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Jamie's Irish dinner lady quits
Tuesday 3 April 2007
Irishwoman Nora Sands is leaving Kidbrooke School in south-east London next term after 13 years.
She starred alongside Oliver in Jamie's School Dinners, the Channel 4 show which campaigned to ban food such as Turkey Twizzlers from the menu.
UK Education chiefs said she was going for "personal and health-related" reasons - denying reports she has resigned in frustration at a lack of government cash to improve school meals.
A friend of Sands told the Daily Mirror: "Nora is passionate about this campaign. To see nothing change despite all the problems has been heartbreaking.
"She became increasingly frustrated at trying to provide a healthy menu with none of the extra money or training for staff promised by the government."
Celebrity chef Oliver said he was bitterly disappointed that Sands was leaving.
"It's a great shame. Nora has made incredible changes at Kidbrooke and really struggled over the past four years without support.
"I know that after a short break she is hoping to find a way to help and support all the other fantastic dinner ladies up and down the country who are working hard, often with very little back-up, to make sure the kids are getting a decent hot meal every day," he told the Daily Mirror.
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