James Trevor Oliver, MBE (born 27 May 1975) is a British celebrity chef and restaurateur. His typically English cuisine has garnered him numerous television shows and restaurants.
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.
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.
The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance.
Real food doesn't have ingredients, real food is ingredients.
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.
Young people can be disruptive and screw up classes. But even if they are being a pain in the arse it's a cry for help - they don't feel like they are being listened to.
I've made a few nice dishes in my time, but this must be the best I've ever made.
When you are trying to move mountains you want-and need-people on your side who want to move them with you.
If you can eat with mates or friends or family, I mean, it's such a brilliant thing isn't it? If you feel really rubbish and you have a nice bit of food it makes you feel good, you know?
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.
Stop being a vegan and start enjoying what you eat.
I hate making TV documentaries.
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.
Sugar is the next tobacco, without a doubt, and that industry should be scared. It should be taxed just like tobacco and anything else that can, frankly, destroy lives.
There is not one thing we can do to fix the problem, it has to be an ambush!
I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes that binds us to the best bits of life.
Homicide is 0. 8% of deaths. Diet-related disease is over 60%. But no one talks about it.
The world is blessed most by men who do things, not by those who merely talk about them.
From quite an early age I realised the effect that good food can have on others.
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.