Fat-tongued, Mockney (rhymes with pukka)
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:24 pm
Let me start by stating that I am not a fan of Jamie Oliver.
He seems to believe that he is the only person on the planet who knows what we should eat and his mission in life seems to be to 'save the world' by a process of scolding, ridicule and humiliation. He is the new Bono.
Tonight I watched an episode of 'Jamie's Food Revolution'. For those who haven't seen it, it is his attempt to gain access to schools in LA and show everybody how to eat properly. Not working very well for him so far... the LAUSD have denied him access to their schools; a decision which Oliver has seized upon to declaim their "lack of transparency" and paint them as evil overlords who want to see a new generation of unhealthy obese Americans.
The truth is somewhat different. The LAUSD, it seems, were happy to welcome a 'celebrity' chef into their schools to promote healthy eating. What they don't want are their schools turned into a reality TV circus... a 'stage' for Jamie Oliver.
And rightly so!
So does good old Jamie leave his camera crew behind and teach the kids a few things (because after all, he's only doing this 'for the kids')?
Does he fuck!
Instead he makes a big song and dance about the evils of the LAUSD while the kids go unhelped.
But that wasn't the worst part of the show. Oh no...
Ace Oliver (what a guy!) was asked to help out a single dad with two sons (14 and 10yrs old). The dad worked hard to support his family and this left him with bugger all time with them and bugger all time to cook for them. The family were subsisting on takeaways. The dad was very unhappy about this situation and wanted to learn how to change their diets for the better.
So does Jamie waltz in, take them into the kitchen and show them how to prepare fast healthy meals on a budget?
Well yes he does. Eventually...
The first thing Jamie does is to fill their living room with a year's worth of fast food and reduce the dad to tears. This poor bastard is doing his best for his kids and Captain Fuckwit still feels the need to make him feel like a complete arsehole before deigning to help him. The fucker!
Most people seem to think that the sun shines out of his arse but to me Jamie Oliver is nothing more than a self-aggrandising little prick!
Did I mention that I don't like him very much either?
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He seems to believe that he is the only person on the planet who knows what we should eat and his mission in life seems to be to 'save the world' by a process of scolding, ridicule and humiliation. He is the new Bono.
Tonight I watched an episode of 'Jamie's Food Revolution'. For those who haven't seen it, it is his attempt to gain access to schools in LA and show everybody how to eat properly. Not working very well for him so far... the LAUSD have denied him access to their schools; a decision which Oliver has seized upon to declaim their "lack of transparency" and paint them as evil overlords who want to see a new generation of unhealthy obese Americans.
The truth is somewhat different. The LAUSD, it seems, were happy to welcome a 'celebrity' chef into their schools to promote healthy eating. What they don't want are their schools turned into a reality TV circus... a 'stage' for Jamie Oliver.
And rightly so!
So does good old Jamie leave his camera crew behind and teach the kids a few things (because after all, he's only doing this 'for the kids')?
Does he fuck!
Instead he makes a big song and dance about the evils of the LAUSD while the kids go unhelped.
But that wasn't the worst part of the show. Oh no...
Ace Oliver (what a guy!) was asked to help out a single dad with two sons (14 and 10yrs old). The dad worked hard to support his family and this left him with bugger all time with them and bugger all time to cook for them. The family were subsisting on takeaways. The dad was very unhappy about this situation and wanted to learn how to change their diets for the better.
So does Jamie waltz in, take them into the kitchen and show them how to prepare fast healthy meals on a budget?
Well yes he does. Eventually...
The first thing Jamie does is to fill their living room with a year's worth of fast food and reduce the dad to tears. This poor bastard is doing his best for his kids and Captain Fuckwit still feels the need to make him feel like a complete arsehole before deigning to help him. The fucker!
Most people seem to think that the sun shines out of his arse but to me Jamie Oliver is nothing more than a self-aggrandising little prick!
Did I mention that I don't like him very much either?
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