Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Comes to TV
Last night ABC aired a sneak preview of “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”. You can watch the full episode online now. Next week the program will begin airing at its regular time – FRIDAYS @ 9pm EST.
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I was wondering if there are recipes from the Food Revolution show published online somewhere? Jamie gave the Edwards family menus and recipes on the first episod.I would love to have them to pass onto my sister in-law when I go over to her house and throw away all her junk food. I am starting a Food Revolution today!!
Way to go Jamie!! I am behind you 100 percent. I have been hating the school lunch program since my oldest started kindergarten. I make their lunch to take to school and they take their own white milk too!
BRAVO!!!! Thanks for coming to America and offering such hope!! PLEASE don’t let negative folks keep you from following your heart’s mission. We NEED you and there are some of us that really do understand what you are doing!
When my son was in high school, I fought to get fresh salads on the lunch menu. That was 30 yrs ago and you are seeing, first hand, how unchanged our eating is! The USDA says ‘two starches’ per lunch. WHO would have even thought this!!!!!????
Any way you can insert your teaches NOT to think that this way of eating is ONLY hurting the obese? This way of eating is hurting ANY child’s developement and this country LOVES to blame things on the obese and casue then they con’t have to look themselves. The obese kids will soon be blamed for the food changes that you are making in the schools.
Maybe you might want to see what the USDA offers seniors! Of course, old folks don’t matter in this country. At one point of my life, I had to stop Meals on Wheels cause the food was so horrid.
Thanks so much, Jamie, for your caring. There are several of us who are using the internet to promote your program. Again,BRAVO to you!!!
Most warmly,
June DeSena
I saw recently where soft drink companies (Coke, Pepsi) have agreed to pull all full-sugar beverages from vending machines in primary and secondary public schools (but not high schools). I guess I’d rather see them pull the entire vending machines, but hey, baby-steps, I guess…
hello. i really like ted talks. and i think that its a good way to educate everybody. fill our heads with good thinking. i am from brazil , and i am here almost everyday to see people talking and than think about than talking and talk with my friends. But i dont understand with TED is for the world or just for usa now. i was trynig to see a video and i received a message saying that the vieo can only be stramed within the united states. i am welcome to see the videos as a brazilian?
I just watched 1 1/2 hours of the presentation. I am ashamed that TED is associated with this. There are so many things wrong I hardly know where to begin.
1. NOTHING IS WRONG WITH PIZZA! The kids love pizza. Fine. Teach the cooks how to make good pizza with fresh ingredients and add a salad at lunch.
2. THEY ARE NOT “LUNCH LADIES” OR “GIRLS”. Jamie’s demeaning approach to the school chefs was truly uncalled for.
3. STOP SHOWING DISGUSTING FOOD. Good grief, how many times does this program have to show piles of junk? It is sickening, and I got sick and tired of seeing it.
4. STOP DEGRADING THE PEOPLE AND THE KIDS. The same experiment that worked with gross food in the UK doesn’t work here. Fine. There is nothing wrong with the kids. (Hint: Maybe there is something wrong with his presentation?)
5. GET RID OF THIS GUY’S MASSIVE EGO. One Brit cannot come to a Southern town and expect a red carpet welcome when he comes to “solve” that town’s problem. He did NOTHING to get them on his side before jumping in to “fix” the problem.
6. STOP CRITICIZING. START ENCOURAGING. Drop the negativity. Become a cheerleader.
7. FORM COMMUNITY GROUPS. One person/family will find it hard to change on its own. Work with community groups that can help and support each other.
8. MEDIA SUPPORT. He should have gotten media support before ever stepping foot into the town. His PR skills are lousy.
9. YOU ARE NOT THE ANSWER. If Jamie really wanted to help this town, he would stay in the background, just helping, and let local people take the spotlight. He would make his expertise available for solving problems, but would let locals take the credit for implementing them.
10. STOP ROLLING YOUR EYES. It is condescending and only creates a rift.
This was truly and utterly a rotten show. If this is the kind of wish that TED supports, I do not support TED wishes.
Hello!
Jamie Oliver you are a true inspiration, it is about time someone put themselves out there and demanded the necessary change needed to put the world back into perspective, and show that optimal health is really tangeable. I fully support you in all your endeavours and wish you all the best.
