Rent Jamie Oliver’s ‘Naked Chef’ House

The last we heard from Jamie Oliver on the property front he was dishing out £3.25 million to buy his neighbour’s house in celeb hotspot Primrose Hill. The plan, apparently, was to knock the two into one vast 19-bedroom mega mansion.

When he’s not there Oliver, presumably, is out at his country estate pottering around like a feudal lord, cooking up a storm in the garden shed, and practising noblesse oblige on Brian the gardener.

All of this, my friends, is a long long way from the tousled headed cheekie chappie who bounced around his trendy Clerkenwell pad in the very first series of The Naked Chef.

That was in 1999. Remember 1999? House prices were on the rise, loft living had come to London, Brits were starting to take food seriously, and Jamie burst onto our screens like an enthusiastic puppy dog.

The Naked Chef is easy to parody now – pukka tukka, bish-bash-bosh, go on my son – and Oliver, with his banister slides (see Youtube vid below), moped rides, mockney catch-phrases and beautiful friends, annoyed the hell out of a lot of people.

But the show, and his genuine enthusiasm and energy, caught the mood of the times – and the house was rather nice too: great big kitchen with semi-circular work surface, timber floors, cool spiral staircase, plenty of room for all those boho buddies … and an overfed film crew as well.

The place is now on the rental market – £1,400 per week for 2700 square feet set over three storeys with a great array of geezer-pleasing gadgets such as the waterproof plasma screen in the spa bathroom.

Furnished or unfurnished through EQ Living (0843 2817 861). Altogether now … Wicked!!!