The chef offered to cater for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding in May but never received a response KEN MCKAY/ITV/REX/SHUTTERSTOCKLast year had already been a bad one for Jamie Oliver. The television chef who once could do no wrong with his books, restaurants and food advice watched his fortune decline as a dozen of his outlets closed. Now he has revealed that an offer to cook for the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not even get a reply. Oliver, 43, said that he had written to the couple personally with a vision of bringing “the best of British and American chefs” together and even offered his services free of charge. A royal silence about the matter means it will have to remain a mystery whether the couple’s lack of interest was because they did not know who he was or…

Source: The Times January 01, 2019 00:11 UTC