JAMIE OLIVER

JAMIE OLIVER'S VIDEO

Here there are two videos with the famous British chef Jamie Oliver,  who is very concerned about American people's  unhealthy eating habits. Watch the two videos and answer the questions below:

 Video work n°1
Watch the video then answer the questions:
 What is the symbol of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution campaign?
 Where is Jamie Oliver?
 In which country has he been working on a project?
 What is the problem in this country? Do other countries suffer from the same problem?
 What does Jamie Oliver want people to do?
 Which expression does he use at the end of the video to thank people?
 Sum up his cause.

Video work n°2
Watch the video then answer the questions:
 
The introduction
1) Why is Huntington (in West Virginia, USA) considered as the unhealthiest city in America?
2) How is Jamie Oliver presented?
3) What is his mission?
The opening scene: Jamie Oliver first visits a radio station
What is the DJ’s reaction?
At the primary school
1) What are the kids eating? Which meal is it?
2) Can the children identify a tomato?
3) In the next clip, Jamie Oliver talks to some dinner ladies. Do you think they are going to cooperate? Why?
4) What is Jamie’s reaction after this visit?

The teenager and the mother
1) How do the young girl appear?  happy  healthy  unsatisfied  desperate  sad
2) What is the name of the food we can see on the table?
3) What is wrong with this kind of food?

At the doctor’s
What is the doctor’s conclusion on the young boy?


The conclusion: the final clips are taken from Jamie Oliver’s TV show
1) What does Jamie Oliver show to the schoolkids and their parents to make them react?
 fast food industry products
 the fat consumed by the entire school for one year
 how nuggets are made
2) Complete the sentence: “ This is the first generation of kids expected to live a……………………..life  than their parents’. ”
3) How does Jamie Oliver qualify his mission?

Now answer and share your point of view:
1) What are people’s attitude to food and healthy eating in your country?
2) Do children know the names of the food they eat?
3) Are the menus healthier in French school canteens? What are school lunches like in France?
4) Do you have the culture of having TV dinners?
5) Is your country facing such an obesity epidemic? According to you, which countries are following the same path as the USA?
6) What are the consequences of obesity for people’s health?
If you want to learn more about Jamie Oliver’s actions, visit his http://www.jamieoliverfoodfoundation.org.uk/

http://www.jamieoliver.com/jamies-ministry-of-food/