Previously on Jamie Oliver's food revolution.
How you doing? I'm Jamie.
Renowned British chef Jamie Oliver has left his family behind...
Bye, daddy.
And come to our shores to take on the biggest mission of his life,
Huntington, West Virginia.
What are you here for?
The results came out that this was the most unhealthy town in America.
We don't want to sit around and eat lettuce.
Where nearly half the adults are considered obese.
They're dying before their time.
He first tried transforming one elementary school.
This is the future of America, having pizza for breakfast.
But failed at every turn.
You've got to come in on budget.
I don't know what he's doing.
Our standards have to be met.
I haven't prepared bread.
But that's part of the guidelines.
Busted.
Students need to accept the meals.
Chicken or pizza?
Pizza!
When you've got fresh food going against pizzas, I've got no chance.
And just when it couldn't get any worse...
They've taken a load of my quotes and completely put them out of context.
We take you at your word. Sometimes that gets us in trouble.
They don't understand me, cos they don't know why I'm here.
It's Jamie Oliver's food revolution.
Eat your vegetables!
Country favourites and fun, 93.7, the dawg.
It's 8.41. This morning, on the programme - folks,
in case you haven't heard, I know you've probably heard,
you've seen it in the newspapers, this Jamie Oliver that's in town,
supposedly to try to help us, you know, eat healthier.
He's spreading some rumours around that aren't necessarily true.
What was this thing that he had in the newspaper?
He said that their eating habits
would make the hair on the back of your arms stand up,
and that we were also anaemic in our information about healthy eating.
Anaemic is just another word for saying that we're weak and stupid.
and I've got to have him supporting what we're doing.
I've got events in the next two months, I want him promoting them,
not slagging them off.
Folks, we do have Jamie Oliver in here this morning and you've
actually caused quite a stir in the town.
Are you referring to the piece in the paper?
Are you referring to the piece in the paper? I'm referring to this.
Let me show you this. It's you and some food.
And then here you're saying,
"I've only worked with a couple of people so far,
"but the things I've seen make the hair on the back of my arm rise."
Can I explain what I mean?
Sure you can, you can explain. There's only one way to take that.
No, I'm not apologising for anything I said.
They asked me what I was doing here, and I was basically telling them
how emotionally connected I was to the project. And basically,
"the hairs on the back of my arms" wasn't like I'm disgusted,
it was like I'm absolutely in the right place, at the right time.
You said we haven't eaten from scratch, we don't know what that is.
I was referring to that family again, and I completely apologise
for any generalisation, because it wasn't coming from my mouth.
But if you actually look at what I said, it's only positive things
about Huntington, or defending you.
I want everybody... it's human nature to want to be accepted, and liked,
but at the same time, I have no problem being a pain in the backside.
Jamie, it's always been a pleasure talking to you.
Do you think we're slowly starting to like each other?
No.
I had to sort of defend myself today.
Ultimately, the facts speak for themselves.
Just think about what we've done...
We've been into schools, we've got the kitchen open in town.
We've got stuff happening in the churches, and we've been working with families.
I mean, we've done a lot in a short amount of time,
but it's going to take more time to get rod on side.
Right. I started my food revolution in one of Huntington's elementary schools.
Hi, guys!
Hi!
Welcome to my kitchen. Come over here.
Last time I cooked for the kids, they chose the processed food
over the home-cooked meals. So today I'm going to blow these
kids' minds, I'm going to show them a little experiment that I've done
time and time again back home, and it's to show them
the most disgusting ingredient in the worst processed food.
Thankfully, chicken nuggets in this country are not made this way,
but it's still an experiment to see,
will our kids, if they know that something is hideous and disgusting,
still eat it, if it's in the shape of something that they love?
Do you want to learn a lesson that'll change your life?
Yeah.
My goal is to do something really extreme
and get them to care about what goes into their bodies.
And this experiment works every single time.
Right, who knows what this is?
A chicken!
When you get a chicken like this,
there's bits on it that are worth lots of money.
