JAMIE’S MINISTRY OF FOOD: Jamie Visits Rotherham
Inspired by the wartime Ministry of Food, Jamie Oliver wants to get a whole town cooking fresh food and change the way the country eats.
Jamie’s in Rotherham, where mums defied his school dinners campaign, to see if he can inspire a revolution. But they’re struggling and Jamie’s experiment is in trouble, so he takes his campaign to a Rotherham United match to persuade fans to join his cooking revolution. “Was it worth having to blag one of my Bank Holiday weekends off my wife to get called a fat bastard in front of 7,000 people?” asks Jamie. “That’s debatable, but it’s all for the cause.”
Tuesday 7 October 2008, Channel 4
October 7th, 2008 at 11:52 am
[...] Jamie’s Ministry of Food, Channel 4, 9pm ~ The TV chef continues his campaign to improve the diets of the people of Rotherham, who aren’t all impressed by him or his efforts, according to recent press reports. Tonight, Jamie’s pupils struggle to apply their new cooking skills to their home lives and he attends a Rotherham United football match to show that even the most unlikely of people can take part in his culinary revolution. The show tonight includes a local miner who has never prepared a meal in his life. What can Jamie teach him? [...]