synopsis

Jamie's Food Revolution follows Jamie as he comes to America to raise awareness of the growing obesity crisis and aimed to get people cooking and eating good food again.

Jamie's mission was to start a chain reaction of positive change across the country. He says: "The time is right for people to rediscover the sense of pride, satisfaction and fun you can get from cooking for the people you love. There's an incredible community in Huntington, and I want this experience to be a celebration of what we can achieve when people come together. I want to prove that turning around the epidemic of obesity and bad health doesn't have to be boring or dull in the slightest. Wonderful stories will unfold in Huntington, and hopefully this will inspire the rest of the United States." Based in Huntington, West Virginia – the town once labelled the fattest in the United States – Jamie goes straight to the heart of the problem and looks at the challenges facing people in their homes, workplaces, schools and supermarkets.

Using all the knowledge he gained during the course of his campaigns in the UK, Jamie sets to work and faces some of his harshest critics yet. But amongst the naysayers and skeptics are some truly passionate and enthusiastic supporters. Will they be enough to help Jamie launch the town's Food Centre and change the menu at the local schools?

Jamie Oliver takes his Revolution to the United States' second-largest city, Los Angeles, California, and faces his biggest challenge yet. In this inspiring series, Jamie sets out to tackle the problems of obesity, heart disease and diabetes in the US – where the first generation of children are not expected to live as long as their parents – and invites viewers to take a stand and change the way Americans eat at home, in schools and on the highstreet.

In the series two premiere, Jamie has to immediately rethink his approach when the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), slams the door in his face. Jamie's first order of business is to win the support of the parents and teachers in the hope of appealing against the LAUSD decision to lock him out of the school lunch program. He opens a kitchen in Westwood, where he hopes to provide educational tools to combat the obesity epidemic, and attends a school lunch convention, where he discovers a seminar advocating the provision of flavoured milk in schools. Jamie stages a dramatic demonstration, but it fails to have the impact he had hoped for. He then attempts to create a healthy fast-food menu in a local drive-thru restaurant. Can the Revolution be saved?