Kids of mum who defied Jamie Oliver and fed them burgers through school gates are fat

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Julie Critchlow ­shovelling pies, ­burgers, chips and fizzy pop through the bars in defiance of Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver & Julie Critchlow (Pic: Channel 4)

She famously enraged Jamie Oliver by selling junk food to children through a school fence as he battled to ­improve menus.

As pictures showed ­“Sinner Lady” Julie Critchlow ­shovelling pies, ­burgers, chips and fizzy pop through the bars in defiance of the chef’s healthy school dinners campaign, she was called “the worst mum in Britain”.

Jamie himself branded her a “t**t” and a “big old ­scrubber” before they later met and made up.

Now five years on, carer Julie, 48, and her two ­child­ren are all overweight ­according to official health guidelines. But she is unrep­ent­ant... and still insists Jamie was wrong.

Julie, of Doncaster, South Yorks, said: “That Jamie is a lovely lad. His heart is in the right place, but he doesn’t know what he’s on about.

“My kids are living proof that a good British diet ­including chips, mash, ­sausages and bacon butties helps them turn out just fine. I also feed my kids salads and lots of fruit. But I let them eat stuff that tastes good too. They are happy, beautiful and have no serious health problems.”

Posing with son Steven, 16, and daughter Rachael, 20, a new mum to six-month-old Ellie, she insists they have turned out perfectly.

Before the extra weight put on in pregnancy, Rachael, was a Size 14 ­weighing 11½ stone at 5ft 6in. A healthier weight for a ­woman her height is ­around nine stone.

Steven, at 6ft 1in, weighs 14 stone... only slightly ­overweight. But he describes himself as fat. Julie, at 5ft 8in, is herself 12½ stone and a Size 16, putting her in the overweight range.

But she won’t accept that Jamie might have had a point. “He’s not a doctor,” she says. “He has opinions about food, which he’s entitled to. But judging by the way my kids turned out, I’d say I was right and he was wrong.

“If I’d done everything Jamie wanted they would have starved themselves through school and been robbed of the pleasure of eating food they like.”