41 Inspirational Jamie Oliver Quotes (FOOD)

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“Imagine a world where children were fed tasty and nutritious, real food at school from the age of 4 to 18. A world where every child was educated about how amazing food is, where it comes from, how it affects the body and how it can save their lives.”
Jamie Oliver

If you only design menus that are essentially junk or fast food, the whole infrastructure supports junk.

Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I have for myself.

Sugar is the next tobacco, without a doubt, and that industry should be scared. It should be taxed just like tobacco and anything else that can, frankly, destroy lives.

I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes, that binds us to the best bits of life.

“My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday to Thursday within 20 minutes, you know, there’s millions of recipes out there to be had.”
Jamie Oliver

Real food doesn't have ingredients, real food is ingredients. — Real food doesn’t have ingredients, real food is ingredients.

Homicide is 0.8% of deaths. Diet-related disease is over 60%. But no one talks about it.

The public health of five million children should not be left to luck or chance. — The public **health** of five million **children** should not be left to **luck** or **chance**.

Many kids can tell you about drugs but do not know what celery or courgettes taste like.

14 Inspirational Jamie Oliver Quotes on Food

“Every kid in every school no matter their background, deserves to learn the basics about food – where it comes from, how to cook it and how it affects their bodies. These life skills are as important as reading and writing, but they’ve been lost over the past few generations. We need to bring them back and bring up our kids to be streetwise about food.”
Jamie Oliver

The kitchen oven is reliable, but it's made us lazy. — The kitchen oven is reliable, but it’s made us lazy.

All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes - I do all the time - but it doesn't matter. — All I ever wanted to do was to make food accessible to everyone; to show that you can make mistakes – I do all the time – but it doesn’t matter.

I could cook from quite an early age – purely because I liked it.

“What I’ve enjoyed most, though, is meeting people who have a real interest in food and sharing ideas with them. Good food is a global thing and I find that there is always something new and amazing to learn – I love it!”
Jamie Oliver

The future is about a plant-based diet. — The **future** is about a plant-based diet.

I’m probably a bit romantic about it, but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.

I love roasting because you can give it love, get it in the oven and go and play with the kids or whatever you've got to do, and then hours later you've got a lovely dinner. — I love roasting because you can give it love, get it in the oven and go and play with the kids or whatever you’ve got to do, and then hours later you’ve got a lovely dinner.

“It’s just us trying to start a movement where everybody passes on a bit of cooking knowledge. We estimate that one person can potentially affect 180 others very quickly so we’re just trying to spread the word.”
Jamie Oliver

I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge.

What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round.

From quite an early age I realised the effect that good food can have on others.

If you can eat with mates or friends or family, I mean, it’s such a brilliant thing isn’t it? If you feel really rubbish and you have a nice bit of food it makes you feel good, you know?

11 Jamie Oliver Quotes on Health and Food Nutrition

“I challenge you, to go to any school and open 50 lunch boxes, and I guarantee you there will be one or two cans of Red Bull, there’ll be cold McDonald’s and jam sandwiches with several cakes.”
Jamie Oliver

If Obama wanted to make radical changes to America's health long-term, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt. — If **Obama** wanted to make radical changes to America’s health **long-term**, all he has to do is treble the price of sugar and salt.

Fight the staggering rise of type-2 diabetes by simply learning to cook healthy fresh food – it’s fun, and it could save your life!

Food is one of life's greatest joys yet we've reached this really sad point where we're turning food into the enemy, and something to be afraid of. — Food is one of life’s greatest joys yet we’ve reached this really sad point where we’re turning food into the enemy, and something to be afraid of.

“I wish for everyone to help create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.”
Jamie Oliver