Does Jamie Oliver still have restaurants in Australia?
No, Jamie Oliver does not currently have any operating restaurants in Australia. The last remaining, Jamie Oliver's Pizzeria at Pacific Fair on the Gold Coast, closed in August 2023. Previous, larger-scale Jamie's Italian restaurants across Australia went into administration in 2018 and subsequently closed.
Jamie Oliver has closed down the last of his Australian ventures, after his pizzeria at Pacific fair on the Gold Coast went into voluntary administration. The business owes $1million.
Jamie Oliver has admitted that getting the basics wrong led to the downfall of his restaurant group. Speaking to Davina McCall on her Begin Again podcast, the chef and restaurateur said that his struggle with numbers was a contributing factor in the closure of his restaurant empire.
How many of Jamie Oliver's restaurants are still open?
The failure of Jamie's Italian in 2019 resulted in 1,000 job losses. After the collapse of the UK business, the Jamie's Italian brand continued to operate overseas and it has more than 30 restaurants in 25 countries. Overall, Oliver still has about 70 restaurants around the world run by franchise partners.
Love Island stars Camilla Thurlow and Jamie Jewitt have revealed that their toddler daughter has received an autism diagnosis. In a social media post, Camilla paid tribute to two-year-old Nora. She wrote: “Nora, our little darling.
Jamie Oliver's net worth in 2025 is estimated at $200 million, according to several sources. Despite his restaurant closures, he stays wealthy thanks to cookbook sales, TV appearances and series and even fictional novels for kids.
The celebrity chef is reviving his Jamie's Italian restaurants in the UK, six years after the chain collapsed into insolvency. All 25 restaurants shut down, leaving creditors nursing heavy losses and costing more than 1,000 jobs. He told Bloomberg he's learned lessons from last time, when he was too “boisterous.”
Jamie Oliver's "downfall" primarily refers to the 2019 collapse of his UK restaurant empire (Jamie's Italian, Fifteen, Barbecoa), which faced massive debts, leading to over 1,000 job losses, though his TV and book businesses remained strong. He recently admitted the core failure was getting "basics wrong," attributing it to his struggles with math and financial oversight, compounded by external pressures like high street decline and soaring business rates.
How much did Jamie Oliver get paid for MasterChef Australia?
“Jamie has inked a deal worth around $2 million,” a source toldWomen's Day. The pay packet is reportedly going to include accommodation for Jamie and his family for a January visit, along with a return trip back to the UK for Christmas.
Jamie Oliver is dyslexic and was undiagnosed while at school, like the majority of dyslexics today. Now, he is turning his impressive campaigning skills towards improving things for the dyslexic children of tomorrow, as captured in his recent Channel 4 documentary, Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution.
As a child, Jamie Oliver remembers sitting in the classroom feeling “thick, dumb and stupid”. What he didn't know then was that his dyslexia was his superpower – one that would later help him build a career defined by the things he loved, not by the things he couldn't do.
The richest chef in the world is widely cited as Alan Wong, with an estimated net worth of around $1.1 billion, primarily from his Hawaiian restaurant empire and stake in Hawaii Regional Cuisine. Other top contenders often mentioned include Gordon Ramsay (around $220M) and Nobu Matsuhisa (around $200M), with wealth coming from restaurants, media, cookbooks, and brand endorsements.
All members of staff are understood to have been paid up until the day the business fell into administration in May 2019. Following the high-profile collapse of the chef's restaurant empire, his business now includes his TV, book and licensing arms as well as a cookery school in London.
Camilla, 33, and Jamie, 32, met on the show in 2017, finishing in second place - but unlike some other Love Island couples, they've defied the odds, marrying last summer and having two little girls, Nell, 2 and Nora, 6 months, together.
Queen Camilla shares two adult children with her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles. Their son Tom was born on December 18, 1974. Their daughter Laura arrived on January 1, 1978.
I regret that I didn't conduct myself in the right way and, as a 20 year old guy, it's something I know I will take on board and learn from. I really enjoyed my time in the villa and look forward to catching up with everyone on the outside.”