The breasts are the most expensive part and it's the white meat, ok?
And that is a chicken breast, ok?
Now chicken wings are worth quite a lot of money.
'I showed them where all the nice cuts of meat came off the chicken.'.
So we just pop the legs off.
You're left with a carcass, with all the ribs and the little bits of giblets, and blood, and skin.
What do you think happens to this?
It gets thrown away.
It goes in the trash.
You want to eat some?
Ok. So I'm going to tell you a little story
about how you can use all the leftover bits to make food.
And watch me.
Some of the processed foods that you love are made from the bits
you don't like. Bone, all the connective tissues,
little bits of bone marrow and stuff like that.
They even add chicken skin.
Put a load of chicken skin in here as well.
Ok, so then once they've done that,
pour the wound-up meat and bone and skin and bits of horrible bits
and they put it into a massive great machine that squeezes
all the soft stuff away from the gangly hard stuff. Look at it.
Ooh, it's all going through.
Awesome! It's totally awesome!
What's the good meat? That, or that?
That.
And what kind of meat is that?
The horrible meat.
Ok. So because this has got loads of
connective tissue and things that really aren't meat, to be honest,
you've got to put loads of stuff in it.
Stabilise it with stabiliser, flavouring to
make it taste of something nice instead of something horrible.
Once they've done that, they mix it all up
and make this big load of gunk.
And then guess what we can do?
What?
We can get a cutter and cut out our very own Patty, just like that,
put some breadcrumbs on it,
and there you go, ladies and gentlemen, our very own Patty.
And all we do is whack them in a pan, lovely.
Now, who would still eat this?
Great. So there you go,
the whole experiment failed.
That experiment always works... And it didn't work.
That was literally the opposite response I'd had back home, which was shocking.
Do you think that's good food for you, or bad food for you?
Bad.
Why would you still eat it if you know it's bad?
Cos we're hungry. I'm just hungry.
I mean, what's scary is that we've brainwashed our kids so brilliantly,
so even though they know something is disgusting and gross,
they'll still eat it if it's in that friendly little shape.
There you go, it pains me to give you them, but there you go.
Without question, I've got to come up with a much bigger idea.
But to be honest, unless something genius happens, we're screwed.
So, my second day back at school.
Last time I cooked for the kids, they chose the processed foods
over the fresh food. Of course the kids went for the pizza,
this is the food they know and love.
But today, we're going to have one choice, and that's the fresh food.
When you stir that pan, wiggle your hiney.
Oh, my, I love you, I love you.
This is literally going in to a situation that needs help,
and I need to mix it up a bit.
Er, girls, can I have a serious meeting now?
Chop-chop. I ain't got all day.
We have lunches to prepare.
Luanna, Millie.
I'm a-coming.
Oh, that's cute.
I'll the kids what they've got for lunch.
That's what they're having?
Do you think I look good?
Lovely.
I wanted to get the kids excited about the lunch menu,
what's in it, how much they should love it.
And I thought I should kick it off by dressing up as a pea.
Water's on, pasta's there.
We need the pasta mixed with that lovely sauce, with some cheese on top.
Alice knows the drill, so you don't need a spec sheet for that.
Actually, I do, cos you're adding to it.
You cannot be around Alice and suggest anything
without her bringing that little finger up and having a problem.
If you're worried about the first batches, put some raw pasta...
You can't do that.
You can.
Um... she's a bright woman, but she's been moulded to a lean, mean,
processed food cooking machine and she don't really want me
bringing in my blooming meat and two veg and mucking about with it.
Well, don't walk away. Alice.
Seven more breads to make, Jamie.
Alice?
Come on! Yeah!
Hello, do you know what I am?
Do you know what my name is?
What's my name? One, two, three.
Oh, my lord.
There's nothing worse than bolting into a room, dressed as a pea,
in front of an army of six and five year olds, and they're like this.
Mr pea, what's my name?
Mr pea!
What's my name?
Mr pea!
What's my name?
Mr pea!
