Marco Pierre White: 'Jamie Oliver's a fat chef with a drum kit'

Marco blasted Oliver, 32, following his comment that the Michelin-starred chef was a "psychological bully".

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Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White blasted TV chef Jamie Oliver as 'a fat chef with a drum kit' after Oliver called him a 'psychological bully'

Oliver's passion for music is well-known, but an unimpressed Marco said: "I'd rather be who I am than a fat chef with a drum kit."

The volatile chef, 45, recalled: "I was listening to the radio one morning as I was driving to the restaurant when I heard Jamie Oliver calling me 'a psychological bully'.

He ranted: "I'd like to see him call me a bully to my face.

"Go and win your first Michelin star, Jamie, and then I might take you seriously", he added.

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Passion: Jamie's passion for music is well known but unlike Marco none of his restaurants are Michelin starred

And just in case his comments should be dismissed as sour grapes, due to Oliver's widespread popularity.

It's worth noting that Marco was Britain's first - and the world's youngest chef ever - to win three Michelin stars at the age of 33. And Gordon Ramsay studied in his kitchen.

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Rivals: Marco retired from the kitchen in 1999 and has owned 35 restaurants during his career

Marco also blasted TV chef Jamie's popular school dinners campaign as nothing more than a self-seeking publicity stunt.

Marco told The Sun: "He turned up with a camera crew up at Downing Street with that petition with 350,000 signatures about school dinners. How cyncical.

"It was just a cheap stunt to get publicity for himself."

Stunt: The fiery chef dismissed Oliver's school dinner's campaign as nothing more than a publicity stunt

However, when it comes to the subject of his celebrity Hell's Kitchen chefs, his attitude softens a bit, and he describes them all as "really nice people".

Controversial Marco's stint on the show was not without incident. The Commission for Racial Equality called on the chef to apologise after he was heard telling the celebrity contestants: "I don't think it was a pikey's picnic tonight."

ITV received "a handful" of complaints over his use of the derogatory term for travellers and Gipsies, which led to a row with contestant Lee Ryan, former member of the boy band Blue.

And he revealed he disagreed with the final result of the reality show. More than 8 million viewers tuned in to see the gripping finale when Emmerdale star Adele Silva went head-to-head with ex-boxer Barry McGuigan, who was voted the winner.

"I was talking to the maitre d', Nicolas, and my sous chefs, Tim, Matt, Roger and all of us reckoned that Adele (Silva) should win it.

"We thought, by rights, that she should win because her stamina and concentration were immense.

"But I was pleased for Barry," he added.

Runner-up Adele Silva has apparently been flooded with offers and could earn a reported £2million over the next 12 months.