The video promo of the show was just released. And all I can say is "Wow!". I live in the town next to Huntington so this hits close to home. It's no wonder WVians have a history of not trusting outsiders. Once again someone from somewhere else came in, made promises and broke them. Jamie and staff met with the governor and the state dept. of child nutrition and assured them that the show would keep to the federal standards of child nutrition. These standards are developed with input from the American Academy of Pediatrics and they involve calculation and analysis of calorie, sugar and fat content appropriate for children in a week's time. ("kids need X calories during the course of a week"). Jamie did not stick to the guidelines or the school food service budget and made the cooks look like stubborn hicks for insisting that they feed what is required of both federal/state standards and the budget. They manipulated people and knew how to bait them and brought out every stereotype we are saddled with. Great TV, huh? When the whole thing is aired I think those WVians who supported him will not be pleased at the reality show train wreck it turns out to be. Wonder how many other cities will want to welcome him to their city.

Poor Oliver, he's going to be crying like a baby during this show.

Its actually not cheaper to feed your family less expensive high caloric diets on the long term with regards to the health implications of obesity, heart disease, diabetes.

(I live in the southern part of Virginia, where a lot of layoffs/companies have closed) When I saw this article the first thing I thought: Here is someone who has enough money to eat all the right things. A lot of the so called bad things to eat are also the cheaper and more filling of the food choices. If I had to choose between sending my family to bed full AND being able to feed them again tomorrow, which group of foods would I choose? That's life.

The concern by the good people of Huntington was that the show was there to show the city and its residents in a poor light. West Virginia does not exactly have a sparkling reputation in the national spotlight and they are wary anytime someone comes with cameras claiming to help. I can't really blame them.

Nobody can convince me that West Virginians don't know what a tomato is. I'm from them thar hills and maters and taters are a favorite summer dish. Usually with some pole beans on the side.

I live in a city close to Huntington, WV (not VA) and NO they did not run Mr. Oliver out of town. Yes, they were concerned over how he would show them on TV and what he'd say about them. But he was able to finish his show and appeared to have left on good terms. By this article it looks like the city might have been correct in being a bit concerned over what he'd say.

Huntington, Virginia (VA) is a neighborhood of Newport News, on the Chesapeake Bay in the east. The city referred to in the piece is actually Huntington *West* Virginia (WV), a vastly different town about as far west as you can go before entering Kentucky--the home of Marshall University of 'We Are Marshall' fame.

The premise of the show is that he teaches a small group of people (i thing there were 12 in the UK version) and they have to pass it on to all their friends and nieghbors. I watched the UK version of that show, and it appeared that it took him a long time to get buy-in by the community in the English town he was in. He was on the verge of tears then too. This might just be publicity for the show, or he just could not get enough of a buy-in. it would be interesting to see if they actually air the show.