I don't expect teachers to start dressing up like me,
but the point is, it's really important teachers tell the kids what they're going to eat.
Before they go off to lunch, "kids, let's make sure we clean our plates," just jazz them up.
I've made the most lovely pasta.
Who likes bread? Right, I have made you the most incredible bread,
you're going to want to stuff it in your face like this.
Everyone say peas!
Peas.
For me, it's all about the kids.
If I only achieve the kids having a smile on their face
and getting proper food this week...
You can't catch me, you can't catch me.
That's everything to me.
Argh! Eat your vegetables!
Here they come.
Mr pea!
Wahey! There you go, darling.
Thank you, mr pea.
My pleasure, honey. Clean it all up now, kiddies.
I'm going to be checking, see who's eaten the most.
So the menu today is a tuna pasta bake,
with seven veggies, in a lovely tomato sauce,
mixed salad and a homemade focaccia.
Let's eat it all up, kiddies.
There's a lot riding on this meal.
I can't get the kids to try it, or eat this food,
I'm not going to be allowed back.
I want to see you all trying your salad.
Oh, no, not again.
I didn't like lunch very much.
Open wide. Honk-honk.
Open wide, honk-honk.
I didn't like it.
Open wide. Honk-honk.
No?
Ultimately, there was a lot of waste still going in the bin.
I think it was just as much of a failure as the previous day.
To top everything off, Rhonda, who I need to impress to let me stay
doing this in the schools, turns up.
It's still bad.
But those bins are like my worst enemy.
No, he's eaten nothing.
In england, I send them back to the table.
In england, I send them back to the table. Oh, do you?
This is not good, guys.
Hello.
Hello, miss. There's loads to fix.
The younger kids are really struggling,
whether it's my food or the normal junk.
I wanted to see if the kids knew what fresh food looks like.
Are you ready for my class?
We are ready. Welcome.
Thank you very much. How old are you guys?
Six.
Wow! I love working with kids.
Elementary school is where it's at, you know, this where you mould kids.
We're going to do a little test. Right.
Who knows what this is?
Potatoes?
So, you think these are potatoes? They're not potatoes though.
I don't know.
Do you know what this is? No? Who knows what tomato ketchup is?
That's what it's made out of.
Oh, tomato ketchup? I know that one.
The test I did with the kids today was shocking.
Do you know what that is?
Broccoli?
What about this? Do you know what this is?
Celery.
No. What do you think it is, darling?
Onion.
Onion? No. Immediately you get a really clear sense of,
do the kids know anything about where food comes from? Who knows what that is?
Er, a pear?
A pear? No.
A turnip?
No. Ok, I'm going to give you the first word.
Egg...
Egg shell.
The answer today was no.
I've got another one here, guys.
What do you think this is?
I don't know.
We're talking about basic stuff, even a potato.
No idea. Most of them, no idea. Ok, I'm going to ask a question.
What is this?
Chicken nuggets.
You all knew that, you're too good. Ok, what's this?
Pizza!
Those kids knew what the pizza and nugget and burger were, like bang!
Do you know what that is?
French fries.
French fries?
French fries.
And that makes that.
Did you know that?
No.
What, you didn't know that?
If the kids don't know what stuff is, they will never eat it.
The reality is, tomorrow's the last chance I'm going to get to prove myself in the elementary schools.
And that's a real problem.
If I'm to make a big difference in this town, I need to juggle
a whole load of different things.
It's not just about getting better food for kids at school,
it's about trying to get people to eat better at home as well.
A few days ago, I met stacie Edwards and her children.
I got rid of their old diet, which was mainly fast food processed crap,
and I bought them a whole week's worth of produce,
and gave them a whole load of recipes,
so they could cook from scratch.
So I'm going to drop in on the Edwards family
to see how they're doing.
Hey, hey, how you doing, man?
Fine.
You all right, bro? You must be Tim? How you doing, mate?
Nice to meet you.
So, how's it been going?
It's been trying.
We gave you menus.
And I've done them.
Yeah? So what about dad then?
