Jamie's Kitchen by Oliver, Jamie
Jamie's Kitchen (First Edition Collectible Copy)
The Ultimate Culinary Guide, Training Companion, and Recipe Collection from the Historic Fifteen Project
The Ultimate Culinary Guide, Training Companion, and Recipe Collection from the Historic Fifteen Project
Bibliographic Specifications
• Title: Jamie's Kitchen
• Author: Jamie Oliver
• Publisher: Michael Joseph / Penguin Books Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2002
• ISBN-10: 071814564X
• ISBN-13: 9780718145644
• Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Release.
• Binding: Original publisher's premium heavy-gauge cloth boards featuring striking orange or metallic foil-stamped lettering across the spine, complete with clean contemporary structural endpapers.
• Physical Format: Quarto (4to), 336 pages. Beautifully designed with full-bleed culinary photography by David Loftus, step-by-step preparation guides, and stylized typography.
• Language: English
• Title: Jamie's Kitchen
• Author: Jamie Oliver
• Publisher: Michael Joseph / Penguin Books Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2002
• ISBN-10: 071814564X
• ISBN-13: 9780718145644
• Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover Release.
• Binding: Original publisher's premium heavy-gauge cloth boards featuring striking orange or metallic foil-stamped lettering across the spine, complete with clean contemporary structural endpapers.
• Physical Format: Quarto (4to), 336 pages. Beautifully designed with full-bleed culinary photography by David Loftus, step-by-step preparation guides, and stylized typography.
• Language: English
Official Condition Report
• The Book: Used – As New / Mint
o Exterior / Boards: The publisher's cloth-covered boards are in immaculate, pristine condition. The linear edges are straight and the geometric corner tips are flawlessly square. The cover exhibits only the most microscopic, negligible signs of standard handling friction. The spine is completely straight, rigid, uncreased, and undamaged, retaining its original retail structural integrity.
o Interior: The inner text block is flawlessly bound, crisp, and tight. All 336 pages, glossy recipe plates, and instructional sheets are exceptionally clean, bright white, and free of kitchen grease stains, annotations, or dog-ears.
o Protection: Professionally housed and safeguarded inside an archival-grade clear Cellophane sleeve to completely preserve the mint condition of the book.
o Guarantee: Accompanied by a full, no-nonsense money-back guarantee of satisfaction.
• The Dust Jacket: Used – As New / Mint
o Condition: Fully present and enclosed within the protective Cellophane wrap. The pictorial jacket is beautifully preserved, flat, unclipped, and exceptionally vibrant, displaying none of the standard edge-fading or spine-tanning common with this title.
• The Book: Used – As New / Mint
o Exterior / Boards: The publisher's cloth-covered boards are in immaculate, pristine condition. The linear edges are straight and the geometric corner tips are flawlessly square. The cover exhibits only the most microscopic, negligible signs of standard handling friction. The spine is completely straight, rigid, uncreased, and undamaged, retaining its original retail structural integrity.
o Interior: The inner text block is flawlessly bound, crisp, and tight. All 336 pages, glossy recipe plates, and instructional sheets are exceptionally clean, bright white, and free of kitchen grease stains, annotations, or dog-ears.
o Protection: Professionally housed and safeguarded inside an archival-grade clear Cellophane sleeve to completely preserve the mint condition of the book.
o Guarantee: Accompanied by a full, no-nonsense money-back guarantee of satisfaction.
• The Dust Jacket: Used – As New / Mint
o Condition: Fully present and enclosed within the protective Cellophane wrap. The pictorial jacket is beautifully preserved, flat, unclipped, and exceptionally vibrant, displaying none of the standard edge-fading or spine-tanning common with this title.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 2002 by Penguin Books, Jamie's Kitchen stands as a monumental turning point in modern culinary literature, serving as the official tie-in to the groundbreaking television documentary series Jamie's Kitchen. Moving past his early, high-energy "Naked Chef" persona, this volume documents the launch of his historic non-profit restaurant, Fifteen, in London, where Oliver took a group of unemployed, disadvantaged young adults and trained them to become professional chefs. The book acts as a comprehensive culinary school curriculum, organizing over 100 brand-new recipes by cooking techniques—such as poaching, boiling, roasting, and braising—rather than by traditional course structures. Packed with clear, no-nonsense advice and beautiful food photography, this first printing is an essential piece of modern gastronomic history.
Published in 2002 by Penguin Books, Jamie's Kitchen stands as a monumental turning point in modern culinary literature, serving as the official tie-in to the groundbreaking television documentary series Jamie's Kitchen. Moving past his early, high-energy "Naked Chef" persona, this volume documents the launch of his historic non-profit restaurant, Fifteen, in London, where Oliver took a group of unemployed, disadvantaged young adults and trained them to become professional chefs. The book acts as a comprehensive culinary school curriculum, organizing over 100 brand-new recipes by cooking techniques—such as poaching, boiling, roasting, and braising—rather than by traditional course structures. Packed with clear, no-nonsense advice and beautiful food photography, this first printing is an essential piece of modern gastronomic history.
Author Profile: Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver (born 1975) is a highly celebrated British chef, restaurateur, and media personality who revolutionized late-90s and early-2000s food culture with his accessible, fresh, and casual approach to home cooking. Discovered by the BBC while working as a sous chef at London's iconic River Café, his debut show The Naked Chef launched a global culinary empire. Beyond his bestselling cookbooks and television franchises, Oliver has achieved international acclaim as a food activist, spearheading public health campaigns such as "Feed Me Better" to improve school lunches and founding the global Fifteen Foundation to provide career paths in the hospitality industry for marginalized youth.
Jamie Oliver (born 1975) is a highly celebrated British chef, restaurateur, and media personality who revolutionized late-90s and early-2000s food culture with his accessible, fresh, and casual approach to home cooking. Discovered by the BBC while working as a sous chef at London's iconic River Café, his debut show The Naked Chef launched a global culinary empire. Beyond his bestselling cookbooks and television franchises, Oliver has achieved international acclaim as a food activist, spearheading public health campaigns such as "Feed Me Better" to improve school lunches and founding the global Fifteen Foundation to provide career paths in the hospitality industry for marginalized youth.
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