Overview
- Speaking on Davina McCall’s Begin Again podcast, he said he got the basics wrong and was "conceptually thick."
- He linked the failure to a lifelong discomfort with maths, saying he did not pass the subject at school.
- The closures affected Jamie’s Italian, Barbecoa and Fifteen across the UK.
- At the time it was reported the business owed roughly £83 million, and separate reports said he used personal funds to cover staff wages.
- He cast failure as a teacher, saying he has retrained himself and pursued a 2022 return with a delivery-focused venture.