Yeah, he was on the road.
You're away a lot. How's it been for you?
Actually, I've loved it. I haven't eaten one yet that I didn't like.
I thought the old man would want to punch me,
considering I buried his fryer. But, he's as happy as Larry,
the kids don't seem to have whinged too much.
It just all sounds a bit too good to be true.
So, what we got in the fridge?
You've got some asparagus that needs to be used.
You've still got loads of herbs here.
Yeah.
Have you not used those at all?
I've used some, don't know what to do with the mint.
Are you sure you cooked all these recipes?
Yes, I did!
There's quite a lot of bits of ingredients not used in the fridge,
so I'm not sure if she did the recipes and didn't use them.
What's your favourite meal been this week, Katie?
Pizza.
I'm just a little bit suspicious, there are sort of fast food cups,
dotted around the stairways and outside the house.
But, you know, she goes to church, so she's not going to lie to me, is she?
Cheers, boys.
Nice one. See you, Jay. Bye, Katie.
See you Jamie.
Bye, stacie.
I'm a little bit suspicious of the Edwards family, because it's all good.
That family needs help, it needs to be warned
that this is about life and death.
Have a seat right in here. Dr bell will be with you in a second.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I worried the Edwards weren't following my plans.
So I'm taking the Edwards to the hospital, to meet the doctor,
to really have some enlightenment about the health of the family.
Is this miss Katie?
Yeah, this is Katie.
Katie, can you give me five? How old are you?
Four.
Who wants to go first?
Me!
Can you hop up here on the table?
Ok, I'm not going to do anything that hurts today, I just want to
take a look at you and see, see if you're healthy.
All right, let's take a look.
Anybody have diabetes in the family?
It runs on both sides.
Both sides?
Have you taken the kids for checkups before?
It's been a while, probably.
Nothing regular.
You get caught up in the day-to-day routine of if it's not broke, don't fix it.
I don't know what's happened in this country with healthcare,
I don't understand it but all I know is, I think it's shocking, scary
and strange that this family requiresmeto take them to hospital to find out what's going on.
Justin.
Yeah.
What grade are you in?
Sixth.
Where do you go to school?
Ck middle school.
Open your mouth, real big and wide.
Look straight up at the ceiling.
He's showing signs already of his Insulin levels being really high
with his darkness around the neck here. So it's very likely
he will develop diabetes, if he doesn't have it already.
The main thing I want to do is check him for diabetes.
We can do that just from a little finger stick and we'll have the results in ten minutes.
It's really scary for Justin, possibly already having diabetes.
He's only a young boy in a big body.
And, I thought, surely not at this young, but of course, kids have it much younger these days, as well.
You can go ahead and let them step out and we'll talk.
Ok.
So what does that machine do then?
This will give us a true three month indication of what the average blood sugars are.
And so if you have diabetes, that value is elevated.
I'm very scared for Justin, to think he can have diabetes.
Complications of diabetes are terrible.
You end up often going blind, kidney failure, amputations.
You know, as Justin's friend, and as a father myself,
I'm just thinking, please lord, don't let this kid have diabetes at such a young age,
he's got enough to deal with.
We're waiting for the results from Justin's diabetes test,
and I hope he hasn't got it, like a lot of other kids in the area.
You know, that would be absolutely awful.
Ok, we got good news - no diabetes, yet.
Um, but with the signs that we're seeing with the colouration
of the neck, the family history of diabetes, him being overweight,
it's very likely it's going to develop. So it's important that we do something about it,
otherwise, very likely he will develop diabetes.
He will also have issues with his heart...
Heart attacks, high blood pressure...
Er...Arthritis, bone joint problems.
It's a big health issue.
Are we talking about this kind of lifestyle and health
shortening one's life?
No question. We're talking about being shortened by 30 or 40 years.
You may be dying in your 30s.
When you hear that your son's morbidly obese, it's a sad thing.
It kind of hurts you.
You've helped put him there,
letting him have what he wants.
We've got to do something about it. This is something that's...
