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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

December 10, 2013

On November 20, I had the great pleasure of hosting Jamie Oliver at the Apple Store in Berlin for a conversation about Jamie's Food Revolution Day, a worldwide event encouraging individuals to take action against obesity and other diet-related illnesses by bringing healthy food and home cooking back into their communities. It was an incredibly inspiring afternoon and evening for me and I'm brimming with ideas for the next Food Revolution Day, which will be on May 16, 2014.

For those of you who've already participated in the Food Revolution, tell us a little about it! I'd love to know how you decided to participate and what you organized and did. Will you be participating again next year? I have visions of, among other things, teaching a little "cooking" class to my friend's second grade class or trying to see if there's something that I could organize at Hugo's daycare for the slightly older children. But what I love most about the idea behind Food Revolution is that once you start thinking about all the things you'd like to try and change, you find yourself reaching higher and higher for bigger and bigger things.

For those of you who haven't yet participated in Food Revolution, like me, could you see yourself organizing something for your community? You can learn more here and by watching our podcast, which is available for download on iTunes – just click here.

And yes, Jamie truly is as genuinely lovely in real life as he seems on television. He's hugely inspiring, but also just a regular, down-to-earth, nice guy. The real deal.

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6 responses to “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”

Lisa

December 10, 2013

This is amazing! I’ve always wanted to participate in this or something like this, especially when I was a teacher in the city. Though I always came up with some type of excuse, usually that of the “too busy” variety and passed on the opportunity unfortunately. Never too late to try again I suppose.
I can’t wait to listen to your podcast!

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elizatwist

December 10, 2013

Congratulations! I’m all for the food revolution but I’ll have to remain a silent supporter for now as the little revolutionary movement that I’m an active participant in takes all of my time. In the spirit of the food revolution though, I invite you to read about a really cool business in my neck of the woods. I wrote about it a while back: http://bodysleuth.com/2013/03/gathering-round-the-hearth/
There truly is a lot of good happening in this world of ours and it’s so nice to remind ourselves of that regularly!

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Nutsaboutfood

December 11, 2013

My mother was in the audience watching you, she had a really good time. How fun!

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Suzy

December 11, 2013

I watched this. You look great and fantastic interview. He does come across as such a nice guy and seems to take it as a given that he should give something back, which as you say is inspiring!

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Mickie

December 12, 2013

We love our Food Revolution cookbook! I try to find ways to work in fresh herbs and vegetables we don’t usually use. My teenager often requests a “topper” based on Jamie’s suggestion to top a stew with puff pastry or potatoes.:)

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Zoe G Newman

December 12, 2013

Hello, I have enjoyed reading your blog for several years now, to say nothing of the delicious things I’ve made from your recipes. I hate to make my first comment to you a critical one, but I couldn’t help but be struck, and troubled, by the juxtaposition between the idea of a ‘food revolution,’ and the image of you and Jamie Oliver with bottled water between you! I recognize that a food revolution can mean many things to many people. To me it must include thinking critically about the commercialization, industrialization, and corporatization of food. Imagine if people in the world of writing and talking about food also took a stand against basic necessities of life being commodified!
‘Nuff said. With respect, Zoë Newman

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