Jamie Oliver has auctioned off three of his beloved vintage motors – including a Ford Capri, a VW Beetle, and a Fiat.
The 49-year-old year old millionaire chef is selling his prized 1970 Ford Capri 3000GT, which has previously been referred to as his ‘go-to car’ and has featured on Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast.
He acquired the Capri in June 2014 and spent an estimated £20,000 on restoring it, with the classic car expected to commandeer between £22,000 and £26,000 at auction.
A 1955 FIAT 1100/103 Series, bought by Oliver in 2012, comes with an original number plate reading ‘677 YUM’ and will be sold without reserve.
Perhaps the most eye-catching sale of the three cars is a 1967 VW Beetle 1500 convertible, which is complete with a highly unusual add-on.
Jamie Oliver has auctioned off three of his beloved vintage motors – including a Ford Capri, a VW Beetle, and a Fiat
Jamie Oliver and his 1967 VW Beetle 1500 convertible which comes with a bespoke trailer
It contains 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 go under the hammer at a Classic Car Auctions event on September 28, which will be held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire.
A renowned petrol-head, Jamie is a self-proclaimed Land Rover fan, having teamed up with the manufacturer in 2017 to turn a seven-seater Discovery sports vehicle into a kitchen, which featured in 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 Brits.
The celebrity chef has also previously owned a Maserati, Porsche Cayenne and a Volkswagen camper van.
He bought wife Jools a 1967 Mustang for her birthday and later had it painted glossy black and put flames on the side as a Christmas present.
His first car was a Ford Fiesta 950 that he bought after working at his parents’ pub, the Cricketers, in Clavering, Essex.
A reported net worth of £150million has helped Oliver fund his hobby of classic car collecting, which he built after bursting onto the cookery scenes with his 1999 show The Naked Chef.
Having released several other cookbooks in the 25 years since, Oliver has made a name for himself as one of the most recognisable TV chefs in the culinary world.
Jamie Oliver poses with his 1955 FIAT 1100/103 Series that, fittingly, came with the original number plate 677 YUM
Jamie Oliver and his 1970 Ford Capri 3000GT, , which has previously been referred to as his ‘go-to car’
Car fan Jamie is a big supporter of Land Rover as well as his own classic car collection
Jamie’s fire painted Ford Mustang is one of the cars in his classic collection of motors
Jamie Oliver with his Volkswagen camper van in 2001
In April, his new Channel 4 series about cooking with air fryers failed to prove a hit with viewers saying that the show was ‘nowhere near reality’
However, despite a love of living life in the fast lane judging by his car collection, there have been some hefty bumps in the road along the way.
In April, his new Channel 4 series about cooking with air fryers failed to prove a hit with viewers saying that the show was ‘nowhere near reality.’
The first episode of the programme, Jamie’s Air Fryer meals, broadcasted across the UK but, unlike the nifty kitchen device that the 48-year-old represents, it’s left viewers less than dazzled.
The television chef, who admitted he was initially ‘sceptical’ about air fryers, kicked off the two-part series by sharing a prosciutto fish recipe, a roast chicken dinner curry and a peach-baked Alaska.
Discussing the show, Lucy Mangan of the Guardian wrote: ‘Jamie Oliver jumps on the culinary bandwagon in this bewilderingly cringey two-parter. Hasn’t even he tired of his own shtick by now?’
‘There are only two episodes in Jamie’s latest venture and things are starting to feel stretched long before the end of the first.
Meanwhile, Benji Wilson on the Telegraph questioned whether the show’s product placement with Tefal was problematic.
He wrote: ‘Basically then, Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals with Tefal is itself an advert. It could be called Tefal’s Air Fryer Meals with Jamie. The question is whether this is a problem or not.’