IN NUMBERS: Jamie Oliver

As Jamie Oliver, 43, continues his second series of Quick & Easy Food (8pm, Ch4), we look at how the chef’s life stacks up in numbers…

1999 The year Jamie, aged 23, burst on to our screens with his first TV series, The Naked Chef, having been discovered by the BBC when it made a documentary about The River Cafe, where he worked as a sous chef. The accompanying book became the UK’s number one bestseller. Fifteen The name of his first nonprofit restaurant, in London, which he set up in 2002 with the aim of turning young people into chefs; Jamie himself was only 26 at the time. To date, Fifteen has trained more than 500 apprentices worldwide, and there is another branch in Cornwall.

38 Jamie’s age when he read his first novel, due to having severe dyslexia.

£240 million His net worth, as estimated in 2014.

24 The number of Jamie Oliver cookbooks that are currently in print.

2005 The year that Jamie launched a campaign to get schools to serve healthier food to their pupils. It was such a success that the government (under then PM Tony Blair) gave him official backing.

5 The number of children he has with his wife, Jools, whom he married nearly 18 years ago: Poppy Honey Rosie, 16; Daisy Boo Pamela, 15; Petal Blossom Rainbow, nine; Buddy Bear Maurice, seven; and River Rocket Blue Dallas, who is almost two.