jamie oliver is he total fake?

[orangelotus]

i read this today and must say i had no idea of the scale of financial stuff going on.

www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-perverse-greed-of-jamie-oliver-2/

i think i feel angry as i've spent my entire working life in Newham and can see how poor many children are there.
It is shocking how he presents himself as this do goofing crusader but his dealings with small businesses and local councils have been so shady .
i feel angry with myself for having fallen for his nonsense.

Except it is about education a bit though. I’ve lived in abject poverty where my food budget was typically £10-£15 per week. No car, tiny kitchen in flat, and i always ate well, very healthy, loads of veg. Rice and pulses to bulk stuff out. Eggs for cheap protein (i couldn’t afford meat or fish). Ugly fruit and veg from the reduced aisle.

These days what I feed my kids isn’t a world away from the same food even though I have more money, because it’s basic, healthy, whole food.

Others I know who have been in the same financial hardship as i was at that time, many have ended up getting enormously overweight and unhealthy because all they know how to cook is processed food. Decent education about food and cooking could / would have made the world of difference to them. And i’m not speaking from an ivory tower, i grew up poor, taught to cook by a mum who also grew up poor, lived in a poor neighbourhood surrounded by people who were skint, and absolutely you can be healthy on a measly budget but it’s harder and requires education.

@KingsHeath53 you’re absolutely right. __