I have recently found an amazing book that has opened my eyes to all the necessary information needed to reach healing and healthy wellbeing, even the key to cure cancer and other preventable diseases,
this book is called Green For Life by Victoria Boutenko. I suggest this book to anyone and everyone, it will save many lives.
Thanks again, I love your attitude and commitment to cookery and health and living our lives in a healthy environment. It is selfless and truelly commendable.
best wishes,
Lucy
Jamie Oliver:
Wonderful idea. Thanks for thinking of our kids and their parents in this way.
I may be able to help with the trucks. contact my email if interested.
Best Wishes and Good Luck,
Dale Deist, Chrm Deist Industries http://www.switchngo.com 3-29-10
I was so sad to read MaryAnn’s comment. Say what you will about his show, but to actually say that you are “ashamed that TED is associated with this” is absolutely heartbreaking.
Jamie’s wish is “I wish for your help to create a strong, sustainable movement to educate every child about food, inspire families to cook again and empower people everywhere to fight obesity.”.
Personally, I would be ashamed if anyone DIDN’T want to be associated with this. Teaching children to eat well, cook their food, and question what they consume…that is amazing. Empowering people to fight obesity…that is nobel. How anyone could see such a significant, crucial wish as a bad thing is beyond me. The TED prize going to Jamie Oliver is PHENOMENAL.
Hi Jaime
I’m elleven years old. I heard about you through my mom then I watched your videos on line. I saw what you did for one school and wished you could come and do the same with mine. I am a healthy eater but most of the time my school does not serve fresh good food and when they do it runs out fast and I’m forced to choose this salad with yellow cheese and mystery meat(yuk!). My friends and I trade food with the kids who’s moms pack them lunch. If I could avoid lunch time I would it’s a big problem for me. Getting home with a big headache because I don’t eat well doesn’t put me in a happy mood. I want to change the way things are. So can you really,really please come? Tatiana Melendrez
@MaryAnn
You are probably the lunch lady from the elementary school. My grandmother has been a lunch lady for 30 years and has absolutely no issue with the term, so I dont see why you are getting in such a huff about it. And in case you hadn’t notice he is not being condescending by calling them that or “girls” which is not a derogatory term. If it bugs them they will ask him to stop, but seeing as how they haven’t who are you to pitch a fit?
The problem with Pizza (I cannot believe you are so blind as to NOT see the problem) is that it is NOT good pizza and is being served for every meal. Seriously even well made pizza should not be eaten that often. If you haven’t noticed he teaches the cooks (because they ARE NOT chefs) how to create healthy alternatives that are tasty for the lunches and he isn’t being condescending.
You claim he criticizes and doesn’t cheerlead then you clearly haven’t watched any of this show. Frankly if I were Jamie I would be telling these people what IDIOTS they are for the things they eat, the stupid school regulations they are following (I’m sorry Rhonda but a french fry is not a freaking vegetable. Are you kidding me??) and how negative they are. The kids and adults who are going along with Jamie are my heros.
How depressing it would be to be in a town where all of these people have these ignorant points of view about the food they eat and feed their children.
And on a final note – I’m sure TED will be just fine without your support because you clearly are not necessary if you are too close-minded to appreciate Jamie’s movement and show for what they are.
Keep up the good work Jamie – I promise there are more people in this country who support you than people who don’t and I promise you I am just as outspoken as all the Mary Ann’s and Alices and local DJs.
Probably shouldn’t be dignifying MaryAnn’s post with a reply for fear of encouraging future negative trolling, but let’s address some easy flaws.
Pizza is inherently not a very healthy food. It’s base is bread which is just carbs, followed by cheese which is high in fat. If you were to make “vegetable pizzas” the kids wouldn’t enjoy them as much.
Anyone that’s ever gone to grade school called the cafeteria ladies “lunch ladies.” I’ve never heard a person call them chefs.
Expressing frustration, condescension, or even pride doesn’t take away from his main message and purpose, which is a useful one.
Jamie, great show. Keep up the good work.
Fully support this wish and his TV-show. I can only hope that his message reaches across the US and will be met with lots of support. Cooking can be fun and is so much more healthy than anything processed. Keep going!!
Jamie,
You so rock. Don’t let the negative narrow minded ones slow you down for an instant. Our family has been enjoying you and your fresh ideas about food for a while now and your latest evolution into this Food Revolution is truly inspiring. :D
You are absolutely on the right track and I am so grateful you are so willing to give of your time (and esp away from those babies of your own! that’s HARD) to do this for others.
