Food Revolution
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. What an amazing show.
Jamie Oliver is a renowned British chef who revolutionized school lunches in Great Britain.
Now he’s taking on Huntington, West Virginia – a town that has been labeled as America’s Unhealthiest City – encouraging and educating the town about the way they eat and how they can eat better to improve their health and to save their lives.
I am thrilled with the education this man is going to be bringing the world through the prime time airwaves.
In case you missed it, you can watch the entire first episode here. It’s going to come on Friday nights, but if ABC keeps up the way they do things now, you should be able to watch it online every week.
Here is part of the description of the show as found on ABC’s website:
Jamie is inviting viewers to take a stand and change the way America eats, in our home kitchens, schools and workplaces with the thought-provoking new series, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, which has a special sneak preview SUNDAY, MARCH 21 10|9c on ABC, followed by a 2-hour premiere on FRIDAY MARCH 26 8|7c.
In the six-part series, Jamie heads to Huntington, West Virginia. Why? Well, Huntington has been called the unhealthiest city in America. Jamie wants to do something about that. Through his efforts in this one town, he hopes to start a chain reaction of positive change across the country.
Jamie says, “There’s an incredible community in Huntington, and I want this experience to be a celebration of what we can achieve when people come together.” Jamie goes on to say, “Wonderful stories will unfold in Huntington, and hopefully this will inspire the rest of the States.” Sounds like a plan!
Needled by local naysayers, challenged by ingrained unhealthy habits and government bureaucracy, and welcomed by some of the most surprising youngsters, families and local leaders, Jamie shows how, in just a few short months, he tried to transform Huntington as a template for the entire country. The stakes? Simply the health of our country’s citizens and the legacy for its children.
Keep up with it. Tweet about it. Blog about it. Let’s keep this show on the air.
Hallee
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i love the concept of this show! i watched part of it sunday night and hope to remember to watch the rest friday night. i literally felt sick watching the food be put on that table and the amount. i am so glad he is doing this show!
Heather – the concept of the show made me think of the name of your blog — Out of the Box, Into the Kitchen. Brilliant, my friend.
thanks!
My husband and I watched this show. He kept looking over at me and would smile because I have been tyring to drill into his head about eating fresh/homemade and not processed. Of course, I am not perfect and don’t eat as fresh as I would like, but I try to stay away from packaged foods as much as possible.
LOVE Jamie Oliver and have ever since I saw him for the first time on Food Network. The fact that he could cook REAL food on a small budget was phenomenal. We don’t all have to be rich to eat well. We just have to make the smartest choices with our money.
I was approached about taking over the lunches for our church’s private Christian school next year. I was told that if I did it, I wouldn’t be able to cook “my way” because they said the school couldn’t afford it and they kids wouldn’t eat it. If I decide to do it (and I’m leaning towards not just because I don’t want the boys in a daycare environment and I don’t need a job — I’d rather leave a job out there for someone who does need one) then I would beg to differ. I’d either cook “real food” or not cook at all.
Hopefully it will convict him, too! If I didn’t have Gregg’s whole-hearted support, I don’t know how dedicated I would have become to it.
I LOVED the first episode!!! I wanted to jump through the screen and hug poor Jamie when he was so upset varius times over the “cafeteria ladies” and whatnot! I think he’s going to do good things, and hopefully shed some light on the problem with food in North America.
ok so i finally watched the whole thing! i couldn’t believe the lunch ladies or the kids not knowing what a vegetable was! ok so i blogged about it!