Jamie is historic 'cover boy' for woman's mag

11 April 2012
The Weekender

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Jamie Oliver has become the first man in almost 70 years to grace the cover of Good Housekeeping.

The school dinners crusader appears on the front of the magazine to promote his latest campaign to encourage families to eat together.

The last time a man was featured on the cover was 1937, when King George VI was pictured alongside his wife, Queen Elizabeth, in a special issue to commemorate his coronation.

Oliver said: "It's a real honour to be the first bloke on the cover of Good Housekeeping since 1937 - and they didn't even make me wear a dress."

The magazine's editor Louise Chunn said the TV chef was chosen for the November issue because he is a readers' favourite.

"After the success of Jamie's school dinners campaign, we had countless emails and letters from readers who were impressed by how much he achieved," she said.

"This new issue is just as important and we hope Jamie's appearance on our front cover shows Good Housekeeping's and our readers' support for his campaign."

In the accompanying interview, Oliver, 31, said the rise of working mothers had contributed to a decline in families eating home-cooked meals.

The father-of-two said he was not criticising women for returning to the workplace after having children.

"If they want to go to work, they should bloody well go to work. If you look in my office, you'll see that they're all women, and I'd much rather work with them."

"But I think it's a combination of women going to work and supermarkets getting very big very quickly that means a lot of the food choices we make are slightly naughty ones."

He added: "I might be biased, but I think if you got everyone round the table two or three times a week, you'd get a drop in the divorce rate."

Oliver's wife Jools is a stay-at-home mother who looks after their daughters Poppy Honey, four, and Daisy Boo, three.

He said: "I love to look after the girls and hopefully I'll do more of that, but I'm definitely the breadwinner and she's a great mum."

The November issue of Good Housekeeping is on sale from Monday.

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