we've built around them.

Fight the staggering rise of type-2 diabetes by simply learning to cook healthy fresh food - it's fun, and it could save your life!

The best food I've ever eaten in my life has come from the poorest communities.

What I've enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn - I love it!

I could cook from quite an early age - purely because I liked it.

I've made a few nice dishes in my time, but this must be the best I've ever made.

I'm better with my hands, and I always loved the slightly romantic idea of starting with bits of wood and being able to create something to sit on, to eat from, to store your clothes in.

What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round.

My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday to Thursday within 20 minutes, you know, there's millions of recipes out there to be had.

I like ties but I prefer not to wear one when I'm nervous.

My life is really so much based in England.

I challenge you, to go to any school and open 50 lunchboxes, and I guarantee you there will be one or two cans of Red Bull, there'll be cold McDonald's and jam sandwiches with several cakes.

All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter.

My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred sausages, feeling brilliant.

I love roasting because you can give it love, get it in the oven and go and play with the kids or whatever you've got to do, and then hours later you've got a lovely dinner.

I wouldn't say that processed food, ready meals and even takeaways aren't relevant to modern life, it's just that over the past 40 years there are three generations of people who have come out of school and gone through their home life without ever being shown how to cook properly.

The kitchen oven is reliable, but it's made us lazy.

It's not the extremes and the treats that are the problem. It's the everyday.

When you are trying to move mountains you want-and need-people on your side who want to move them with you.