The learning disability Holly Willoughby shares with Jamie Oliver as celebrity chef confirms diagnosis - three years after she called it a 'feather in my cap'
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With a string of popular restaurants, a seemingly endless collection of cookbooks and an affable TV persona, he's established himself as one of the world's wealthiest celebrity chefs. But Jamie Oliver admits he needed to overcome numerous obstacles while working his way to the top after being diagnosed with dyslexia.
![[With a string of popular restaurants, a seemingly endless collection of cookbooks and an affable TV persona, Oliver has established himself as one of the world's wealthiest chefs]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/09/94113745-14286913-image-m-10_1736934748730.jpg)
Olivier, 49, discovered he had dyslexia, which causes issues with reading, writing and spelling, as a child, and has since discussed his subsequent struggles with the learning disability in a new Channel 4 documentary. Throughout the hour-long programme, the chef will explore dyslexia and its impact on 1.3 million kids in the UK.
![[Olivier discovered he had dyslexia, which causes issues with reading, writing and spelling, as a child (pictured in his youth)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/09/63556439-14286913-The_world_famous_chef_49_who_left_school_with_only_two_GCSEs_bef-a-11_1736935099025.jpg)
He said: 'It's no secret I struggled at school — but I was one of the lucky ones. I knew I wanted to be a chef so had somewhere to go, catering school, where I could thrive. 'The kitchen saved me.'. Holly Willoughby (left) and Jamie Oliver (right) have both overcome individual struggles with dyslexia to become hugely successful in their respective fields.
![[His upcoming documentary, set to air later this year, explores how schools can celebrate diverse ways of thinking and redefine success in today's world]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/63555315-14286913-His_upcoming_documentary_set_to_air_later_this_year_explores_how-a-13_1736935287932.jpg)
With a string of popular restaurants, a seemingly endless collection of cookbooks and an affable TV persona, Oliver has established himself as one of the world's wealthiest chefs. Oliver joins a host of high profile celebrities in managing successful careers while living with the condition, among them former This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby.
![[Discussing the condition on This Morning in 2022, Willoughby said she did not view it as a 'disability', adding: 'I think it makes me who I am']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/10/56052301-14286913-_I_think_it_makes_me_who_I_am_Holly_Willoughby_41_spoke_of_her_p-a-12_1736935243751.jpg)
