Jamie Oliver shares sweet family update
Renowned celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has renewed his wedding vows with his wife Jools after 23 years of marriage.
The longtime couple took part in a touching ceremony with their children at the luxury resort Soneva Fushi in the Maldives.
“Morning all, me and @joolsoliver got married again! Yep After 23 years together, we thought it would be a special moment to celebrate renewing our wedding vows before the kids all start leaving the nest,” the restaurateur wrote on Instagram.
“It was really special, funny and romantic with the words in the ceremony making more sense having come this far together.
“It seems like a blink since the first wedding which we kept very private apart from the paparazzi at the village church.
“We thought it would be a happy and joyful moment to share with you all this Easter.
“We’ve always dreamed of going to the Maldives and it was just as you would have dreamed, simply amazing!
“A massive thank you to all the team at @discoversoneva for blowing our minds and making this moment so special and memorable big love guys Jamie O xxxxxxxxx.”
Oliver also shared 10 photos from the special day, including sweet snaps of all their five children, Honey, 20, Daisy Boo, 19, Petal Blossom, 13, Buddy Bear, 11 and River Rocket, five.
Friends and followers flooded the comments to congratulate the happy couple.
“Fantastic. Wonderful. Lotsa Fun. Congratulations whānau Oliver 🔥,” fellow chef Peter Gordon said.
“Awwww congratulations love birds,” singer Gary Barlow wrote.
“I couldn’t love this more ❤️❤️ Congratulations you beautiful bunch xxxx,” radio host Emma Wilson said.
Jools took to Instagram also, writing that their first wedding was “so wonderful... we did it again”.
“What an incredible memory to treasure so happy, emotional, romantic and beautiful. Seeing the children’s little faces made the whole experience so special,” she wrote.
The vow renewal comes after Oliver opened up about his wife’s “deeply scary” experience with long COVID.
Since contracting the virus over two years ago, Jools is still battling with ill symptoms.
In August 2022, Oliver shared that doctors still could not find a cure.
“She’s had bad COVID and long COVID, so she’s been really affected by it, sadly,” he told Mail Plus.
“She’s OK, but still not what she wants to be.”
“It’s been two years. She finds it deeply scary.”
The lovebirds initially tied the knot in 2000 following eight years of dating.
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