Matt Hazell Blog

I’ve just watched Jamie on Channel 4’s Food website, great site with lots of cool stuff and great recipes.  http://www.channel4.com/food/ This “Jamie In America” trip he doing is going to be a tough one, as the challenge he’s set himself is like climbing Everest (it’s on the same lines as Jamie’s School Dinners, you remember the Turkey Twizzlers).  I really feel for what he’s trying to do, and I can see he’s getting so frustrated by the whole approach the Americans take to food, and what they consider to be good, wholesome and pure.  For example, within the school dinner guidelines it’s approved that you can take a potato, chop it into little skinny long things,  fry it and call it 1 of your 5 a day.  This, in England is not allowed, not even if you steam it.  So in other words, the American School system allows young children to eat chips/French fries all day long, as it’s considered to be a healthy veg option???

I just think this is the tip of the iceberg, having lived in America for almost 10 years I can tell you this is part of the reason for so many people being overweight, and carry the obesity label.  I wish Jamie all the best, and I really do hope the American public gets what he’s doing, and backs him like we did here in the UK.