Meet the television chef hoping to become Streatham’s Jamie Oliver by making children eat more healthy food.

Former Michelin starred chef Sanjay Dwidedi, 45, appeared on the UK version of cult US and Japanese cooking show Iron Chef, broadcast on Channel 4 in May.

The father-of-two, from Gracefield Gardens, is hoping his TV fame will help him in his quest to inspire parents to scrap giving processed, pre-cooked and fast-food meals to their kids.

He said he was inspired to do something after discovering the poor diet some parents were giving their children.

He will hold a cooking demonstration at St Simon and St Jude’s Church in Hillside Road, Streatham Hill, next month.

The event from 11.30am on November 13, is open to the public, and Mr Dwidedi is hoping to set up further demonstrations.

But the former Ivy and Fat Duck chef also wants to get involved in improving school meals and cooking in schools.

The full-time chef at top Indian resturant Zaika, in Kensington, said he had been invited by St Andrew’s Primary School to talk to children about eating healthily.

He also said he would love the opportunity to work with schools to ensure school lunches were healthier.

He has been inspired by the work Jamie Oliver has done in the UK and America.

He said: "Too many parents are not cooking the right things for their kids.

"My plan is to show some really simple and healthy dishes parents can cook for the whole family. My plan is to give people the tools, but parents will have to make a change in their lifestyle to make it work."

The most recent NHS statistics show 14.3 per cent of four and five year-old reception age pupils in Lambeth schools are estimated to be overweight, and 8.7 per cent obese.

Some 14.7 per cent of 10 and 11-year-olds in Lambeth are overweight and 22.24 per cent are obese, according to the 2008-09 National Childhood Measurement Programme research.