For the last two weeks, cameras were rolling as chef Jamie Oliver prepared to give LA Unified’s school lunch program a makeover. On Friday, the cameras were stopped. Officials decided that no reality show filmings, specifically “Food Revolution,” would be allowed in the school district.
“They told me to stop but then they turned around and asked for a 3-week menu that they could blend in with their own,” Oliver says. “So I consider that a tremendous positive.” With 700,000 kids in the district, LA Unified is second only to New York Public Schools in size. Oliver would have had his work cut out for him.
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