I'm having a Jamie Oliver moment. You're going to cook asparagus withfigs?
No, I'm fretting about the quality of the food on offer at my daughter'sschool.
A great deal has happened since Jamie's School Dinners was televised inMarch and the public outcry began. Almost immediately, the Governmentannounced new money, better training for staff and improved kitchenfacilities.
It promised to introduce minimum nutrient and food standards for schoolmeals in England from September 2006, and to make school food subject toinspection. Now it's issued a report on school food, and a consultationpaper to go with it.
It took a while. Twenty-five years, to be precise. The Education Act1980 removed the local education authority duty to provide a suitableschool meal and sell it at a fixed price, and abolished nutritionalstandards.
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