Breakfast with the Naked Chef
You need to reserve two months in advance to enjoy dinner at Fifteen, Jamie Oliver's expensive London restaurant. If you don't have a reservation, and we didn't, don't despair, though, as one can always enjoy breakfast in the upstairs deli, with its neon-blue and pink decor. A large bowl of the Naked Chef's personal "pukkola" muesli, a hearty sausage sarnie and a steaming mug of tea set us back a little over £8, and we felt the lot was very good value indeed.
Fifteen is a restaurant with a difference in that Oliver chooses 15 young people who have no restaurant background and trains them to be chefs. All the profits go to the Naked Chef's Cheeky Chops charity and the plan is to train 15 new kids every year. Located at 15 Westland Place, Fifteen is just a short walk from Old Street Tube station. Breakfast is served between 8.00 — 11:00 am and Sunday Brunch is from 11.00 — 5.00 pm.
Diarist of the day: Joan Wyndham, 4 October 1977"Came in expecting to cater for twelve and suddenly swamped by the entire cast of The Good Woman of Szechuan, extras and all. In a panic rushed to Sainsbury's, bought fifty chicken pieces, some packets of country stuffing and few tins of pineapples, combined them all in a couple of roasting tins and rushed down to the oven. A huge success! Ann Jenkins was most impressed. 'The thing about you and me, Joan,' she said, 'is that we are both pros!' I positively glowed with pleasure. I wonder if it would work with pork chops?"
