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		</div><p>Jamie Oliver’s restaurant chain Jamie’s Italian has appointed administrators, putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk.<br />
The business said it had appointed KPMG to oversee the process, with a more detailed announcement expected later today.</p>
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<p>Mr Oliver said: “I am deeply saddened by this outcome and would like to thank all of the staff and our suppliers who have put their hearts and souls into this business for over a decade. I appreciate how difficult this is for everyone affected.</p>
<p>“I would also like to thank all the customers who have enjoyed and supported us over the last decade, it’s been a real pleasure serving you.</p>
<p>“We launched Jamie’s Italian in 2008 with the intention of positively disrupting mid-market dining in the UK high street, with great value and much higher quality ingredients, best-in-class animal welfare standards and an amazing team who shared my passion for great food and service. And we did exactly that.”</p>
<p>It follows a hunt for a new investor in the brand, with a number of private equity firms touted as mulling bids for a stake in the business.</p>
<p>Mr Oliver’s restaurant empire has taken a few knocks over the past two years.</p>
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<p>In 2018 Jamie’s Italian shuttered 12 of its 37 sites, with the latter tranche executed through a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA).</p>
<p>The TV chef’s steak house Barbecoa also went into a pre-pack administration, leading to the closure of its Piccadilly branch.</p>
<p>Overseas, five branches of the Australian arm of Jamie’s Italian was sold off last year, while another was put into administration.</p>
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<p>Despite the troubles, which forced Mr Oliver to pump £13 million of his own money into his Italian chain, he told Press Association earlier this year that casual dining was primed for a comeback.</p>
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