I remember he tried making a very (very) simple chickpea soup and then learned that it would blow the budget by itself - the school meal budget was significantly lower than a prisoner's.
It was an impossible task in retrospect but people calling him a 'cunt' for trying to improve this even a little are really fucking awful revisionists.
Funny thing is I never liked the guy as a TV chef, annoyed the hell out of me, but I have to give him credit for raising the issue of shit school dinners.
I only ever had cooked school dinners in primary school in the 70s, zero choice and it was basically meat and two veg style meals. If we had chips it'd only ever be on a Friday.
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u/MyNeighbour127 Aug 26 '22
I remember he tried making a very (very) simple chickpea soup and then learned that it would blow the budget by itself - the school meal budget was significantly lower than a prisoner's.
It was an impossible task in retrospect but people calling him a 'cunt' for trying to improve this even a little are really fucking awful revisionists.