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Hana Carter

Jamie Oliver wrote recipes for his first cookbook 'on back of beer mats'

Jamie Oliver has shared that he wrote his first cookbook on the back of beer mats and cigarette packets.

The Naked Chef, who has dyslexia, has become the biggest-selling non-fiction writer in UK history.

Jamie, 46, scribbled "hundreds" of recipes on the backs of "fag packs, beer mats and order checks" in his London studio flat before becoming a success.

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