The Olivers: Jamie with wife Jools - who he said is a 'hideous' cook, daughters Daisy Boo, Poppy Honey and Petal Blossom and baby son Buddy
Clearly Jamie Oliver thinks the only one in his family who's a dab hand in the kitchen.
Either that or he doesn't want wife Jools sharing any culinary glory after he described her cooking as 'hideous'.
In an open and candid interview with Radio 5 Live, he said he said his teenage sweetheart and the mother of his four children cooks 'very well for the kids' but 'not very well for me'.
He said: 'I can't tell my Mrs what to do. She's not interested if I see her chopping dodgily, probably because our relationship works is because she doesn't see me as any kind of expert at cooking or anything like that.'
I tell her it's great but to be honest it's fairly hideous.'
But he praised her for being an 'amazing mum' and admitted that he would like to be more than just a 'weekend dad'.
Jamie and Jools, both 35, met when they were 18 and married in July 2000, celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary this summer.
But he admits that sometimes the couple actually 'despise' each other but their marriage does go through 'lovely cycles'.
He said: 'There's a natural sort of tempo to having a relationship and it's not brilliant all the time but it goes through lovely cycles.'
Long-term love: But Jamie, seen here with wife Jools on their wedding day in July 2000, said sometimes they despise each other
'I just think marriage is comedy really, it's absolute comedy, to love someone so dearly but also despise them at the same time is absolutely comedy.
'We sometimes burst out laughing because we can't stand each other at that moment in time. But also we know each other so well and it's a comfortable, safe place.'
And he said despite false reports that he had cheated on her when Jools was seen crying during Jamie's School Dinners TV series, he admitted that after he became famous he was bombarded with offers from women.
But he added: 'When I got married and had kids it stopped overnight which was a massive relief.'
He also revealed that becoming a celebrity and having such a busy work schedule put a huge strain on his marriage.
Supportive: Jools was by her husband's side when he was awarded an MBE in 2003
He says he doesn't get to spend enough 'quality time' with his children, but wants to get them working in the business when they're 10-years-old.
He said: 'I'm going to make sure that if they want something in life they'll know they'll have to work for it.
'As soon as they're about ten, I'm going to get them working three hours on a Saturday and a Sunday, get them in the business, get them sort of realising you have to put a few hours of sweat in to get a couple of quid.'
Jamie, who is dyslexic, has a catalogue of 22 best-selling books under his belt and his latest one, Jamie's 30-Minute Meals, became the number one book this Christmas - but also the biggest-selling non-fiction work since records began.
But he admitted that he has never read a book, and his eight-year-old daughter Poppy puts him to shame.
He said: 'My daughter Poppy reads a book a day. I'm talking a book half an inch thick. I've never read a book in my life, ever, apart from my own, but I don't really read it, you're more editing and sculpting it.'
New record: Jamie's 22nd book has made him a fortune - but he admitted to never reading a book in his life
Source;Dailymail
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