CELEBRITY chef Jamie Oliver has been hailed a hero after he chased and tackled an "aggressive" house raider.

The TV star caught the criminal trying to break into his home in North London, where his wife and five children were sleeping, on Tuesday evening.

He then chased him down the street and pinned him to the floor until cops arrived.

The intruder had already attempted to break into other properties nearby before smashing into Jamie’s £8.9million eight-bedroom mansion.

Jamie instinctively jumped into action after hearing the drama unfold in his street - but when the chef investigated, he found the raider targeting his own home.

A source told the Mirror: “He was face to face with the burglar himself as he tried to smash his way into his house as well.

“Jamie went absolutely mad and sprinted after the man down the street before catching up with him and pinning him down to the floor.

“He was then joined by his driver and a handful of neighbours who helped him hold down the burglar until police arrived to arrest him.”

It is thought the intruder had attempted to break into a home believed to belong to model Kate Moss before smashing into Jamie’s property.

Jamie’s wife Jools, 43, and five children Poppy, 16, Daisy, 15, Petal, nine, Buddy, seven and River, two were home at the time of the incident on Tuesday evening.

A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: “At 7.13pm on Tuesday, 4th of September, police were called to reports of an aggressive male attempting to gain entry to residential addresses in N6.

“The male was apprehended by members of the public and was ¬subsequently detained by police.

“He was taken to a north London police station and was subsequently released with no further action.”