Jamie Oliver reveals personal loss he suffered while filming Channel 4 cooking series

Jamie Oliver has revealed that he suffered a personal loss while filming his 2020 Channel 4 series, Keep Cooking And Carry On.

The 47-year-old TV chef admitted that he accidentally deleted all the photos and videos from his phone from the past 17 years while transferring footage for the show to producers.

Jamie’s wife Jules, 48, had filmed the self-funded program from their Essex farm during the lockdown using his iPhone.

Jamie, the father of Poppy, 21, Daisy, 20, Petal, 14, Buddy, 12, and River, six, mourned the lost snaps of precious years in an interview with The courier mail.

He said, “So there was a price to pay and that was probably losing [all the pictures and videos of] the birth of all my children.’

“Once it’s gone, it’s gone. I have friends who are very senior at Apple, and I’ve talked to engineers and there’s no bubble, no safety net, no outer perimeter. I kept saying, “There must be something! There must be something!”

“Unfortunately, during that process, everything is gone. So I think the moral of the story is, stop filming your kids and live in the moment.”

Jamie’s wife Jules filmed the self-funded program from their Essex farm during the lockdown using his iPhone.

Jamie recently said that Buddy will “earn his trade” when he becomes a chef and won’t live off his name like a typical “Nepo Baby.”

The Essex-born star, who released his first children’s book Billy and the Giant Adventure on Thursday, has seen the youngster become a huge hit online thanks to his series Cooking Buddies, which has racked up millions of hits.

But Jamie insisted that if Buddy chose to follow in his footsteps, he would have a good footing like him to turn his rising star son into a more complete chef.

Jamie told MailOnline exclusively: ‘The only way to do it is to do it right.

“The technical and practical side of cooking is one thing, but the really interesting and emotional thing about cooking is serving people, immersing yourself in food growers and farmers, you can’t fake that.”

Blunder! The TV chief, 47, admitted he accidentally deleted all the photos and videos from his phone from the past 17 years while handing over footage to producers for the show (pictured on the show)

Regret: Jamie, who is a father to Poppy, 21, Daisy, 20, Petal, 14, Buddy, 12, and River, six, mourned the lost snaps of precious years in a new interview (pictured in 2016)

He continued, “When I was running the Fifteen restaurant, where most of our young people were unemployed, out of prison, or out of trouble.

“We’ve put these kids in front of great farmers and artisans, fishermen and producers, that’s what changes you and I certainly would with Buddy, if he wanted to go down that path. He would certainly earn his trade.’

Jamie said Buddy has yet to reveal his future career aspirations and even claims his son isn’t technology oriented despite his success online, admitting ‘he doesn’t even get on YouTube’.

But the father-of-five did reveal that the youngster’s cooking talents are developed through sheer practice.

He explained, “When he was ten, and you can find this online, he filleted a mackerel.

“It’s not because he’s a special kid, it’s because kids are brilliant and if they repeat things a few times they get good at it – be it cricket, boxing or gymnastics. a cheap fish that’s damn good for you, and he cooked it for his brother River, 90 percent crispy skinned, and you can’t produce that content.

“When I take him to market on a Saturday, he has 70-year-old men saying, ‘I never really liked your old man, but I saw you make that video and came here and brought mackerel.’

“He has that effect on people, especially the older generation. I’m really proud of him, he’s a good boy.’