Jamie Oliver criticises academy food move (From The Argus)
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Jamie Oliver criticises academy food move
6:50pm Monday 16th August 2010 in News By Emily-Ann Elliott
Chef Jamie Oliver has criticised a Sussex MP for giving academies the all-clear to serve their own standard of food.
Education minister Nick Gibb, MP for Bognor and Littlehampton, told Parliament that schools which choose to become academies will not have to comply with nutritional standards, which limit the fat, salt and sugar content in dinners.
Jamie, who has a restaurant in Brighton called Jamie’s Italian, spent months campaigning for the changes which led to many schools banning unhealthy foods.
But speaking in Parliament Mr Gibb said: “Some existing academies are required to comply with these standards through their funding agreements.
“However, new academies will not be required to comply with nutritional standards for school meals: they will be free to promote healthy eating and good nutrition as they see fit.”
A spokesman for Jamie said: “He hopes the new academies will take the current nutritional standards as the correct approach.
“Clearly it’s a huge concern that the decision will be made by each academy, opening the doors to the bad old days of reclaimed meat shapes and chips every day.”
A Department for Education spokesman said: “Outstanding schools converting to academy status already have an excellent level of pastoral care - we trust heads in new academies to know what is best for their pupils.”
Comments(11)
Ballroom Blitz
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7:48pm Mon 16 Aug 10
This is just the start of the tory - lib dem cuts.
Watch this space.
stan bailey
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7:59pm Mon 16 Aug 10
pperrin
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9:11pm Mon 16 Aug 10
Only if you have the same useless senior staff running them.
Useless senior staff allowed that to happen - they also let children spend a decade in compulsory state education and still not learn to read and write.
If an academy can't organise a decent meal, what idiot would trust them to educate their children?
Jamie Oliver was an attempt to cover up the uselessness of the state schools.
Now (hopefully) the schools will be reasonable and there will be no uslessness to cover up.
kkj
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10:17pm Mon 16 Aug 10
pperrin wrote:I hope you can provide evidence that these senior staff were in fact useless, otherwise you leave yourself open to claims of libel. As I see it, what determined the school menu in the past was not necessarily the nuitritional needs of the pupils but rather the financial demands of the educational establishment/author
"opening the doors to the bad old days of reclaimed meat shapes and chips every day.” Only if you have the same useless senior staff running them. Useless senior staff allowed that to happen - they also let children spend a decade in compulsory state education and still not learn to read and write. If an academy can't organise a decent meal, what idiot would trust them to educate their children? Jamie Oliver was an attempt to cover up the uselessness of the state schools. Now (hopefully) the schools will be reasonable and there will be no uslessness to cover up.
ity. Hopefully those days are gone.
tom pepper
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11:13pm Mon 16 Aug 10
Ballroom Blitz wrote:I agree wth the comments, but, J.O. the lithping phlegm sprayer gets right on my t*ts! It seems as if he's out for Katie Price's crown as the celeb' who'd do or say anything to get their name in the paper yet again! By the way, what's happened to the other 'celeb'
He may be a motormouth - but he's right. This is just the start of the tory - lib dem cuts. Watch this space.
Mama Cherry lately?
monkey-moo
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10:05am Tue 17 Aug 10
Ballroom Blitz
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10:16am Tue 17 Aug 10
tom pepper wrote:Yes, but Katie Price is supposedly 'famous' for having big jugs and no discernable talent whatsoever.
Ballroom Blitz wrote: He may be a motormouth - but he's right. This is just the start of the tory - lib dem cuts. Watch this space.I agree wth the comments, but, J.O. the lithping phlegm sprayer gets right on my t*ts! It seems as if he's out for Katie Price's crown as the celeb' who'd do or say anything to get their name in the paper yet again! By the way, what's happened to the other 'celeb' Mama Cherry lately?
Mama Cherry? Her food was rubbish, and she was never a celeb - she just had her 15 minutes, and that was it.
At least J.O. can cook a decent meal.
Aside from that - this IS just the start of swingeing government cuts across the board. No one will be exempt.
I predict the Lib-Con alliance will be over by this time next year.
Ballroom Blitz
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10:26am Tue 17 Aug 10
monkey-moo wrote:Sugar is not harmful in moderation. Of course it contains calories, but a lot of nonsense is talked about the dangers of sugar.
J.O..is the biggest hypocrite to date. He spurts all this crap about healthy living, but his own brand of sauces contain as much sugar as a chocolate cake (taken from bbc watchdog)!!! The man needs to stop preaching and start doing!
Trans fatty acids (trans fats), present in a lot of processed food, is the big no-no, along with salt. Those two are the killers.
Burgess901
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12:46pm Tue 17 Aug 10
Cuts have to made somewhere and I am sure by the end of this austerity drive every average citizen will pay in one way or another.
Wiggsy
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2:18pm Tue 17 Aug 10
Burgess901 wrote:At least he's a celeb that knows what he is talking about, ie it is his profession
Jamie Oliver can cook a good meal but I don't want him affecting government policy, just as I wouldn't like any celeb to do so, as they have no place in politics. Cuts have to made somewhere and I am sure by the end of this austerity drive every average citizen will pay in one way or another.
Dave in Hastings says...
6:56pm Mon 16 Aug 10