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Jollofgate

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Shouldn't Jamie Oliver's controversies include his Jollof rice recipe that sparked internet outrage? 129.119.235.17 (talk) 14:49, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply

Where are his controversies? 2601:405:4900:54B0:14B7:FB05:6FAD:8D15 (talk) 07:14, 10 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Inconsistent birth years

Latest comment: 2 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The article says Jamie Oliver was born in 1975, but in the search results on the main page, it says 1973. 195.249.116.254 (talk) 07:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thanks, the 1975 year in the short description was wrong. Now corrected. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:30, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

British or English?

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Should Oliver be described as English or British? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:24, 23 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Education

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Westminster Kingsway College has rebranded to Capital City College https://www.capitalccg.ac.uk/ 194.82.132.106 (talk) 10:03, 12 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Westminster Kingsway College should really be corrected first. Martinevans123 (talk) 10:05, 12 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Second-best-selling British author

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

"Oliver is the second-best-selling British author, behind J. K. Rowling, and the best-selling British non-fiction author. As of February 2019, Oliver had sold more than 14.55 million books."

There is no source for this. It's unclear was second-best-selling British author actually means. Lifetime, total, number of books, revenue. If total is meant, other British authors are listed before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_fiction_authors If currently writing authors, this also doesn't seem to be the case anymore, but is old information. https://www.thebookseller.com/features/2024s-bestselling-authors-so-far-julia-donaldson-remains-tops

The only source where I found the statement is "Oliver is the second-best-selling British author" is from 2012 also based on bookseller in the article.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/celebritymoney/article-2200999/Jamie-Oliver-JK-Rowling-50-biggest-selling-authors-time.html Myprivateusername (talk) 21:53, 6 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Jollofgate

Inconsistent birth years

British or English?

Education

Second-best-selling British author