{"id":12072,"date":"2026-10-27T15:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/12072\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T15:51:17","slug":"inside-jamie-olivers-lavish-16th-century-mansion-tv-chef-shares-with-wife-jools-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/12072\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Jamie Oliver’s lavish 16th-century mansion TV chef shares with wife Jools and children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamie Oliver is known for his love of cooking and the countryside, with the celebrity chef and his wife, Jools, living in a sprawling Essex estate they reportedly bought for \u00a36million in 2019.<\/p>\n

The couple purchased Spains Hall, a historic 16th-century country house near the village of Finchingfield, in 2019, moving there with their five children.<\/p>\n

Set within 70 acres of grounds, the property boasts an impressive history, extensive outdoor space and several additional buildings, including a six-bedroom farmhouse and a three-bedroom lodge.<\/p>\n

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The Grade I-listed estate has also offered fans a glimpse into family life away from the kitchen, with Oliver filming television programmes at the property and Jools occasionally sharing snapshots of its interiors on social media.<\/p>\n

The grounds include a walled garden lined with plants and greenery, as well as a vegetable garden where Oliver grows his own produce.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram post shared on Sunday, October 25, the chef gave followers a glimpse of the garden’s latest harvest, celebrating the results of his efforts over the summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy veg garden worked super hard this summer….. it made some absolute beauties !! Nothing beats growing your own grub. Big love xxx,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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Oliver, who has built his career around making cooking accessible to everyone, has frequently shared his enthusiasm for fresh ingredients and growing food. <\/p>\n

His vegetable garden offers a way to put that philosophy into practice, with home-grown produce providing inspiration beyond the professional kitchen.<\/p>\n

The estate’s combination of historic architecture, open countryside and cultivated gardens offers a different setting from the busy London lifestyle the family previously enjoyed. <\/p>\n

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While the mansion’s reported \u00a36million purchase price dates back to 2019 and is not a reflection of its current market value, the property remains an impressive example of an English country estate.<\/p>\n

Before moving to Essex, the family lived in a seven-bedroom home in Hampstead, north London, which Jamie bought for a reported \u00a38.95 million in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jamie Oliver is known for his love of cooking and the countryside, with the celebrity chef and his wife, Jools, living in a sprawling Essex estate they reportedly bought for \u00a36million in 2019. The couple purchased Spains Hall, a historic 16th-century country house near the village of Finchingfield, in 2019, moving there with their five<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10],"class_list":["post-12072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-chefs","tag-celebrity-chef","tag-celebrity-chefs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dnc\/117513675288078559","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/chefs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}