Home economics classes have declined in schools in Britain and the United States and young people lack basic cooking skills. Top Chefs Jamie Oliver, Alice Waters, and Bill Telepan are working with schools to teach kids how to cook healthy, nutritious foods.

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Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver tweeted his support of Martha Payne and her NeverSeconds school lunch blog, which was banned and then unbanned by local British officials. In this 2006 photo, Oliver serves up a healthy school dinner to pupils from Ealdham Primary School in Leicester Square.