Jamie Oliver has auctioned off three of his prized vintage cars, including a Ford Capri, a VW Beetle and a Fiat.
The 49-year-old millionaire chef is selling his prized 1970 Ford Capri 3000GT, which he previously referred to as his “favorite car” and which was featured on Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast.
He acquired the Capri in June 2014 and spent around £20,000 restoring it; the classic car is expected to fetch between £22,000 and £26,000 at auction.
A 1955 FIAT Series 1100/103, purchased by Oliver in 2012, comes with an original number plate reading ‘677 YUM’ and will be sold without reserve.
Perhaps the most striking vehicle of the three is a 1967 VW Beetle 1500 convertible, complete with a very unusual accessory.
Jamie Oliver has auctioned off three of his prized vintage cars, including a Ford Capri, a VW Beetle and a Fiat
Jamie Oliver and his 1967 VW Beetle 1500 convertible which comes with a custom trailer
It comes with a custom trailer that is built to serve ice cream at events, giving it an estimated value similar to that of the Ford Capri.
The vehicles will be auctioned at a classic car auction event on September 28, which will be held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire.
Jamie, a well-known car enthusiast, is a self-confessed Land Rover fan and in 2017 teamed up with the manufacturer to convert a seven-seater Discovery sports car into a kitchen, which was featured on his Food Tube channel series.
He is also said to own the manufacturer’s signature Defender off-road vehicle, which is a favourite with many Britons.
The famous chef also previously owned a Maserati, a Porsche Cayenne and a Volkswagen camper van.
He bought his wife Jools a 1967 Mustang for her birthday and then painted it gloss black and put flames on the side as a Christmas present.
His first car was a Ford Fiesta 950 which he bought after working at his parents’ pub, the Cricketers, in Clavering, Essex.
A reported net worth of £150m has helped Oliver fund his hobby of collecting classic cars, which he built after bursting onto the culinary scene with his 1999 show The Naked Chef.
Having published several other cookbooks in the 25 years since, Oliver has made a name for himself as one of the most recognisable television chefs in the culinary world.
Jamie Oliver poses with his 1955 FIAT Series 1100/103 which, appropriately, came with the original registration 677 YUM
Jamie Oliver and his 1970 Ford Capri 3000GT, which he has previously referred to as his “favourite car”.
Car enthusiast Jamie is a big fan of Land Rover and his own collection of classic cars.
Jamie’s fire-painted Ford Mustang is one of the cars in his classic motor collection.
Jamie Oliver with his Volkswagen van in 2001
In April, his new Channel 4 series about cooking with air fryers failed to be a hit, with viewers saying the show was “not even close to reality”.
However, despite his love of living life at full speed, judging by his car collection, he has encountered some major obstacles along the way.
In April, his new Channel 4 series about cooking with air fryers failed to be a hit, with viewers saying the show was “nowhere near real”.
The show’s first episode, Jamie’s Air Fryer meals, aired across the UK but, unlike the 48-year-old’s ingenious cooking gadget, left viewers less than dazzled.
The TV chef, who admitted he was initially “sceptical” about air fryers, kicked off the two-part series by sharing a recipe for fish with prosciutto, a roast chicken curry dinner and a baked Alaska with peaches.
Discussing the show, the Guardian’s Lucy Mangan wrote: “Jamie Oliver joins the culinary craze in this baffling and embarrassing two-parter. Hasn’t even he grown tired of his own role?”
‘There are only two episodes left in Jamie’s latest adventure and things start to feel forced long before the end of the first.
Meanwhile, Benji Wilson in the Telegraph questioned whether the placement of Tefal products in the programme was problematic.
He wrote: “Basically, Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals with Tefal is an advertisement in itself. It could be called Tefal’s Air Fryer Meals with Jamie. The question is whether this is a problem or not.”