Reading (U10/ Pre-Int)

British chef, Jamie Oliver, is famous for his quick, healthy and interesting style of cooking. He has written many books and had his own TV programme ‘The Naked Chef’. Last year Jamie became interested in school dinners – the midday meal which children can buy at school. Jamie visited some schools in the UK and he was shocked to see children eating a lot of unhealthy food such as chips, sausages, crisps and sweets. The school dinners didn’t have any fresh fruit or vegetables in them. Jamie decided to try to change school dinners. He made a TV programme called ‘School dinners’. Jamie believes that children need to learn good habits while they’re young and that they will learn to eat healthy food if they take an interest in food and cooking. So he taught children about healthy foods, and showed them how to cook great meals. He also showed the ‘dinner ladies’ – the people who cook and serve food in schools – that they can prepare healthy meals in schools for the same money as junk food meals. He even persuaded the Prime Minister to introduce new rules about meals in British schools. This means things will have to change in all British schools – and quickly, too!