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MD @jamieoliver | Mother of boys and spaniels | Finder of 🍀 | Dart 10k in 2025

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BrightonFoodStory presents: your quick guide to The Radical Discussions programme.

After a screening of the most urgent watch of our time, Radical Citizens: former MD at Jamie Oliver Group, Zoe Collins prods at what makes a consumer a citizen, and the difference our voices can make in building a fairer food system and help halt the climate crisis.

Magic Beans: Gilly Smith, BrightonFoodStory founder and producer of The Food Foundation’s Bang in Some Beans podcast series asks if beans really can save human, soil and planetary health.

What’s on the Plate for the Next Generation? CEO of Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, Vic Borrill explores some of the innovative ways of getting kids into food already happening in the city’s schools.

Local Food Economy: Restaurants Brighton’s Ivanka Majic finds out how Brighton growers and campaigners can supply our restaurants, and what a future fit food system looks like as the climate changes.

Hospitality strategist, Olivia Reid and drinks queen, Becky Paskin plot the path to radical restaurants and chew on the challenges facing our hospitality industry.

Euan MacDonald closes the day with a guide to Nonnamaxxing, the art of slowing down and eating together, and how resilience is at the heart of community.

It’s all provocative, fun, full of hope and free! For info on guests and much more, pop over to Substack - link in bio.

BrightonFoodStory is part of October Unpacked.

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13 years ago, I was part of the @jamieoliver FOODTUBE family. We would produce live cooking shows on @youtube. Some were an hour, our Food Revolution Day was 7 hours! These pictures are from a live show featuring the young uns from @sortedfood, @samchapman @nicolachapman and the almighty @gennarocontaldo. Lots of Spandex. #tbt

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Kew 10k you were a special one. Feel so lucky to have shared it with these beauties. London always a treat for this country bumpkin #kew10k #runforfun #springtime

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Ravilious and Marvillious cocktails @turn_and_fire ‘s fabulous workshop in #hurstpierpoint was the greatest of fun! Inspired by the wonderful paintings of Eric Ravilious who died far too young, a large group painted in his style using our own imagery and many wondrous pictures were created! Thanks to Jackie for hosting us this was a brilliant evening! #art #ravilious #cocktails thanks to @harperjaygenie and @bea._.gibson for being such excellent cocktail creators #cocktail #acrylicpaint

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Special and bittersweet celebrations last week for @zozzer 🧡 so special they warranted me bugging @barnabypurdy for an extra special cake topper 💥

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Ahhhhh so yesterday was a massively emotional day for me as the great and wonderful Zoe Collins spent her last and final day with me at Jamie Oliver HQ….zoe has been with me by my side for 25 years, heading up all my media work and TV production and she has been an extraordinary strength and inspiration to me in good and very tough times… every great cooking show, documentary, social Champaign, BAFTA, Emmy,RTS I’ve ever made or received has been with @zozzer by my side…..there are no words for my Gratitude for your friendship and professional talents zoe….you are amazing and what ever job/ role or challenge you take on next I know you will over deliver and smash the brief with your energy and authenticity ….im sad to loose you but excited for you to leave the nest that we’ve built together and see you fly no not fly soar !!🕊️….Love…Respect and Gratitude for you zoe zo what a gift you have been. Much love jamie Trevor oliver xxxxx🩶💚🩶

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Please watch Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution tonight at 9pm on @channel4 ! It was a real pleasure to work with so many incredible and dedicated people who work tirelessly in this sector to help support those who are dyslexic and neurodiverse:
@bdadyslexia @dyslexiainstituteuk @empowerment_passport driveryouthtrust @inclusion_ht @dan_edge @aybi_cic
@madebydyslexia
@kategriggs_dyslexicthinking @thedustyknuckle and a huge thanks to those who were brave enough to share their stories. The response from the public has been enormous and we've tried to include your voices where we can as this programme represents all of you and your experiences.
Schools and teachers passionately want to help their students do the best they can, but with increasing awareness of the different ways our brains work and budgets that are continually cut, their hands are tied. As Jamie says in the programme "An education system that doesn't work for ALL kids is just broken."
@jamieoliver and our team hope this programme can shine a light on the issue and some of the solutions, but we hope the fight will be bigger that just this programme and that you can all help us go on to make real change for those who need it. Let's level the playing field at school for ALL kids, so that everyone can thrive.
#JamieDyslexia #ComeOnBridget
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Happy Birthday @jamieoliver. You Rock!!!!! Cheers for all the help, support, advice and fun times. Whooooooooooohoooooooooooo

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What an incredible afternoon, I was delighted to be with Jamie Oliver at the Houses of Parliament along with some inspirational, incredible grown ups and kids! 💫🤩🙌

Jamie is pioneering for change and to help every dyslexic learner reach their full potential, along with wanting to change and shake up the educational system. He is releasing a documentary which will be aired in May.

Having dyslexia has shaped and moulded my life, both good and bad. The wounds of feeling inadequate and humiliation still run deep and it is apparent that changes HAVE to be made in primary education especially.

There are amazing changes starting to happen and I would like to contribute towards this and pioneer an art programme and creative learning scheme into the National Curriculum, and I genuinely believe that this IS going to happen.

Jamie found his confidence at a young age in cooking and I did in art. I am passionate about helping to promote the arts in primary school. Hoping to inspire, especially those individuals who might find the academic subjects difficult, but can shine through creativity. To give them confidence and hope that they deserve.

Having visited a lot of schools who have used my artwork to create their own art project I am wanting to offer a very special art incentive to schools across the country. Using a basis of my travel posters, schools can easily run this interactive art project into their syllabus, which fits the national curriculum requirements. Helping the school, staff, parents and most importantly the pupils.

I would love to inspire and promote the arts and to help build the confidence and dreams for the next generation. Because I believe our dreams can come true, if we are inspired and have the courage, belief, support and passion to make them happen.

Changing perceptions, finding solutions and valuing that dyslexic thinking is a gift and a real super power.

Thank you to those who have already expressed their interest in my art project, we have you on our database and thank you for your patience. These things don’t happen over night but good things come to those who wait, all my love Becky x

info@beckybettesworth.co.uk

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Well, I think I’ve just dumped my imposter syndrome for good.

When MD at Jamie Oliver Group, Zoe Collins invited me to do one of their creative ‘inspo’ session ‘to keep everyone plugged into what’s going on in the wide world and to build relationships, support interesting projects’, how could I refuse? She wanted to talk about food trends, podcasting and find out about my North Star, my purpose, my motivation over lunch with all the JO team.

Jamie Oliver was where my Food journalism really found shape. I’d written a biography about him in 2006 and the publisher had asked for another 3 chapters for a second edition in 2008. As I added Fowl Dinners and went global on the luminaries who believed in his ability to change the world - like Alice Waters - my ground shook. My North Star lit up.

It took me 10 years off and on after that to write Taste and the TV Chef which explored how TV producers - mainly Jamie’s - exploded British food culture into life by making food cool. Zoe was one of my main interviewees.

What a pinch me moment, then, to be interviewed by her this time. We could have talked for hours. What a great place it must be to work.

I need a bit of a lie down now.

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