Jamie Oliver
Headline:
Jamie Condemns School Kitchens
Synopsis:
TV chef Jamie Oliver says more than half the country’s school kitchens lack proper facilities and should be shut down.
Blaming a lack of Government cash, he said a "personal survey" had convinced him that kitchens in six out of 10 schools would be condemned if they were not controlled by local councils.
In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Oliver said problems highlighted three years ago in his Jamie's School Dinners TV series remain unaddressed and while some funding had arrived it was simply “not enough” to solve the issues of poor facilities and staff training.
Asked directly if the problems with catering in schools had been fixed he said: "Not really, no.
"From a personal survey I'd say probably six out of 10 kitchens would be condemned if the councils weren't running them themselves. There's old kit, ovens that are 20 or 30 years old. We've had the money but it's just not enough.”
- Publish date:
- 27 September 2008
- Author:
- Gerard Tubb
- Source:
- Sky News
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