Jamie Oliver has revealed that if he had not discovered cooking, he might have ended up in prison.
Speaking at the British Library ahead of the premiere of his Channel 4 documentary Jamie's Dyslexia Revolution, the chef, 50, said: 'Statistically, if you follow the data, I might have ended up in jail. The stats are really clear.
'There's a paper trail showing that dyslexic kids are three and a half times more likely to be expelled.'
The documentary marks the latest step in Mr Oliver's two-decade-long advocacy, which began with his influential 2004 series Jamie's School Dinners that sought to raise standards in school meals.
In this new film, he urges the government to introduce earlier screening for neurodiversity in children and enhance teacher training to better support their needs.
