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Shoppers at Westfield Stratford City will have the chance to try their hand at making some of Jamie Oliver's signature dishes this Saturday (February 11).

Jamie's Ministry of Food will be running demonstrations and masterclasses revealing the celebrity chef's tips and tricks.

It might seem a long way off but Christmas is only six weeks away so it's a good time to start thinking about everything that needs to be done.

Ruining the turkey is a perennial nightmare for most cooks at Christmas but chef Jean-Christophe Novelli has a foolproof way to ensure the Christmas bird comes out of the oven done to a turn.

Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall will be the headline attractions when this year's Taste of Christmas event takes place at Excel.

The celebration of festive food will see the two telly stars giving cooking demonstrations in on the opening day, December 2, in what will be a must-see for fans.

Customers at Jamie's Italian will be doing their bit for charity if they eat their fish.

The popular restaurant chain, which has an outlet in Canary Wharf, will donate £1 from every order of sea bass made from this month to the Jamie Oliver Foundation, which the celebrity chef started to educate and engage people with good food.

Jamie Oliver is to expand his Ministry Of Food projects by opening his first centre in London close to the site of the Olympics in Stratford.

The chef - who can be seen in Channel 4 series Jamie's Dream School as he tries to turn around the lives of disaffected youths - already has four centres in the north of England.

If Nigella is not dishing up sumptuous dishes for her posh chums then Jamie has his mates round for a hands-on feast that he has thrown together - quite literally.

Cooking for your urban family is, it seems, the thing hip young-ish Londoners do. But is it as easy as the experts make out and do your friends really want to eat your food?

By Andrew Williams

Last week saw the announcement of this year's Observer Food Monthly Awards, recognising all that is great and good in the gastronomic world.

The awards are the highlight of the foodie calendar, and winners this year included Jamie Oliver, Prue Leith and east London's trendy Hawksmoor.

Jamie Oliver's campaign to encourage schools to provide healthier meals appears to have boosted the academic performance of children in the borough.

Research published yesterday showed Oliver's Feed Me Better campaign, which was launched in Greenwich in 2004, has improved exam results.

The opening of Jamie's Italian was one of 2009's big Canary Wharf success stories.

Jamie Oliver's restaurant in Churchill Place has seen Wharfers queuing round the block since it opened last August, attracted by its low prices and good quality food.

Jamie Oliver's chain of Italian restaurants has been given the seal of approval in the latest edition of the Hardens Restaurant Guide.

The food-lovers bible complimented the chef on the quality of the food at the mid-market restaurants, where the average spend is £30 a head.

There was a surfeit of celebrity chefs in Canary Wharf this week with Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein both here to promote their latest cookbooks.

While Oliver had Wharfers in a stew as they queued to meet him on Tuesday, laid-back Stein was here the day before to chew the fat with The Wharf about the whole TV cooking phenomenon.

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Dining at this hidden gem is a world away from Jamie Oliver's Essex-boy twist on classic Italian cuisine.

Canary Wharf's newest restaurant officially opened its doors to the paying public this week.

If the track record of the man behind the concept - Jamie Oliver - is anything to go by it will be a resounding success. His first foray into Docklands sees him returning to his first and greatest love, Italian cooking.

He is famously passionate in his crusade to bring good food to the masses and Jamie Oliver has brought his message to Canary Wharf with his new restaurant.

Jamie's Italian officially opened its doors in Churchill Place yesterday and the chef spoke exclusively to The Wharf about it.

Jamie Oliver has been a regular visitor to Canary Wharf in the past week as preparations for the opening of his new restaurant gather pace.

Jamie's Italian officially opens in Churchill Place on August 5 and the chef has made a couple of surprise visits to keep an eye on things, including a stop-off last night.

Jamie Oliver fans have less than a month to wait for the popular tv chef's Canary Wharf restaurant to open.

Jamie's Italian, in Churchill Place, will open its doors to the public on Wednesday, August 5, with Oliver heading down to the Wharf to cut the ribbon himself.

Jamie Oliver is coming to the rescue of Canary Wharf's restaurant scene.

The top TV chef will be opening a branch of his Jamie's Italian chain in Churchill Place mall next Autumn, bucking the recent trend of restaurant closures in the area.