Jamie Oliver a.k.a The Naked Chef

Have you ever seen his show? He's very good (and cute too...). I envy how he can make cooking a very complicated dish looks easy..

"Oh just chop the basil leaves & sprinkle it on top of the chicken and throw it in the oven for 40 mins" - in that sexy Brits accent of his.

Now I know what I want for my next birthday... His cooking books! Saw a new one in Times @ KLCC the other day...

Hmmm.. well, will just have to continue watching his shows on 8tv until i can try out his scrumptious recipes.

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Excerpt taken frm HELLO! Profiles-Jamie Oliver

He's a millionaire, was voted People magazine's sexiest chef, and is happily married to his childhood sweetheart. Life has been kind to celebrity cook Jamie Oliver.

Born on May 27, 1975, Jamie grew up above his parents' Essex pub The Cricketers, where he helped in the kitchens as a tot, and experimented with his mum's Aga cooker when she wasn't looking. It was an early training which was to prove useful when he left school at 16 to attend Westminster Catering College.

Jobs at several prestigious restaurants in England and the rest of Europe followed. And by the time Pat Llewelyn, producer of the Two Fat Ladies TV cookery show contacted him after spotting him in a documentary about the Riverside Café, he had already risen to the level of sous-chef at the prestigious London eatery.

When the tousle-haired maestro stormed onto the TV cooking scene with his programme The Naked Chef critics were initially bemused by the 21-year-old's accent and presenting style. But they were soon forced to accept that audiences loved his simple, fun food, and good natured wide-boy persona.

The Essex-boy-done-great eventually caught the eye of British premiere Tony Blair, who asked him to whip up an appropriately themed dinner for a meeting with the PM's Italian counterpart. The result was such a success the Labour leader offered Jamie the job of "food tsar" for Britain's hospitals, a role he declined.

Protective of his street cred image, The Naked Chef star has refused to endorse international food and beverage giants whose product or marketing strategy do not meet with his approval. Both Nestle and Coca-Cola – who asked him to pose naked for an ad campaign – have been rebuffed. He does, however, have a promotional contract with pro-organic supermarket Sainsburys.