We've got to do it now. And it's not...
We can't do it halfway. We've got to do it all the way.
I couldn't help but feel guilty. Um...
But, you know, it's not like I've made the right choices for myself either, so,
you know, it's kind of hard to...
If I don't think for myself,
I definitely wasn't thinking for my children. How you doing, bud?
Good.
You don't have diabetes yet.
I got some good news, though.
We'll get you on a plan, lose lots of weight.
Not as long as you'd think, but yeah, it takes time.
I don't know how much Tim told him, but...
One thing's for sure, it's not just going to
take Justin to fix his health, it's going to take the whole family.
Oh, it's going to work.
We're going to all try it together, though.
So we're going to be strict on you,
and you've got to be strict on us.
It'll work good.
Ok.
Just have some faith and some willpower.
Yeah.
I'm really looking forward to working with Justin, one on one,
man to man, and literally get him shining,
and get him confident, and get him proud.
And I think the time's right now, for him.
Tomorrow is my last day in the school.
The day before, we did that chicken nuggets thing.
They hated it, and as soon as it was a nugget, they wanted to eat it.
So I needed to supersize my demonstration.
I managed to convince the principal I needed to go to the parents,
get them in to see the crap that we're putting in the kids' mouths.
If you want to know what I am, I am a professional (Beep) Stirrer,
and I'm proud to say it.
Hello, parents. Thanks for coming in.
I'm doing this experiment really to try and help the parents
get their heads round the kind of food that's going in your kids,
the food they're eating in school, breakfast and lunch, 180 days of the year.
I was nervous about bringing in parents, because I don't know
what he's going to do with them. Is he going to create chaos?
Kids at the front, just, just hold, hold your...
Your mesh up, just under your chins, ok?
We're going to start off, first of all, with milk.
But this chocolate milk here, this is just one week's worth,
for just lunch.
There's more sugar in that than your friendliest brand of soda.
Put your hands up if you didn't know that, as parents.
Sloppy Joes here.
Sloppy Joes!
And then, obviously, going with those are our best friend here,
French fries.
What are these guys?
Tasty, tasty nachos. Who likes nachos? Yeah!
This is just a month's worth of just four meals for a class.
And this is the food that the kids will get from kindergarten,
aged three or four, all the way up to ten.
And what's killing my country,
and yours, at a young age, is both of our countries
have bought into processed foods coming into the school.
And it's not ok that the government, at large, allow this.
And along with salt and additives and all sorts of other things
that really kids don't need to have, I want to show you one of the biggest problems,
which is immediately hurting our kids.
This is the fat consumed by the entire school for one year.
This is real fat - disgusting, slippery, saturated fat.
Come feel it.
Is it easier for them to cook that, than to serve something healthier,
that isn't processed?
Are you parents fine with this?
No.
You need to know that I'm on your side, not as an English person...
As a human. I just want to cook fresh food for the kids at schools,
not just here, not just in west Virginia - around the whole country.
Parents, will you support me?
(All) Yes!
This is a wake-up call for all of us
to realise what's going on in schools and all around the United States.
Thank you very much.
I felt as if there was hope,
because what the parents don't realise is they are
the nuclear weapon really, because if you really upset the parents,
and if you get them all singing from the same song sheet,
you can have anything you want.
Cheers. Bye, guys.
Hi, kids.
Hey, Jamie!
How are you? Hello, mrs Blake.
When we did that test and those kids didn't know that
a French fry came from a potato, mrs Blake took it on her own back,
nothing to do with me, to just jam-bust it with them.
I hear you've been studying, is that true?
Yes.
Mrs Blake, is that true?
We have been studying and studying.
Can I do a little test?
Yes!
Ok, don't shout it out.
Don't say anything, just raise your hand. Raise your hand
and wait to be called on.
Eggplant.
High five.
Well done. I'm going to go to my little friend at the back,
who I went to see the other day.
Tomato.
Brilliant. Ok, little sweetie.
Broccoli.
What happened in that class
was absolutely brilliant. I walk in there today, "what's this?" Bam!
