Pub run by Jamie Oliver’s parents slammed by hygiene regulators and downgraded to a TWO out of five rating for food safety
Staff were blasted for using 'raw chicken three months out of date', 'dead pheasants left next to pre-cooked chips' and 'accumulations of dirt and grease'
JAMIE OLIVER’S parent’s posh pub – where he first discovered his love of cooking - has been slammed by hygiene regulators.
The Cricketers in Clavering, Essex, describes its food as “award winning” and uses chef Jamie’s name to advertise it repeatedly on their website.
But a newly published report, conducted in October last year, by Uttlesford District Council revealed that they were downgraded from the best rating of five out of five for food safety and hygiene to just a two.
The 16th Century inn’s staff were blasted for “poor handwashing”, using “raw chicken that was three months out of date”, “toast from breakfast reused at dinner”, “dead pheasants left next to pre-cooked chips” and “accumulations of dirt and grease”.
Owners Trevor and Sally Oliver have run the pub and accompanying bed and breakfast since 1976 and have talked about how Jamie working there as a young boy “ignited his passion for food”.
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Jamie said: “My dad runs a lovely pub-restaurant, The Cricketers, in Clavering, Essex, where I grew up.
“I remember being fascinated by what went on in the kitchen. It just seemed such a cool place, everyone working together to make this lovely stuff and having a laugh doing it.”
In 2007 he offered a £150,000 reward to help catch robbers who stole as much as £10000 from the pub.
Earlier this week Jamie was criticised by social media users for posting a picture of him cooking next to a hot pan while holding his six-month-old son River Rocket on his hip.
One branded him “irresponsible” with parenting expert Sue Atkins cautioning: ‘It’s a cute picture but underneath it there are some dangers. What if the pan suddenly started spitting?’