Jamie's campaign gets off to a disastrous start when the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) - which is responsible for 650,000 school meals a day in the Los Angeles area - refuses to let him film in their schools.
Jamie decides to try to win over parents and teachers in the hope of persuading the authorities to change their mind: one outraged parent is disgusted that her child is offered 'nothing fresh' at school, and only processed foods cooked in plastic.
And he's confronted with the scale of the problem at a school food convention, when he discovers a seminar advocating flavoured (and sugar-laden) milk in schools.
Jamie stages a dramatic demonstration, filling a school bus with the 57 tonnes of sugar which the children of the LAUSD area consume every week, purely from their intake of flavoured milk. But it falls short with the local community.
Desperate for some good news, he attempts to create a healthy fast food menu in a local drive-through restaurant. But is his food revolution doomed before it's even started?
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Series 1 Episode 1
Jamie's campaign gets off to a disastrous start when the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) - which is…
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Series 1 Episode 2
Jamie finds a school willing to risk letting him in, much to the displeasure of the authorities. Unable to even look in…
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Series 1 Episode 3
The increasingly hostile school board shuts down Jamie's sample lunches at West Adams Preparatory School. Forced into a…
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Series 1 Episode 4
Jamie's been banned from school kitchens across LA, so instead he's working as a cookery teacher at West Adams High…
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Series 1 Episode 5
Now banned from filming in any of LA's schools, including West Adams High, where he's been teaching the kids about…
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Series 1 Episode 6
Jamie's nemesis, Ramon Cortines, has left his job and his replacement, John Deasy, is offering a fresh start.
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