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 | | Jamie's very close to his dad and Trevor installed his own work ethic in his son, giving Jamie jobs in the kitchen before he'd even started school, telling him that if he was a head chef at 45, he'd have gone wrong. |
 | | Jamie began helping out in the kitchen at five years old - cleaning out the back bins, bottling up - and by the time he was eight, he 'had a knife longer than my arm and I could cut like a bitch'. |
 | | Jamie has always had mentors - first his dad, then the owner of the Starr, then various chefs: Gennaro Contaldo, Rose Grey and Ruth Rogers from the River Cafe - and he knows that it was their encouragement and teaching that put him where he is now. |
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