West Virginia Department of Commerce Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution

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Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution



Real-world Classrooms, Hands-on Experience
Huntington's KitchenGood-tasting food should be good for you. That is why world-renowned chef Jamie Oliver brought his reality television show, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, to Huntington in 2009. After the city was named one of the unhealthiest cities in the nation, Oliver decided to set up shop in Huntington to help Tri-State residents fight chronic diseases through better food choices.

After Oliver and his crew left town, the filming location was turned into a community kitchen, appropriately named Huntington’s Kitchen. Administered by Ebenezer Medical Outreach (EMO) as part of their Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Life program and sponsored by Cabell Huntington Hospital and U.S. Foodservice, Huntington’s Kitchen continues to focus on wholesome cooking and living.

Kitchen manager Jillian Moore, along with program director Ashley Thompson, teach students how to make tasty and healthful meals. “We offer hands-on cooking lessons that focus on getting people to cook using basic raw ingredients.” Approximately 40 people take part in the one-hour-a-week, 10-week course. The goal of EMO is to work with “one person, one household at a time for a healthier West Virginia.”

On Thursdays, students and the public can purchase fresh, quality, locally-grown produce for a low price at the on-site produce market. Proceeds from the market help fund the Healthy Lifestyle, Healthy Life program and provide healthcare to patients.

“We hope to kick off a revolution that takes off in other communities around the country to get America cooking again!” Moore said. “We also hope to be able to reach the members of the community who need it the most and would like to focus on the eating habits of children.”