It was like the noughties had never happen at Jamie Oliver's gaff last night, with Faye Ripley, Sophie Dahl, Tamzin Outhwaite, Jason Flemyng and Dexter Fletcher all in attendance...

In a day when school dinners were still lardy and the above celebrities (minus Jamie Cullum) still big, Jamie Oliver would have slid down to his bannister, thrown open the door to his chums and played a cheeky game of table football before serving up some pukka grub. Not now though; everyone's favourite Essex-boy held a more grown-up bash at his London restaurant last night. 

Fellow-chefs Jimmy Doherty, James Martin, Rachel Allen, Gennaro Contaldo and Giorgio Locatelli turned up to ogle his empire and lend support to the Fifteen Foundation charity, while Jamie himself tucked his tongue to one side to say:

"I'm really proud. We've got a wonderful selection of some of the best chefs in the country here - it's nice to have a bit of back-up.

"We're all passionate about young people and ultimately the catering industry needs young people to come through to stay alive and to keep at the forefront of some of the best cooking in the world.

"What English chefs don't do enough is come together and act as one. I wish I'd had back-up like this when I did school dinners."

Ooh-er, sounds like a bit of a dig if you ask us...

Anyway, where was Brad Pitt? Jamie always gave the impression he was best friends with the actor...