"What's this?" Bam.
Who thinks they know what this is?
The little one in the corner there, what do you think this is?
Cauliflower.
Cauliflower, yes!
Mrs Blake saw a problem and she fixed it, and those kids kicked ass.
This is one that you know well. One, two, three...
(All) Potato!
Kids, you've done so well. I'm so proud of you.
I want you to give yourself a round of applause, ok?
And I also think that we should give your lovely teacher and assistant
a round of applause, because they did that all off their own back.
Well done. That's great.
The task of making the health of America great again...
Yes, it is massive.
Yes, it is a massive country. Yes, there is loads of people.
I found this really inspiring. Thank you so much.
Oh, you're welcome, sweetie.
But if people just realised
that their efforts can make a difference, we can do this.
Aren't they the cutest?
They're totally cute.
Hey Justin, how you doing, brother?
Fine.
Give me five.
Come over here.
We've got some serious cooking to do, brother.
'What I see in Justin is a lovely, beautiful, intelligent young boy, '
but he's found solace, or whatever, control, in food.
'And for me, him learning to cook isn't to stoke that fire, it's to control that fire.'
I genuinely think this is going to change his life.
You've got to cook like you walk. Walk to me.
Ok.
Right, go back, right? Shoulders back.
Dude, you might think I'm just talking total rubbish, right,
but you've got to like throw your shoulders back,
you've got to throw that head forward,
and you've just got to walk at it like that. Do you know what I mean?
I know you're an intelligent boy and you got big results at school,
but I also know you get bullied at school. You're a growing man. You're not a boy any more.
You're going to get in control of this, you're going to kick some ass.
So stand over there, walk to me, and tell me what you're going to cook.
I'm going to cook me some chicken stir-fry, yo.
Ha ha ha, yes!
So my plan is this, we're going to do a stir-fry with noodles, chicken,
different herbs and spices, and it's fun.
Put your hand on here like this, and run through.
Let me see you doing that. Style it, show me you can style it.
There you go. What do we do when we cross chop?
Style it!
'He was becoming, you know, confident and getting out of his shell,
'and he was just starting to, like, style it a bit.
His knife skills improved in ten minutes.
That's tops, brother. Don't be scared of it.
Come on, you can do it, brother, feel the power.
Yeah, man, toss that thing, brother.
'Kids can cook. You can't treat them like babies and wrap them up in cotton wool.
'I think you've got to be with them, you've got to supportthem,
'watch carefully what they're doing, '
but kids can cook.
Smile when you cook.
That's it, that's good stir-frying, brother.
Right, you get your soy sauce, you get down, you look at it,
and then you just pour it in, right. Go for it.
Get down, brother. Get in the food, look in it.
I think that in 40 minutes, we went Miles.
'You know I, he said to me
'that this was the most fun he'd ever had in his life.'.
Well done.
You feel good?
Yeah.
You happy? You proud of yourself?
Yeah.
Am I strange?
Maybe.
I am strange.
But I also know what I'm talking about.
You did a great job. Come on, try this.
Not a lot of people get the chance to meet Jamie and get to have free
lessons by him to learn how to cook.
So I think it's pretty cool.
That is bloody good.
I want to work with Justin for the next few months,
to really get him cooking, get him in control of his life, his food,
get his self-esteem up, get his confidence up. And then that boy,
you know, the weight will fall off, he'll love himself...
That's the important thing - he'll love himself, and then he can crack on
with what every 12-year oldboy wants to crack on with.
When you start taking girls out and they say, "what do you want to do?
"Do you want to go bowling? Do you want to go for a little pizza?"
You go, "no, baby, you come round my house and I'm going to make you
"a nice little chicken chow mein."
You know what I'm talking about? Yes, mother.
It's really good, it's really good.
Morning, girls. Ok, honey.
I'm going to get that spatula.
'Today is my official last day in the school.
'This week's been tiring, it's been fairly emotional, '
but the one big thing that I need today is to getpermission to come back next week.
