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Love him or hate him he speaks honestly and his charisma is awe inspiring.
Love him or hate him he speaks honestly and his charisma is awe inspiring.
Jamie Oliver does school din dins
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Jamie Oliver does school din dins
He is a bit annoying but he is a good bloke I feel, and his program on making the homeless into chefs was brilliant, quality TV.
I agree his over-enthusiasm can get a bit much but having seen him on telly in the past I too think he is a genuinely good bloke trying to make a difference. Good on him!
The guy is a tit, but gotta feel sorry for him on a 37p budget and trying to get kids to eat healthy.
The s***e that schools feed to kids is atrocious. I can still remember our school dinners; in year 7 I tolerated them occasionally, but from year 8 to leaving 6th form all my lunches came from the local bakery or the chippy. Everything the school canteen sold was vile processed rubbish, at that time I couldn't give a toss about how healthy it was, it just tasted horrible! Loads of kids used to love it though, what on earth were they fed at home that was worse than school dinners?!?!
I hope he succeeds, depsite being an annoying c*ck he's on a worthwhile mission.
The s***e that schools feed to kids is atrocious. I can still remember our school dinners; in year 7 I tolerated them occasionally, but from year 8 to leaving 6th form all my lunches came from the local bakery or the chippy. Everything the school canteen sold was vile processed rubbish, at that time I couldn't give a toss about how healthy it was, it just tasted horrible! Loads of kids used to love it though, what on earth were they fed at home that was worse than school dinners?!?!
I hope he succeeds, depsite being an annoying c*ck he's on a worthwhile mission.
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Not watching documentary, but read about it in the papers!
Apparently, certain parents went mad, swore profusely, and started giving their kids Maccy Ds through the school gates
Apparently, certain parents went mad, swore profusely, and started giving their kids Maccy Ds through the school gates
I drive and walk past the school everyday on my way to uni!
Stuart DemonD said:Apparently, certain parents went mad, swore profusely, and started giving their kids Maccy Ds through the school gates
F***ing MORONS. S**theads like that shouldn't even be allowed to have kids. I really can't believe people can be quite so ignorant!
I actually liked school dinners when I had them in infant school and start of primary school... I don't think they were too unhealty either, might have got worse as kids get fussier though!
Stuart DemonD said:Apparently, certain parents went mad, swore profusely, and started giving their kids Maccy Ds through the school gates
typical dont care that the kids health is at risk because of lack of vitamins an iron, but go mad if someone swears
From what I saw Jamie was doing all the swearing, a trifle un-necessary I say and he isn't G Ramsay so stop trying.
Liam
Liam
why try and change school dinners, i dont think school would ever be the same without lumpy gravy, cold chips, pink sausages and stale bread - it was what always made me get up for school
why try and change something that hasnt affected anyone really, if they dont like the school food get a butty box and a willing parent
why try and change something that hasnt affected anyone really, if they dont like the school food get a butty box and a willing parent
mainly cause the food that is givin to kids is total and utter s**t, and with a growing number of children gettin clinicaly obese increasin they need to do somethin about it...
i was readin about a study that showed that a very very large number of kids who are in school now will die from heart disease and other obese related problems before their parents are dead!
y do u think the biggest growing industry at the moment is the health industry, that is y some people will pay over £100 a hour for a personal trainer.
it is all about prolongin life expetence by changin a tiny little thing like how our children eat!
i was readin about a study that showed that a very very large number of kids who are in school now will die from heart disease and other obese related problems before their parents are dead!
y do u think the biggest growing industry at the moment is the health industry, that is y some people will pay over £100 a hour for a personal trainer.
it is all about prolongin life expetence by changin a tiny little thing like how our children eat!
mase for PM
i never watched the programme i just assumed they was just doing fancy food not healthy stuff
i never watched the programme i just assumed they was just doing fancy food not healthy stuff
lol bugger that cheers tho
basically school cooks dont actually cook anymore, they just serve processed foods, high in salt, suger, simple carbs, and fat... not a good combo, results in high saturated fat levels, sugar rushes, and general s**t feeling!
the point of his programme is to get kida to eat more fruit an veg, get the cooks cooking again, basically the theory is that if u get kids eating heathly when they are young then they will continue to eat like that when they are older, reducing obesity levels all that sort.... if a child is classed as obese (done by body mass index) before they are teenagers then they are something like 70% more likley to b obese adults, leading to massivly increased chances of heart attack, coronary heart disease, and stroke before they are 55.
so even tho he isnt every ones cup of tea, he is tryin to do some good!
good luck to him hopefully this will lead by example
basically school cooks dont actually cook anymore, they just serve processed foods, high in salt, suger, simple carbs, and fat... not a good combo, results in high saturated fat levels, sugar rushes, and general s**t feeling!
the point of his programme is to get kida to eat more fruit an veg, get the cooks cooking again, basically the theory is that if u get kids eating heathly when they are young then they will continue to eat like that when they are older, reducing obesity levels all that sort.... if a child is classed as obese (done by body mass index) before they are teenagers then they are something like 70% more likley to b obese adults, leading to massivly increased chances of heart attack, coronary heart disease, and stroke before they are 55.
so even tho he isnt every ones cup of tea, he is tryin to do some good!
good luck to him hopefully this will lead by example
Well, I didnt like the amount of profanities he used, but it did seem a fairly charged environment....
37p Christ. The buggers would sell us stuff at school for ~£1.50-1.90. But admittedly It wasn't grade U meat. eg: actual chippy pies (We knew, cos yude see the delivery van hit the school then do the chippy up the road afterwards - brilliant)
37p Christ. The buggers would sell us stuff at school for ~£1.50-1.90. But admittedly It wasn't grade U meat. eg: actual chippy pies (We knew, cos yude see the delivery van hit the school then do the chippy up the road afterwards - brilliant
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I couldn't believe what I saw. That school (and probably many more ) was feeding their students pure ****. 37p is not enough to make a good meal. I don't understand the system in place, to fund school catering, but I would have thought, if you're selling 200+ meals per day for £1.50 surely you must be able to spend a little more than 1/4 of that on the food. The 6th form I went to (admittedly a public school, and my only real exposure to school dinners) allocated 97p per student, and the meals were occasionally even nice!
Why not even put the meals up to £2. Then they can spend a healthier quid or so on the food.
Surely health at a young age is more important than an extra 50p!
Surely health at a young age is more important than an extra 50p!
School dinners suck for the same reason that every other public service sucks: privatisation.
School dinners aren't run by the local council any more, they're tendered out to a private company whose #1 priority is PROFIT. Hence the overpriced s***e that kids are stuck with.
School dinners aren't run by the local council any more, they're tendered out to a private company whose #1 priority is PROFIT. Hence the overpriced s***e that kids are stuck with.
OP
OP
JB is right, the privatisation has done few schools any favours. 37p doesn't included VAT remember so it's a slight help (sure ).
You couldn't charge £2/day, people wouldn't be able to pay it.
Alex, no point in quoting an experience in a public school, it's completely different and as the majority of us have been state education means nothing in reality.
).You couldn't charge £2/day, people wouldn't be able to pay it.
Alex, no point in quoting an experience in a public school, it's completely different and as the majority of us have been state education means nothing in reality.
The Negotiator said:
Apart from sixthform, I have spent the rest of my school time in state funded schools. And the point I was trying to demonstrate is that by spending a little more money (60pence or so) would provide a better service. By any standards spending less than £1 per student can not be considered expensice, even taking into account the number of the state funded students. Consider the food you buy for your lunch, I can practically guarentee that you've spent in the region of at least £1-2 on lunch alone.
