Jamie Oliver's 'incompetent bully' brother-in-law behind his failing food empire

Mr Hunt (pictured with Jamie Oliver) was branded 'testosterone central' by a female who used to work with him

Mr Hunt (pictured with Jamie Oliver) was branded 'testosterone central' by a female who used to work with him 

The man behind Jamie Oliver's food empire is arrogant, plagued by failure and has a problem working with strong women, sources close to the celebrity chef said before his food group went into administration today. 

The celebrity cook's brother-in-law, Paul Hunt, is said to have given a PA her own redundancy letter to type before she even knew she'd be out of a job.

Married to Oliver's sister Anna-Marie, he was appointed to run Jamie Oliver Ltd in 2014 and is still listed as a director at the failing brand. 

In the same year he became a director of the Jamie's Italian chain and today it emerged than more than 1,000 of its restaurant staff are set to lose their jobs. 

Mr Hunt was one of five directors at Jamie’s Italian Ltd in its last available accounts, despite the brand losing £30million in that same year. 

The 2017 accounts revealed directors enjoyed an average of £140,000 in salaries and bonuses.  

But Mr Hunt has been described as a bully who made workers redundant on the spot one Christmas Eve and barked 'tea, tea' at a 'lovely PA' in her 50s when he wanted a drink.  

'Paul Hunt is an arrogant, incompetent failure,' a source close to the TV chef told The Times in March last year. 'He knows virtually nothing about restaurants and even less about publishing...the day he resigns the staff should have a big party.'

Mr Hunt previously worked for LIFFE futures and options exchange and was fined £60,000 in 1999 for insider trading while at Refco Overseas - the London arm of a US futures broker. Hunt was banned from trading for a year. 

Pictured, left to right: Paul Hunt, his wife Anne-Marie, Jamie's wife Juliette Norton and, far right, Jamie Oliver

Pictured, left to right: Paul Hunt, his wife Anne-Marie, Jamie's wife Juliette Norton and, far right, Jamie Oliver 

The source that branded Hunt arrogant also said he has a 'problem' working with strong women and that his presence left staff 'desperate to leave'.

She said that the PA he screamed at

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