Jamie Oliver attacks school meals…again

In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the TV chef said that problems he brought to the nation's attention have still not been addressed and that government funding was simply not enough to tackle areas such as equipment and staff training. He told the satellite news channel: "From a personal survey, I'd say probably six out of 10 kitchens would be condemned if the councils weren't running them themselves. There's old kit, ovens that are 20 or 30 years old. We've had the money but it's just not enough." Oliver also compared changing the head of the education department to him changing his head chef every year and claimed if he was to manage his kitchen in the same way he'd be bankrupt. "Is it a good idea that I have been doing school dinners for four or five years and have known four heads of education department? Is that a good thing for all those layers f departments and the teachers out there? I don't think so", said the chef. During the interview he revealed that he has been meeting with current education secretary Ed Balls and Conservative leader David Cameron. He described Ed Balls as 'well-meaning' and David Cameron as 'bright and sparky'. Speaking about the recent introduction of cookery lessons Oliver doubted whether or not the government were really serious about seeing them through highlighting that when politicians talked about the lessons they could just be "…a line in a sentence that sounds good."