19 January 2010

uk tv chef reduced to tears as american fatties reject his healthy food

old chap had a fifi and ethel moment. on second thought what do the english know about food?
excerpt:
Television chef Jamie Oliver was reduced to tears during his latest efforts to convert an Amercian community to healthy eating.

The usually upbeat good food crusader broke down after he met serious resistance while shooting scenes for his new series, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution.

More than half the residents of the country's fattest city, Huntington, West Virginia, are obese but most were blatantly uninterested in the chef's advice.

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Some members of the local press warned him to steer clear of their community.

One radio presenter blasted: 'We don't want to sit around and eat lettuce all day. ~ read more

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