Jamie Oliver's plan for pop-up bakery at stables
The 50-year-old, who lives near Finchingfield, in Essex, had applied for planning permission to temporarily change his estate's former stables into a pop-up bakery for a month.
In the application, it stated the proposed building would be used as a "pop-up bakery (predominantly on a takeaway basis) for the month of August 2025."
Braintree District Council will take a decision on the proposal.
Oliver rose to fame in the late 1990's with the BBC Two series The Naked Chef and has spent much of his career trying to improve school lunch nutrition.
The application states the bakery would operate seven days a week from 09:00 BST to 17:00.
The bakery would require three deliveries per week and provide work for six employees.
Public access would be restricted to the main room, which is on the ground floor of the stables.
Representatives for Oliver said they are looking to explore the idea but nothing was confirmed.
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