British TV chef in food fight with LA schools


British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has perfected his anti-obesity recipe over the years: blend a passion for nutrition with reality TV, garnish with a catchy moniker, et voila!–“Food Revolution.” But Oliver’s recipe has uncharacteristically curdled since he arrived in Los Angeles last fall to shoot his second U.S. TV series, the Associated Press reports. “I’ve had a tough time here,” he conceded wearily in an interview. “Nothing that was planned has come off.”

The six-episode show was to revolve around one of Oliver’s favorite causes–making school lunches healthier–but ran under a rolling pin when the Los Angeles Unified School District objected to the chef’s key ingredient–TV cameras…

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