Move over all you grumpy, fish-netted lunch ladies, ’cause there’s a new cafeteria cook in town. His name is Jaime Oliver and he’s on a mission to transform America’s food system, beginning with schools. Starting this Friday, March 26, ABC documents Jaime on his quest which kicks off in the unhealthiest place in the country: Hungtington, West Virginia. Residents here have the highest rate of death due to obesity.
I caught a sneak preview of Jaime’s new show last night and can’t wait for the rest of the series. It showed a glimpse of Jaime’s first week in the trenches of a local elementary school cafeteria, where he shadowed five lunch ladies preparing breakfast and lunch for the school’s 500 students.
OMG. You would not believe what schools are feeding children:
- Breakfast = pizza + chocolate milk. Yes, pizza!!
- Lunch = Frozen chicken nuggets + mashed potatoes (that started out as powder in a bag) + baked beans (from a can, of course) + more chocolate or strawberry milk (the strawberry milk looked like Pepto Bismol).
Like any reality show, there’s some serious drama in the works. A few of the lunch ladies gave Jaime some serious ‘tude when he suggested that they put aside their amorphous chicken-looking nuggets and try serving the kids some more wholesome, fresh meals. If you tune this Friday, I’m sure you’ll see how Jaime does just that!
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I really want to watch Jamie’s new show… but at the same time I’m so afraid!
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