Jamie Oliver Admits That He Would Let His Children Eat McDonald’s

Jamie Oliver has admitted that he would let his children eat McDonald’s despite leading a campaign against the fast food chain arguing their burgers were not fit for human consumption.

The celebrity chef, 42, yesterday launched his latest plan to fight obesity in which he calls for  adverts for junk food to be banned before the watershed, a ban on the the sale of energy drinks to under 18s, a wider ranging sugar tax, more training for GPs and a new Government targets to cut obesity.

But despite his targets, and the campaign he led against “pink slime” burgers before the fast food giant changed its recipe, he has admitted that he would not stop his five children eating junk food.

When asked what he would say if one of his children – Poppy, 16, Daisy, 15, Petal, nine, Buddy, seven and one-year-old River – said that they were going to go to McDonald’s with their friends, Mr Oliver said: “Honestly? If they wanted to go, I’d let them. Because they get really well fed 95 per cent of the time from us. If they want to go out and have a fizzy drink I don’t care, because we have none in the house. My wife’s probably stricter. She’d say, “Oh please, don’t.” But they’d only end up doing it in some other place.”