Jamie Oliver shares snaps of himself and lookalike son River, 3, sporting spiky gelled hairstyles

He’s the proud father of five children, who he raises with Jools, his wife of 20 years.

And Jamie Oliver, 44, looked every inch the doting dad on Sunday, when he took to Instagram to share heartwarming snaps of himself and his youngest son River, three, sporting gelled spiky hairstyles as they posed together at home.

In the shots, the father-and-son duo smiled broadly at the camera for their series of selfies, which the celebrity chef captioned: ‘Today is a good hair day !!!! …this might make you smile…..keep swiping threw for a giggle.’ [sic]

The snaps, which garnered almost 200,000 likes, attracted a slew of gushing comments from his celebrity pals, including Ashley Roberts, Tamzin Outhwaite, and fitness coach Joe Wicks.

Jamie’s post comes days after the star shared a sweet photo with his eldest daughters Poppy, 18, and Daisy, 17.

The famous chef took to Instagram where he also posted a throwback snap of the trio from 15 years ago.

Feeling reflective during the UK COVID-19 lockdown, the doting father penned: ’15 years later same cuddle with my girls ……time slips you by like a blink of an eye ……,’ followed by heart emojis.

Jamie posted two photos, one of the trio on Wednesday cuddled up for a snap and another picture taken 15 years ago posing in the same way.

The famous chef’s 8million followers were quick to react the photo as they gushed over the family.

It comes after Jamie joked that his wife Jools is ‘driving him up the wall’ due to her excessive cleaning during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The TV personality took to Instagram to share a collection of snaps of the duo as he revealed that Jools has also become his ‘camera lady’ for his daily cook show.

Jamie has launched a new series called Jamie: Keep Cooking And Carry On with Channel 4 and he also has his social media show where he cooks with celebrities, his recent video included Oprah. 

In the snaps, the star and Jools pulled a series of facial expressions which ranged from smouldering, to serious and laughter.

Jamie penned: ‘This girl drives me up the wall!! but I love her to bits ….she is as mad as a hatter won’t stop cleaning but she’s a gem.

‘And a good girl and now she’s my camera lady doing this daily show on my phone  anyway but love everyone sending positive vibes to all you cooks out there joxxxx @joolsoliver.’ 

The couple share five children – Poppy, 18, Daisy, 17, Petal, 11, Buddy, nine, and River, three.

Jamie revealed in March that he had been forced to film his show Keep Cooking And Carry On from his home using his mobile phone amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Taking to Instagram, he said: ‘We turned around last week’s series of Keep Cooking and Carry On very very quickly. A three-month job in three days.

‘Of course now the government have said we have to stay at home, so we’re doing that. And we’re now going to be doing the second season, like we ever expected this, we never planned it, in our home.’

He then went on to say that he has ‘no crew’ to film the show and that wife Jools would be stepping in to fill the crew’s shoes. 

He continued: ‘There’s no crew, no equipment, I’m doing it on my phone. My new crew member is my wife.’ 

Panning the camera around to a room where Jools was sitting by a window, Jamie added: ‘We’re doing it in the coldest part of the house, because it’s got decent light here. The sound is terrible so we put the sofas around like that.’

He then showed his sofas leaned up against the walls in a bid to block out external sound. He also showed a table set up to create his latest recipe. 

He went on to wish fans well and urged them to tune into the next episode of the cooking show.   

In March, Jamie announced the Channel 4 programme in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. 

Announcing the news on Twitter, Channel 4 wrote: ‘Join @jaimeoliver in his brand new show as he helps the nation with easy recipes, cooking tips and ingenious hacks whilst many of us are staying at home.’ 

As well as making easy-to-make meals, Jamie will also be teaching viewers how they can make their own bread and pasta.

In a statement, Jamie said of the show: ‘Cooking nutritious meals for yourself and your loved ones has never been more important.

‘This show will be packed with easy and delicious recipes that the whole family can enjoy, plus loads of tips, tricks and hacks for simple swaps and ways you can make the recipes work with what you’ve got. 

‘Let’s big up those store cupboard and freezer faves and hero recipes you can take lots of ways.’

Jamie has helped aspiring chefs for decades with his easy-to-follow recipes, from cookbooks like 5 Ingredients that focuses on making meals with minimal items, to his many different cooking shows.

He catapulted to fame in 1999 at the age of 24 when he was offered his own TV show, The Naked Chef, on the back of his stint working at The River cafe in London.

However, Jamie has had a turbulent past year following 22 of his Jamie’s Italian restaurants closing in May 2019.

Administrators recently revealed that much of the £80million-plus owed by the collapsed Italian chain, launched by the chef in 2008, will probably never be paid back to creditors. This resulted in as many as 1,000 job losses.