Jamie Oliver and wife cut their payouts by two-thirds compared with 2022

Couple reduced dividends to 2.5m in 2023 after profits were hit by higher operating costs at their core group

Jamie Oliver and his wife, Jules, paid themselves a 2.5m dividend last year - two-thirds less than a year before - after launching the first directly owned restaurant since Jamie's Italian chain collapsed.

The couple took home 4.4m less than in 2022 as profits for their core group fell 37% to 3.4m despite a 14% rise in sales to 27m.