If I can make it work, then we can think about rolling it out into different schools.
And once we can change the schools,
we can change the whole of Huntington.
That's what we're here to do. We're not here to do anything less.
You ready for me to add this, eh?
Go for it, tiger, that's it.
The kitchen smells amazing. Millie's rattling out a wicked chilli con carne.
You know, we've got a lovely coleslaw being made today.
So there goes the old seven-vegetable-based sauce.
You know, it's full of goodstuff, all cooked from scratch.
But the thing that's a bit sad for me, is it's all going back to their old processed stuff on Monday.
So, at the moment, it's like we've already lost the battle.
Ok, mr Oliver, what have you got going on here?
Well, sir, we're making beef fajitas,
and we're wrapping them like this.
The things that we prepared of Jamie's,
it was more time-consuming, so that makes you have to hire extra staff.
And then that makes more money issues.
There's just all kinds of challenges to it, really.
Well, we're trying to figure out how we're going to do this fork-spoon business.
I walk into this conversation with the principal and the cooks, and they're talking about
what to do about crockery.
They were just telling me about the utensils that need to be supplied, so.
They need a fork. Yeah, it would be kind of hard...
And a knife would be nice. They don't have a knife?
Oh, no, no knives, no knives.
You don't get your kids to use a knife and fork?
What's funny about that?
It's not funny, it's just that these are kindergarten and pre-school
and they do good with a spoon.
And they do good with a spoon. Which is the perfect time to...
'Think what that means.'.
From the age of four to ten, they never use a knife and fork.
Ok, let me ask, what would be the point of the knife?
Are you being serious?
Yeah.
This is school. I mean, you teach them to spell,
you teach them to read, you teach them to write, and to usea knife and fork.
You don't want to bring up a nation of kids that only use their fingers and a spoon.
Are you telling me, honestly, your kindergarteners
have knives and forks and spoons? Yeah.
They do?
Yeah, because also you don't want to...
Documentation on that somewhere?
Documentation?
Uh-huh.
Are you serious?
Yes, I am.
God, I feel like I'm going to cry.
Are you serious?
'That was really, really upsetting for me.'.
So, we're putting out forks and spoons. Ok.
And forgoing the knives, which we don't have, ok?
We do not have knives.
Did you have knives for the summer programme?
I don't know if I have enough.
I have some in a plastic container, stored back there.
Just put them out, ok?
Find some knives? Ok?
Put them out, I think they'll make a choice.
And, and, and also...
I'll see what we can find.
Hey, sweetheart...
'To not have any use for a knife and fork isn't a class thing.
'It isn't a proper English thing.'.
It's basically saying, we have no use for real food in this school.
How you doing, boys?
Fresh milk today. Happy days.
There ain't no chocolate milk!
Yeah, the chocolate man wasn't around today.
Sorry. Or the strawberry girl.
So this is my last day in the elementary school.
The flavoured milk's gone, we're cooking the meals from scratch,
it's fresh food, fresh meat, lower fat, lower sugar, fresh vegetables.
You know, I couldn't be moreproud about what we're doing,
compared to what was.
But it all comes down to Rhonda, who's in charge of all theschool food in the district,
andif the kids don't eat it, there's noway she's going to let me back in the school to cook again.
Make sure you eatyour coleslaw, kiddies.
After the first couple of days, the superintendent and I were thinking,
"maybe this isn't a good idea that Jamie came in
"because, you know, students aren't eatingand there's lots of plate waste."
If Jamie wants this programme to continue,
he's going to have to do a lot better than what he's shown us in the first couple of days.
Make sure you get your knives and forks, kids.
Do you know how to use a knife and fork?
'It was fairly obvious that they'd never used a knife before,
'because they didn't know how to hold it, where to put it, what to do with it.'.
Now who's using their knives and forks gets a sticker.
'They were stabbing and trying to cut, as if it was like carving a piece of wood.'
I've seen that in england, but there was always knives and forks there,
and the teachers go round teaching them.
What's happening is they haven't finished, or even started.
