headquarters melbourne australia 2006 key people tobie puttock executive head chef warren flannigan head chef julian lobb sous chef owner adam garrisson and tobie puttock website www.fifteenmelbourne.com.au fifteen restaurant and its associated charity was a concept originally created by british chef jamie oliver in london in 2002 when he realised he could use his skills and energy to offer disadvantaged and marginalised young people with tough backgrounds an opportunity to train to be chefs . oliver founded the original fifteen restaurant in london and put young people at its heart . since 2002 two further restaurants opened in amsterdam and cornwall . melbourne australia was the fourth restaurant in the fifteen family . fire edit on 8 june 2008 the offices of fifteen melbourne was burned in a fire lit by its former manager kevin stralow . stralow caused over aud 1 million of damage to the premises to hide thefts which funded a gambling habit . 1 in april 2011 he pled not guilty but was found guilty by jury of 16 counts of theft and one count of arson and in june 2011 was sentenced to 2.5 years jail . 2 it reopened as the kitchen cat in january 2011 . its role as a commercial restaurant that trains disadvantaged youth will remain but the newly coined stepping stone foundation formerly fifteen foundation australia will involve other melbourne restaurants . 3 references edit ross norri 13 april 2011 kevin stralow former manager of jamie oliver s restaurant fifteen guilty of setting its offices on fire melbourne herald sun retrieved 13 april 2011 anderson paul 3 june 2011 . former manager of jamie oliver s fifteen jailed for theft and arson . herald sun . news corp australia . retrieved 28 june 2016 . dubecki larissa 21 december 2010 fifteen cuts apron strings from oliver the age retrieved 22 december 2010 external links edit http www.thekitchencat.com.au coordinates 37 48 53 s 144 58 12 e 37.81472 s 144.97000 e 37.81472 ; 144.97000 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fifteen melbourne & oldid 731493569 categories restaurants in victoria australia 2006 establishments in australiarestaurants established in 2006hidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 18 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view