Jamie Oliver dropped in on his aunt and uncle's restaurant while filming in Southend yesterday.

The celebrity chef, who is filming Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast on the pier, uploaded a photo to social media site Instagram yesterday morning standing outside Oliver's on the Beach on Western Esplanade with uncle Colin Oliver.

He added the caption: "Filming in Southend again This week and dropped in on my uncle Colin and auntie Mary ....Oliver's on the Beach .... Always a joy to see the family....there's a few of us around and often in a kitchen somewhere..:):) big love"

Jamie, from Clavering, claims to have been conceived under Southend Pier.