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Jamie Oliver and his wife pay themselves £2.5m as pre-tax profits slump

The Guardian - Media · Sarah Butler · last updated

Celebrity chef’s media and restaurant empire sees fall in profits despite 6% rise in sales to £28.6m

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jools, have paid themselves £2.5m in dividends for the second year in a row as pre-tax profits at their core media and restaurant empire slumped.

Pre-tax profits at Jamie Oliver Holdings (JOH) fell by £1m to £2.4m last year. This was despite a 6% rise in sales to £28.6m, helped by a surge in restaurant income after the November 2023 opening of his first directly run restaurant since the collapse of his empire of 22 Jamie’s Italian UK outlets in 2019.

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