A Dubbo women who works for Jamie Oliver in London is encouraging local schools to get involved with the celebrity chef's Food Revolution Day on May 16.
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Angela Morris said she wants to see as many schools as possible get involved in the day, which aims to teach children how to cook a healthy meal from scratch.
"I'd love to get every school in Dubbo to take part on Friday, May 16. It's a day where Jamie wants to get as many kids around the world to cook a meal from scratch, but it's also a day for families and grown-ups to join in too," Ms Morris said.
"The number of overweight kids in Australia has doubled in recent years, which is frightening. One quarter of kids are now considered obese or overweight.
"We need to get back to basics by empowering kids to cook from scratch as we now face a generation who have lost such an important and essential life skill."
Angela has become an integral part of Jamie Oliver's organisation after a chance to be his restaurant manager at Fifteen when it opened.
She grew up in Dubbo, after her parents moved here when she was young. Her parents Col and Kath Morris still live in Dubbo.
Angela attended St John's Catholic Primary School and St John's College, before completing years 11 and 12 in Sydney, and a university degree at the University of Technology Sydney. .
A few years after graduating, she decided she wanted to travel overseas and that was when a stroke of luck saw her end up working at Fifteen.
"My sister Rebecca, who had arrived in London a year beforehand, emailed me with a job advertisement for Jamie Oliver's new restaurant group called Fifteen, which trains young unemployed people to become professional chefs. Little did I realise what an adventure that would bring!" Angela said.
"I was initially employed as a restaurant manager until the time that a marketing manager position was created. From there I had the opportunity to move across to Jamie's head office where I became the marketing and commercial manager."
After only intending to stay six months, Angela is now in her 12th year working with Oliver and while she misses her family and friends, she said she loves being part of Oliver's organisation.
She said the English chef is exactly the same as he appears in his show.
"I'm biased but Jamie is genuinely lovely, very laid back and quite cheeky," she said.
"He downplays his intelligence as he's incredibly bright and articulate. He knows every facet of what's happening across his businesses, his charity and the community.
"I've always used the word 'unstoppable' to describe Jamie. He's incredibly passionate about food education being accessible for people of all ages; ultimately it's about empowering people to make better, more informed decisions about what they eat and how it impacts their body."
