Jamie Oliver (pictured), the television chef, has delivered a stinging put-down on his Twitter account to a fan who criticised his spelling.
A poster calling himself Funditfrog pointed out four mistakes in one of the tweets written by the star on the micro-blogging site.
Oliver, 33, had written: "anouther true story a massive amount of uk farmers use human waist as fertiliser on there land! do any other countrys do this? is this normal"
In response Funditfrog accused him of setting a bad example to his young fans.
He wrote: "Not being funny fella but 4 spelling mistakes? You're influencing a generation of kids, you owe it them to be correct. Agree?"
The chef, who has given his support to the dyslexia charity Xtraordinary People, replied: "Get lost you idiot im dislexic and i cant spell so stick that in your pipe! its better than being smug."
Oliver left school with no qualifications before gaining a place at Westminster Catering College where he nurtured his talent for cooking.
He then worked as a pastry chef at Antonio Carluccio's restaurant in London's Neal Street and went on to secure a place as a sous-chef at another top London restaurant, the River Café, where he was 'discovered' by a BBC documentary team.
Oliver has spoken about the problems his dyslexia has caused him in the past.
Writing on the Xtraordinary People, he said: "It was with great regret that I didn't do better at school. People just thought I was thick, it was a struggle, I never really had anyone to help that understood dyslexia and who could bring out my strengths."
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Chef Jamie Oliver, who has dyslexia, blasts fan who criticized his spelling
From The Telegraph in the UK: