The filming permit for the celebrity chef’s ABC series “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” was terminated this week, said Los Angeles Unified School District spokesman Robert Alaniz. He said Oliver had been filming for two weeks at one school but the decision was made to ban him from others because he failed to submit a proposal about his plans to officials. “We decided to put a halt to it until we receive that proposal,” said Alaniz. “We really don’t want to be part of reality TV. The success formula for reality TV is drama and conflict. We’re just not interested in either. This serves as a wake-up call. We’re not interested in participating in reality TV across the district. We just don’t want to go there.” A spokeswoman for the network said production on “Food Revolution” would continue, though she refused to specifically comment on Oliver’s ban from Los Angeles schools. Alaniz said Oliver had been shooting at West Adams Preparatory High School and was scheduled to film at Manual Arts Senior High School and Santee Education Complex before he was banned. The first season of the reality TV show featured Oliver attempting to revolutionize the eating habits and food policies of Huntington, West Virginia. The town, which wasn’t always thrilled to have The Naked Chef there, was selected after a 2008 story by The Associated Press dubbed the five-county metropolitan area that it is in as the United States’ unhealthiest. “The school fought for me to get into their school, as did the teachers and the parent groups,” Oliver said.
