{"id":15984,"date":"2022-09-07T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=15984"},"modified":"2022-09-07T08:23:23","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T07:23:23","slug":"ovenu-oven-cleaner-to-the-stars-celebrates-20-years-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/ovenu-oven-cleaner-to-the-stars-celebrates-20-years-in-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovenu oven cleaner to the stars celebrates 20 years in business"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Oven valeter Steve Archibald, who counts a host of celebrities amongst his clients, is marking the 20th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of his business, Ovenu Oxford.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old estimates he has restored the sparkle to more than 12,000 ovens over the past two decades, but despite that he insists his passion for the job is undiminished.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a host of celebrities who live in the Oxford area, some of whom I\u2019m pleased to count as clients,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis business is all about meeting some lovely people and delivering an excellent service. It\u2019s certainly a varied life, one minute you might be cleaning the oven of someone who was on TV the night before, and the next you are chatting to a pensioner on a council estate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile cleaning a celeb\u2019s oven might make life more interesting, they also tend to have much larger and more intricate appliances, such as range cookers!\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve, who is Oxford born and bred, has several star names on his books, including a Hollywood actor, famous musicians, plus TV and media personalities. Given the area\u2019s strong links to the automotive industry and motor sport, other clients include figures with links to Formula 1.<\/p>\n

Before launching Ovenu Oxford in 2002, he\u00a0worked at the city\u2019s BMW plant, leading a team involved in quality inspection and road-testing the MINI. Prior to that he trained as a chef in Oxford French restaurant, La Sorbonne, where he cooked for Princess Diana, Sir Edward Heath, Harold Wilson and Sir Alec Guinness.<\/p>\n

Steve, who still lives in the centre of Oxford, said he was drawn to the Ovenu franchise because of its targeted territories, the high level of ongoing support available, and the fact it is a recognised quality brand.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIt\u2019s also different from other franchises in as much as it charges a flat monthly fee rather than taking a percentage of your income, which means it\u2019s easier to budget for and more importantly, you\u2019re hard work is not penalised!.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rik Hellewell, founder and managing director of Ovenu, said: \u201cCongratulations to Steve on his 20th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary. He\u2019s one of our most experienced oven cleaners, and a great example of someone who has used the Ovenu franchise model to build a highly successful business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steve is currently being kept extremely busy by Oxford\u2019s academia as the start of a new term approaches, with changeovers of both staff, dons, and students.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cMy main priority is keeping busy and maintaining high standards, which is why Ovenu Oxford is such a success. My first ever client is still with me today, which means I must be doing something right!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oven valeter Steve Archibald, who counts a host of celebrities amongst his clients, is marking the 20th\u00a0anniversary of his business, Ovenu Oxford. The 52-year-old estimates he has restored the sparkle to more than 12,000 ovens over the past two decades, but despite that he insists his passion for the job is undiminished. \u201cThere are a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ovenu","category-cleaning-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Ovenu-Oxford._-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}