Did “The Restaurant” Teach You Nothing?
Could Jamie Oliver be taking it upon himself to make a really crap British idea and import it over to the U.S. in order to make a really crap American idea with a hint of foreign flavor? The Mirror reports of the 1 million GBP loss that Oliver’s restaurant, Fifteen, has suffered over the course of its 3 years in business…yet he still wants to make Fifteen an international brand.
The restaurant, which was the basis of a TV-reality series in which Oliver recruited jobless youngersters and “made” them into “chefs,” donates all profits to charity…which is really cool–except for the fact that they’ve never ever been in the black.