Jamie Oliver to Put an American City on a Diet

Reuters is reporting that ABC is working with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver (and Ryan Seacrest's production company) on a new television series that will give "healthy makeovers" to an entire American city.

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The series will be loosely based on "Jamie's School Dinners," Oliver's school lunch project in the U.K. In the new ABC program, Oliver will travel to unhealthy places in the U.S. and find ways to use local resources to improve eating habits.

The target city has not been disclosed, but Reuters reports that "it's expected to be a place that has been cited on 'fattest cities' lists." ABC has ordered six hours of the project from Ryan Seacrest Productions and expects to air the show in 2010.


 
Posted by Josh Friedland on May 11, 2009 in Television, What's Fresh | Link | | Print this page | Share This



 

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May 11, 2009 10:45:47 AM
Posted By: Phil Younger

Go Jaime go! We need more tv shows like yours...


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May 11, 2009 10:43:24 PM
Posted By: Ms Alex

It's based on his Ministry of Food series where he took a UK town, Rotherham, and did the same thing. (Read more here: http://www.jamieoliver.com/jamies-ministry-of-food) Very interesting to see how it works out in the US, the people of Rotherham gave Oliver a tough time when he tried to re-educate them.

 

May 12, 2009 3:36:28 PM
Posted By: Grace F

I can't wait to see what city he goes to. It seems that most of the US is in need of more healthy choices!

 

May 14, 2009 7:38:05 AM
Posted By: Stephanie B

I would like him to go to the South and try to tell them how to eat Fried Chicken and Barbecue! That should be fun.

 

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