Pub "betrayed" by Jamie Oliver

The pub featured in Jamie Oliver's new TV series claims it has been "betrayed" by the way the chef portrayed it in the show.

Maureen Cross, who runs the King's Head in Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire with her husband Phil, has hit out at the celebrity chef for painting its project to deliver dinners to a local school as a failure.

The programme did not mention the fact that the pub is continuing to provide hot dinners to two schools in the area.

"I've lost a lot of respect for him," said Mrs Cross. "He should have at least said we have kept doing dinners. We thought it would be fair and not just highlight the bad points. We all feel betrayed by Jamie."

The programme - a follow-up to last year's Jamie's School Dinners - also featured the pub's chef Steve Cross, who had been hired two days earlier. Viewers saw the chef being barracked by Oliver for failing to maintain hygiene levels.

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