It wasn't just in America he tried to change the food in schools. He met with the same results here in the U.K. too. I felt really sorry for him. He tried to ban fries and other fatty foods from the lunch time menu and some parents even queued up outside the school to give their children banned food.
"The chef led a TV campaign which saw him going in to school kitchens and helping staff to drop fatty foods from their menus in favour of healthier options.
The law was tightened in England for local authority primary schools in 2008 and secondaries in 2009, so that school lunches had to meet strict nutritional guidelines.
Sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks disappeared from vending machines.
The changes were not universally liked, and some parents took to passing their children fast food through the railings of their school."
I don't have an axe to grind either, I don't really rate his recipes.