Whatever the recipe is for a long-lasting and successful marriage, Jamie Oliver and wife Jools have clearly found it.
The TV chef and his ex-model partner, both 46, have been together since they were teens and tied the knot in July 2000.
And they have five children: Poppy Poppy, 19, Daisy Boo, 17, Petal Blossom, 12, Buddy Bear, ten, and five-year-old River Rocket, who they live with in their sprawling £6million home in Essex.
But their long marriage hasn't always been as blissful as it appears today, with suspicions of cheating, business woes and jealousy problems plaguing the couple, who managed to overcome every obstacle.
Jools once told Grazia: "We bicker all the time. A lot of my friends can’t believe how much.
"He drives me mad because he never listens to me and I drive him mad because I can be horribly selfish."
And while Jamie has maintained he would never cheat on Jools, that did not stop his wife from having her suspicions.
In 2011 she admitted to the Telegraph that she snoops on him.
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Jules said: "I'll check his email. I'll check his Twitter. I'll check his phone. Everything seems fine.
"He says I'm a jealous girl, but I think I'm fairly laidback, considering."
That same year Jamie admitted that they were stuck in a rut, saying that "marriage isn't easy".
He told the Mail on Sunday: "I'm not a worrier but she is a worrier. I don't need that and she doesn't need that, so we’re in a bit of a rut.
"I get a b******ing all the time and I’m on seven weeks’ holiday a year, with most weekends off. It’s normal.
"She is an amazing mum, but you know what? I think she’s too good and I think that’s a problem. Like she can’t delegate, she can’t give a little bit. She’s pretty much at the end of her tether."
Jamie even revealed Jools had once accused him of cheating because he had grass stains on his knees.
He told Closer magazine: "My missus accused me of having an affair once, because I kept disappearing and coming back with green on my knees.
"It was courgette season and I was in the vegetable patch!"
But in a 2008 interview, Jools told MailOnline she trusted her chef hubbie.
"I am very secure. People say, 'Oh you can’t trust a man 100%', but I’m afraid I say I can," she said.
"They say every man will have an affair, but I really don’t think mine will."
So how have they managed to keep their romance going for 21 years? Apparently, it's down to some strict ground rules, one of which is that "disciplined" Jamie always makes time for family life.
"He made sure [family time] was built into his diary," a source told The Sun.
"He might stay for a couple of beers at the end of the day, but there’s always a cut-off point so he can get home. His priority is family and business, in that order. For someone like Jamie, time is money so he’s had to juggle.
"He often has a chauffeur waiting in a Range Rover so that he can get home as quickly as possible to be with Jools and the kids."
And despite meeting as teens, the passion is still very much alive between the couple all those years later.
Jamie once admitted he wished Jools could "sh*g him fit" to help him lose weight, and he has said he only finds her more beautiful as she gets older.
Speaking on The Joe Wicks Podcast, Jamie explained: "Marriage is really hard, you are going to spend a proportion of it not liking your other half and vice versa.
"So I think not holding grudges, being able to move on is really important. Just keeping at it."
He went on: "But I love Jools to bits and I'm really proud of the woman she has become, growing into.
"I think a lot of women struggle with ageing, but I've really enjoyed seeing Jools change throughout the years, I really have. She's definitely my best mate."
In 2019 the Oliver family faced a difficult year as Jamie's restaurant chain went into administration.
His flagship London restaurant was cleared out by bailiffs after the chain's collapse, which put 1,300 people out of work and 22 of his 25 restaurants were closed.
But despite the tough year, the couple revealed in back 2020 they were still going strong and planned to renew their vows - thought the ceremony was pushed back to this year due to Covid.
Jools told Red Magazine: "We're going to get married again, but do things differently – outside and barefoot.
"Our wedding was formal, but we’re so not like that. It’ll be a big party. Why the hell not? I think we’ve done well!"
Meanwhile, Jamie told Event: "Jools wants to get married again. We'll do it completely differently.
"It sounds a bit cheesy, but 20 is an amazing milestone. It's nice to have an excuse to get people together."
And despite the ceremony being delayed, Jools is still excitedly planning the day for when it can actually go ahead, taking to Instagram to show off her "dream wedding dress".
She shared a clip from bridal designer Charlie Brear, which was posted to highlight charity campaign Bite Back 2030.
Alongside the post, Jools wrote: "This is awesome @charlie_brear, one day when we get to renew our wedding vows, I dream to get my dress from you [white heart emoji]. Also a great cause you are supporting @biteback2030, close to our heart – you star Charlie xxx."
And soon, the family may even be joined by a sixth bundle of joy.
Jools recently explained she may use IVF to try to have another child at 46 – and has urged for more support to be given to women who suffer a miscarriage, having sadly suffered her fifth during lockdown.
Jools' suffered her first miscarriage when she was 41, before falling pregnant with River Rocket.
"Once you have these miscarriages you are always like, this baby is meant to be here, I have to keep trying," Jools told Zoe Clark-Coates, the founder of the charity Saying Goodbye which helps with advice and support to anyone who has suffered the loss of a baby.
"So I have thought about IVF because having researched it and spoken to some amazing people, it seems like the right option for my age.
"But you know that's it's hard because also I've got a partner you know, I've got to think about him I'm not so sure he's that keen to do it that way. So I don't want to push anything, because I'm very lucky.
"I presume when I get to an age when I'm in the menopause. I will think actually, 'Thank God,' I will feel relieved that it's not possible and I can just carry on with my life and you know, relax, because it's always in the back of your head, that's the problem."
Jools, who says she first thought about having her own children at the age of eight, confessed she knew some people would think her dreams of another child were selfish.
But with her oldest children beginning to move out, Jools said a new baby would give her indescribable joy.
Speaking about her second miscarriage, Jools said she "left it too late" to go into hospital and then began to bleed heavily when she was at the doctors having a breast exam in London and was forced to leave hastily after almost fainting.
She got into her car to drive home or to hospital herself but could not stop the bleeding, and could even have died.
"Jamie arrived and he was like, 'Oh my god,' it was like a murder scene. It's so visually hideous," said Jools.
"I don't remember the rest. I must have almost passed out.
"I mean, had I left it, had I taken the journey to go home and not the hospital I don't think I would have survived because it was so much blood loss."
Jools urged women to be more open about miscarriage and called for nurses to visit them after losing a child in the same way new mothers are visited at home to check on their babies.
“You cannot pack someone off and say ‘Off you go. Go and pass your baby and you’ll be fine’," said Jools.
"I don’t know how they can do that, I don’t know why they do that.
"Why aren’t they calling you everyday and saying ‘Darling, it’s me I’m your midwife. How much blood loss have you had? How do you feel?’"
"They do when they come to check the health of the baby every day, why can’t they do that with a miscarriage as it could be fatal," she concluded.
For more information about Saying Goodbye, visit their website here. You can also call them on 0845 293 8027 or email on support@sayinggoodbye.org for more support, including counselling, therapy, social media support or to be linked up with a 'befriender' to help you through your loss.
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