Jamie Oliver has revealed he suffered a personal loss while filming his 2020 Channel 4 series Keep Cooking And Carry On.
The 47-year-old TV chef admitted he accidentally deleted all of his phone’s photos and videos from the past 17 years while transferring footage for the show to producers.
Jamie’s wife Jules, 48, had filmed the self-funded program from their Essex farmhouse during lockdown using his iPhone.
Jamie, the father of Poppy, 21, Daisy, 20, Petal, 14, Buddy, 12, and River, 6, mourned the lost snaps of precious years in an interview with The Courier Mail.
He said: “So there was a price to pay and that was probably losing [all the pictures and videos of] the birth of all my children.’
‘There was a price to pay’: Jamie Oliver has revealed he suffered a personal loss while filming his 2020 Channel 4 series Keep Cooking And Carry On (pictured in 2021)
“When it’s gone, it’s gone. I have colleagues who work really senior at Apple and I’ve spoken to engineers and there’s no bubble, no safety net, no outer edge. I kept saying, “There must be something! There must be something!“
“But unfortunately during this process everything is gone. So, I think the moral of the story is stop filming your kids and live in the moment.”
Jamie’s wife Jules filmed the self-funded program from their Essex farmhouse during lockdown using his iPhone.
Jamie recently said Buddy will “earn his job” by becoming a chef, rather than living by his name like a typical “Nepo baby.”
The Essex-born star, who published his first children’s book Billy and the Giant Adventure on Thursday, has seen the youngster become a huge hit online thanks to his Cooking Buddies series, which has racked up millions of hits.
But Jamie insisted that should Buddy follow in his footsteps, just like him, he will have a proper foundation to help his aspiring son become a more complete chef.
Speaking exclusively to Web, Jamie said: “The only way to do it is to do it right.
“The technical and practical side of cooking is one thing, but what’s really interesting and emotional about cooking is serving people, being involved with food breeders and farmers – you can’t fake that.”
blunder! The 47-year-old TV chef admitted he accidentally deleted all of his phone’s photos and videos from the past 17 years while transferring footage for the show to producers (pictured on the show).
Regret: Jamie, the father of Poppy, 21, Daisy, 20, Petal, 14, Buddy, 12, and River, six, mourned the lost snaps of precious years in a new interview (pictured in 2016).
He continued: “When I was running Restaurant Fifteen, where most of our young people were unemployed, from prison or from difficult backgrounds.
“We put these kids in front of amazing farmers and artisans, fishermen and producers, that’s what changes you and I would definitely do that with Buddy if he wanted to go down that path. He would certainly earn his trade.”
Jamie said Buddy has yet to reveal his future career aspirations, even claiming his son isn’t tech-savvy despite his online success, admitting “he doesn’t even go on YouTube”.
But the father-of-five revealed the youngster’s cooking talents only developed through practice.
He explained: “When he was ten years old, and you can find this online, he was filleting a mackerel.
“Not because he’s a special kid, but because kids are brilliant and if they repeat things a few times they get good at it – whether it’s cricket, boxing or gymnastics and he happened to have a mackerel in his hand, which is a cheap fish that’s damn good for you and he cooked it for his brother River, crispy skin 90 percent and you can’t produce that content.
“If I took him to the market on a Saturday, he would make 70-year-old men say, ‘I’ve never really cared about your old man, but I saw you on that video and I came here and brought mackerel. ‘
“He has this effect on people, especially the older generation. I’m really proud of him, he’s a good boy.’