Jamie Oliver Group

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Jamie Oliver: “This is a really important moment, and it means the world to me”

21-Nov-2023 By James McAllister

The TV chef has assembled a team of familiar faces from his Barbecoa days to lead the opening of his highly anticipated return to London’s restaurant scene.

Jamie Oliver: Jamie’s Italian model was ‘wrong from day one’

13-Nov-2023 By Restaurant

Jamie Oliver has admitted the model for his Jamie’s Italian chain, which collapsed back in 2019, was ‘wrong from day one’.

Jamie Oliver Group looking to reach 200 sites by 2027

29-Sep-2023 By James McAllister

Jamie Oliver’s restaurant group has set plans to have a global estate of more than 200 sites by 2027.

Jamie Oliver’s groups deliver ‘robust’ revenue growth of 8.1%

16-Aug-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Jamie Oliver’s Jamie Oliver Holdings Limited and Jamie Oliver Licensing Limited companies have together put in a strong performance for the financial year ending 31 December 2022 delivering ‘robust’ revenue growth of 8.1%.

The Lowdown: the return of the Naked Chef

12-May-2023 By James McAllister

Four years after the collapse of his UK restaurant group, Jamie Oliver is gearing up for a grand return with a new concept in central London.

Jamie Oliver to return to London’s restaurant scene with new Covent Garden opening

02-May-2023 By James McAllister

Jamie Oliver has confirmed he will open a new ‘landmark’ restaurant in London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, later this year.

Jamie Oliver Restaurants plots India expansion

03-Mar-2023 By Restaurant

Jamie Oliver Restaurants plans to treble its footprint in India and expand to new territories across the subcontinent.

Jamie Oliver scrambles to pull out of Russia

14-Mar-2022 By James McAllister

Jamie Oliver is scrambling to shut his Jamie’s Italian restaurant in Russia as he joins a rush of Western companies suspending operations in the country following its invasion of Ukraine.

Former Jamie Oliver group CEO joins TRG's newly combined leisure and concessions arm

01-May-2020 By James McAllister

Former Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group chief executive Jon Knight has joined The Restaurant Group (TRG) as managing director of leisure and concessions.

Jamie Oliver puts Barbecoa restaurants on the market

12-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

The Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group has put its two Barbecoa steakhouses up for sale after creditors voted in favour of restructuring plans.

FSA to launch review of meat suppliers after food hygiene scare

02-Feb-2018 By Sophie Witts

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to launch a review of meat cutting plants and cold stores in the wake of ‘serious issues’ identified at two suppliers.

Italian Lessons: The CEO of the Jamie Oliver Group on Brexit, PR, and pizza

23-Oct-2017 By Joe Lutrario

With the demise of its Union Jacks brand and the furore over its comments about Brexit, Jamie’s Italian is taking some strong learnings into the coming years. We spoke to Simon Blagden, CEO

Jamie Oliver to take over Australian Jamie's Italian after franchisee went bust

04-Nov-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Jamie Oliver is set to take over the six-strong Australian-based Jamie’s Italian restaurant chain after its franchisee Keystone Group went into receivership.

Jamie Oliver to open new concept at King’s Cross

27-Oct-2014 By Melodie Michel

The celebrity chef has received planning consent from Camden Council to turn the historic Fish & Coal buildings and Wharf Road Arches into a new pub and restaurant, set to open in 2016.