British Chef Jamie Oliver To Improve Americans' Unhealthy Diet In New Series

The Naked Chef is coming to undress unhealthy American cities. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has signed on to star in a new reality series, wherein he will try to improve Americans' eating habits.

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The yet-untitled ABC series will be co-produced by the 33-year-old kitchen master's Fresh One shingle and Ryan Seacrest's eponymous banner.

It will adopt Oliver's U.K. series "Jamie's School Dinners," wherein the chef prompted the Government to spend around $850 million on school food.

In his "Ministry of Food" show last year, he held cooking lessons to encourage Rotherham natives to abandon fastfood takeouts and ready meals in favor of healthy foods.

Oliver has been quoted by telegraph.co.uk as saying, "I believe that now is the time when America is ready for big change. I've been working on ideas for the American series for five years now, inspired by what has been achieved by the wonderful people in Greenwich and Rotherham."

"This is without question the most important and challenging thing I'll ever do in my life but I truly believe that I can at least plant the seeds of change in America in terms of helping a community to cook better, feed their kids better and save money."

The six-part series will begin production later this year for an early 2010 airing date.