Can we keep them there until they're really had a go?
Well, I tell you what, we'll work with this first-grade group.
Yeah?
Yeah? You have to show us that you're trying some of the food.
You got to eat something, ok?
I think at elementary school, to have the teachers and the principal drilling them.
Just go, cut it up.
"Eat it up, and let me show you how to use a knife and fork.
"Yeah, I'll get you some milk," you know. That is the most powerful thinga teacher can do.
You know how to use a knife?
Show me how you're doing the knife here.
'Seeing Jamie walking around and talking with the kids,
that made me feel that, "hey, this is something I can do,
"just as easily as he could." Good girl, ok.
I like it!
It tastes good.
The kids are eating it.
Oh, my goodness, you tried something new!
Good job.
I guess they get stickers if they eat well, or try it.
Stickers, I know they'resilly, "I've tried something new",
but they make all the difference. Kids love it at this age.
We're doing way better than average.
I just hope Rhonda sees this now, because at this point, it's all down to her.
If Rhonda says no, then that's a massive issue, a massive problem.
It will be really upsetting, because it basically means
this whole week's been for nothing.
I want to introduce our superintendent.
How do you do? Nice to meet you.
How are you?
'Today, the most important thing was getting Rhonda and her boss
'to let me get back in that school for another week, '
because then I know that I can smash it.
Miss Polly, miss Millie.
'But first, what I want to do is say thanks to the cooks.'.
Oh, I need you all to come out here, just for a minute.
So today was cook appreciation day.
Those girls work damn hard,
they really do, and they all love those kids.
Let me ask you something, fifth grade.
Who all thinks that our cooks did a bang-up job with the lunches we've had this week?
Cheering
yeah!
Some of you lovely people have done
some lovely notes for the ladies, and these are from all the children.
"Dear cooks, thanks for all of the food that you all have provided
"for us. Lots of love always, from mrsdawson's room, in 206 upstairs."
That's from Jessica, bless her.
Well, sure it's sweet, you know, I love the kids.
I mean, I'm here for the money. If I said anything else, I'd be lying.
But you've got to love kids too, you couldn't do this if you didn't.
I want to say to the girls, thank you very much for having me this week.
I know it's been ups and downs.
And it's been a bit of a nightmare, but you have been brilliant,
and I have done this before, and out of all the places I've done before,
you might not believe it, but you have done an incredible job.
And I want to say thank you from me, very much, thank you. Cheers.
'I'm very lucky to be allowed into this school and to work with these lunch cooks.'.
And now I need to get permission to come back next week.
How are the kids eating today?
Ah, I think better than average.
I still think, deep down, that Rhonda and her boss
don't believe me, certainly don't necessarily trust me.
'But I hope, with today's success with the kids, and getting the parents and teachers onside,
'I hope that's enough to convince these guys to let me stay.'.
It's been lovely today, the girls have been great.
I mean, what are the chances of being able to carry on in the school?
Ok, what we've seen, the meals look beautiful. They're very colourful,
they look appetising,
and myself, I like the food.
But the invoices that came in are double what we normally spend here.
Yep.
And another thing too is, we've asked for analysis of your meals.
We've not received that.
So, if you can work on those things,
we let him try for a couple of weeks?
Sure.
No, but honestly, you don't know how important that is to me, thank you.
'Rhonda and her bosssaid that I can come back next week, '
if I get all my systems put in place, and of course I will.
And for me, that was the best news I could have had today.
I didn't think it necessarily was going to happen, but we got it.
Say in two, three weeks' time, if this place is
nailed down and you're happy, I mean, could we take on another school?
Let's see, let's see how, how you get, how you do.
And if you stay in your budget and the kids like your food...
Thank you. Thank you so much.
'They said I could stay in the school for another week or two.'.
It's the best news I could have had today, but I don't want to fix one school in Huntington,
as lovely as it is. I want to fix every single school in Huntington, end of story.
That's what we've got to do.
So we're one step further.
Thank you for trying something new, an English boy.