Jamie Oliver’s U.K. Restaurant Chains Are Headed for Insolvency

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Jamie Oliver's U.K. Chains

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By Deirdre Hipwell

May 21, 2019 at 11:34 AM UTC

Updated on

May 21, 2019 at 2:48 PM UTC

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Jamie Oliver’s U.K. restaurant business collapsed into insolvency, leaving more than 1,000 jobs at risk after the celebrity chef failed to turn around the performance of his eateries.

Accounting firm KPMG has been appointed to oversee the immediate closure of 22 of the “Naked Chef” star’s Jamie’s Italian, Fifteen London and Barbecoa restaurants in the U.K. The procedures do not affect Jamie Oliver’s international business.