Vegan Chef Part Of “Chefs Move To Schools” Michelle Obama Campaign
Written by Vegetarian Star on June 11th, 2010 in Chefs, Children, Nutrition-Health-Fitness.
Jakub Mejstrik
A vegan chef is part of the 500 in Michelle Obama‘s Chefs Move To Schools campaign that does a Jamie Oliver-like revolution and pairs culinary experts with schools across the nation to improve lunches and educate cafeteria workers, teachers and administrators.
Jakub Mejstrik is a vegan chef who is likely to end up in a school in the northeast Ohio area once he starts his mission. Although he knows he’s not going to turn every 5th grader vegetarian, as a vegan, his perspectives on food and health are bound to make an incredible difference.
“There is no way I can just go into the schools and tell [children and administrators] ‘this is what I believe in, this is what you should do’ — but at least I want to help them incorporate as many fresh fruits and vegetables as they can,” Mejstrik told Cleveland.com.
One way he can push plants without tofu is to start a school garden, something he’s expressed interest in doing.
According to the website, letsmove.gov, “Mrs. Obama is calling on chefs to get involved by adopting a school and working with teachers, parents and school nutrition professionals and administrators to help educate kids about food and nutrition. By creating healthy dishes that taste good, chefs have a unique ability to deliver these messages in a fun and appealing way to the larger audience, particularly children.”
Wishing Mejstrik the best of luck. He’s our biggest celebrity chef of the moment.
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