larry: so what do you eat now? what s your favorite food at school? i like the beef-aroni a lot. larry: do you like cooking this better than you like cooking what you used to cook? i don t have a problem with it. i liked what i did before. but this is a little more work, but i feel like it s healthier for everybody. larry: alice, how are the kids reacting in general? a lot of them are still asking if it s jamie s food, and i think the reason they did that is because of all of the publicity. and if if it was just we just tell them it s always been our food and a lot of them are the kids that are going to eat will eat, it doesn t really matter. but a lot of them adjusted to it really well, especially the pizzas. larry: patrick, have you seen is there a noticeable difference? i i would say yes. there has been.
i did. we were given this about a principal s meeting that the show was coming and i was head tant about taking part of this because i didn t know what was going to do to my cuts. how s it working out? working out great, jamie first came here, we didn t know how to thank jamie when we came in. we didn t know what the show was going to be about. and other than just making a change in our lunch program. larry: you re the head school cook. did you resent this? yes, i did, at first. but after a couple of weeks, i add justed to it and get along just fine. larry: and alice, you are a school cook. how did you feel at first? how do you feel now? actually, we re doing really well with it. the kids are doing a lot better
kids get fit. read it at cnn.com/larryking. joining us from huntington, west virginia, patrick o neal, principal of the central city elementary school. his school is featured in jamie oliver s food revolution debuts tomorrow on abc. also with us, rebecca ferrell, a fifth grader at central city. head school cook and school cooks lilly bailey and alice gue. we ll start with the principal, patrick o neal. did you object to this at first? pretty much i did. we were giving this at a principal s meeting that the show and i was hesitant about taking part in this because iton know what it was going to do to my cooks. larry: how s it working out? working out great, jamie first came here, we didn t know how to thank jamie when we came in.
healthier. jamie, do you take credit for the revolution they ve alreadyl been under a microscope and governor mansion of west virginia, who s probably one of the most inspiring governors out there, politicians, had already been doing quite a lot of tireless stuff with his wife, working in schools, across different areas. already the school system had already made lots and lots and lots of changes. really, i guess my job was to kind of it wasn t just schools, it was kind of all elements of the community coming together and in one moment, to tell a story and to also sort of join forces and do even better. so, you know, look i don t want to take anyone s credit. the only upside for me is sustainable, independent, good movements forward. you know, we re in a very i think we re in a precious time right now, with the nutrition act going through congress. i think michelle is trying to do some great things. and i m very worried about
being the worst in the entire world? larry: joining us now from new york, pastor steve willis of the first baptist church in west virginia. and from huntington, west virginia, marissa clayton. a 17-year-old high school senior, one of six young people jamie picked to be part of his army in this food revolution. pastor, how did you get involved? well, our church began this about a year ago before jamie came to town and we weren t making the progress that we needed to make. so i prayed with my wife. no exaggeration. i prayed with my wife, you know, i can get people to exercise. but the nutritional aspect of this is beyond my pay grade. the next day jamie s production people called and said we were interested in coming to huntington to help us out. what is your role as one of six part of an army? i m basically i m here to help. i m trying to, you know, get