Jamie Oliver opened up on Thursday about the humiliating encounter he once had with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey.
The celebrity chef, 49, appeared on Nova’s Jase & Lauren and told the hosts the embarrassing incident occurred when she visited his London restaurant in 2004.
‘I think I’ve got nervous cooking for Oprah just because I think she’s really interesting. She came to my Fifteen restaurant,’ Jamie began.
He revealed he worked extra hard to ensure things ran smoothly while she dined there, but was left red-faced at the end of the night after another customer confused Oprah with US actress Whoopi Goldberg.
‘As soon as she walked through, the whole restaurant stood up and clapped. We had a lovely, lovely time, and we cooked her a lovely meal.
‘She loved the concept, and then as she left, they stood up again and started clapping, and one customer went, “We love you, Whoopi”.’
‘And it’s like, “Shut up!” It was the worst thing in the world.’
Fortunately, Oprah shook the blunder off and she and Jamie became great friends, and he has frequently appeared as a guest on her talk show.
Jamie Oliver (pictured) opened up on Thursday about the humiliating encounter he once had with talk show queen Oprah Winfrey
The English-born star is currently in Australia to present a live chat about his new book Simply Jamie at Sydney’s Coliseum dubbed Jamie Oliver – The Joy of Cooking.
He first rose to fame on The Naked Chef cooking show in 1999.
Since then, he has sold 50 million books.
The celebrity chef, 49, appeared on Nova’s Jase & Lauren and told the hosts the embarrassing incident occurred when Oprah (right) visited his London restaurant in 2004
He has also appeared in many other TV shows including Channel 10’s Jamie’s Kitchen Australia in 2006.
He also made guest appearances on MasterChef Australia earlier this year.
Jamie and his wife Jools share five children; Poppy, 21, Daisy, 20, Petal, 14, Buddy, 12, and River, seven.
Jamie revealed he was mortified after a customer confused Oprah with US comedian Whoopi Goldberg
