Jamie Oliver applies to convert barn into kitchen film set in the back garden of his Essex mansion
Jamie Oliver’s WFH studio: TV chef applies to convert barn into kitchen film set in the back garden of his £6m Essex mansion after filming from home during lockdown
- Jamie Oliver wants to build a TV and film set in the back garden at his £6M home
- He applied to convert a barn on his Finchingfield mansion into a kitchen film set
- His work-from-home set plan comes after he filmed at his house during COVID
- Mr Oliver, 47, filmed the series on his phone, utilising his family as his crew
Jamie Oliver has applied to make a TV and film studio in the back garden of his £6millon country mansion in Essex.
The TV chef wants to convert a barn in the grounds of his family home at Grade 1 listed Spains Hall in Finchingfield into a kitchen film set.
The old open-fronted agricultural barn in the former farmyard area is currently used for general storage, but Mr Oliver, 47, is seeking permission for a change of use as a TV film set.
The petition comes after the chef filmed a TV series from the main kitchen of his house during lockdown, with his family acting as the film crew.
Jamie Oliver has applied to make a TV and film studio in the back garden of his multi-million-pound country pad in Essex
The petition comes after the chef filmed a TV series from the main kitchen of his house during lockdown, with his family acting as the film crew
Jamie Oliver (pictured) filmed his next series, Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites, in the grounds of his home
Plans lodged with Braintree Council show the new studio could be used seven days a week from 7am to 7pm and suggests filming periods ‘are likely to last up to five weeks at a time.’
It states filming would attract a maximum of 25 cars to the site daily and four transit vans a week. Mr Oliver plans to keep the existing steel barn structure, which measures 18.3 metres by 12 metres.
He will remove the asbestos and cement cladding and re-clad the walls with ship-lap timber, which will weather to a pale monochrome colour.
An Ecological Assessment has recommended that as part of the works he fits two bird boxes, a hedgehog box and a bee box.
Mr Oliver filmed 20 episodes of Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On at his home in 2020 as he prepared food with limited ingredients for viewers isolated by the COVID pandemic.
Episodes were filmed on phones belonging to him and his family members. His family also served as the crew.
Mr Oliver bought his Essex mansion in 2019 and had building work done on the house before he moved in, including the restoration of many original features
The house had only been used by three families and hadn’t been sold for 250 years when Mr Oliver bought it. The manor house boasts 12 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a large games room, great hall, dining room, two drawing rooms and a wine storage area.
His next series, Jamie: Keep Cooking Family Favourites, was filmed in the grounds of his home.
The chef is currently filming C4 show Jamie’s Seasons, which will be split into four parts, spring, summer, autumn and winter and is set to air next year. It will follow Jamie as he discovers the seasonal produce available in the different seasons.
Mr Oliver bought his Essex mansion in 2019 and had building work done on the house before he moved in, including the restoration of many original features.
The house had only been used by three families and hadn’t been sold for 250 years when Mr Oliver bought it.
The manor house boasts 12 bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, a large games room, great hall, dining room, two drawing rooms and a wine storage area.
Original features include a well on the ground floor, a priest hole on the first floor and a two-storey red-brick Tudor gazebo in the gardens, which is named The Prayer house.
The property also comes with an outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and fishing lakes.