I was very lucky to be raised by a very aware mom on all whole grains and whole foods – lots of fresh fruits and veggies as snacks and yogurts and muesli type cereals etc. She also got us kids to start doing the cooking early and by age 12 I was doing cooking 1 or 2 nights a week and then teaching my brothers as well.
We never had soda, chips, or cookies or crackers or any processed foods – the one thing I remember was that we sometimes had ginger snaps. LOL
We made cookies and cakes for special occaisions – but our main diet was all fresh foods and I think I had no idea how different that made us until I was raising my own children that way and their friends would always be very reactive to our meal times – either one way or the other! Wow, great fresh food, or yuck – where’s the chicken nuggets??
Today 2 of my sons are excellent cooks – my youngest is in a culinary arts class in college and it’s his favorite class. My favorite part is going to lunch once a week at the school and having amazing meals made with all local and fresh ingredients that his class prepares for the culinary arts restaurant!
It is COMPLETELY worth it to invest time and effort in getting kids to cook – the fantastic meals they will provide for the rest of their lives to everyone who is around them is a huge bonus – all their friends are always inviting them to come visit – to move in – to come stay for a weekend – so long as they will PLEASE do the cooking!!
Jamie, what you’ve been doing all these years in the UK has been an inspiration. I thought you were awesome for starting up fifteen back when I’d first heard of it and I totally fail to comprehend how anyone could possibly be unimpressed with the work you did in the schools over there. So I’m very glad more people in America will be getting to know about you now too. I love the idea of the town kitchen where people can get free cooking lessons and have really wanted to get something like that set up (along with a veggie garden) at the Church in Texas where I work. Thanks for being a light out there. Keep shining!
I just watched 1 1/2 hours of the presentation. I am ashamed that TED is associated with this. There are so many things wrong I hardly know where to begin.
1. NOTHING IS WRONG WITH PIZZA! The kids love pizza. Fine. Teach the cooks how to make good pizza with fresh ingredients and add a salad at lunch.
2. THEY ARE NOT “LUNCH LADIES” OR “GIRLS”. Jamie’s demeaning approach to the school chefs was truly uncalled for.
3. STOP SHOWING DISGUSTING FOOD. Good grief, how many times does this program have to show piles of junk? It is sickening, and I got sick and tired of seeing it.
4. STOP DEGRADING THE PEOPLE AND THE KIDS. The same experiment that worked with gross food in the UK doesn’t work here. Fine. There is nothing wrong with the kids. (Hint: Maybe there is something wrong with his presentation?)
5. GET RID OF THIS GUY’S MASSIVE EGO. One Brit cannot come to a Southern town and expect a red carpet welcome when he comes to “solve” that town’s problem. He did NOTHING to get them on his side before jumping in to “fix” the problem.
6. STOP CRITICIZING. START ENCOURAGING. Drop the negativity. Become a cheerleader.
7. FORM COMMUNITY GROUPS. One person/family will find it hard to change on its own. Work with community groups that can help and support each other.
8. MEDIA SUPPORT. He should have gotten media support before ever stepping foot into the town. His PR skills are lousy.
9. YOU ARE NOT THE ANSWER. If Jamie really wanted to help this town, he would stay in the background, just helping, and let local people take the spotlight. He would make his expertise available for solving problems, but would let locals take the credit for implementing them.
10. STOP ROLLING YOUR EYES. It is condescending and only creates a rift.
This was truly and utterly a rotten show. If this is the kind of wish that TED supports, I do not support TED wishes.
Jamie Oliver:
Wonderful idea. Thanks for thinking of our kids and their parents in this way.
I may be able to help with the trucks. contact my email if interested.
Best Wishes and Good Luck,
Dale Deist, Chrm Deist Industries http://www.switchngo.com 3-29-10
Jamie, what you’ve been doing all these years in the UK has been an inspiration. I thought you were awesome for starting up fifteen back when I’d first heard of it and I totally fail to comprehend how anyone could possibly be unimpressed with the work you did in the schools over there. So I’m very glad more people in America will be getting to know about you now too. I love the idea of the town kitchen where people can get free cooking lessons and have really wanted to get something like that set up (along with a veggie garden) at the Church in Texas where I work. Thanks for being a light out there. Keep shining!