The People Just Do Nothing star on using food to connect to his Kurdish roots, his mental block with seafood and why he looks up to Anthony Bourdain
The Peacock and People Just Do Nothing star on using food to connect to his Kurdish roots, his mental block with seafood and why he looks up to Anthony BourdainBecause food was so prominent in my household: my dad’s Kurdish, my mum’s Czech, but my mum spent 15 years living in Baghdad before I was born, so she’s an expert on both sides. She’d always be cooking: a simpler dish would be a goulash with dumplings, or, from the Kurdish side, a lamb stew either with okra or potatoes or beans.
. But I didn’t want to walk into an office and go: “Can me and two of my mates that have never been on telly get paid to travel the world?” It’s a lot harder to pitch that, so I took it into my own hands and we created our own videos.down that path. I wanted to create a documentary, as opposed to a staged food show. But if we’ve influenced someone, if you’ve had a great time off the back of our great time, then that’s great.that I don’t eat any fish or seafood.
That was an eye-opener on their food scene. I even tried some sushi and I didn’t die, I didn’t faint or throw up.One day, if I do a big movie, they’ll have to get me a trainer and they’ll feed me food through a drip, and it will be fine.A really well done mezcal margarita. I love sour: that’s very much Kurdish and eastern Europe on the Czech side. And sour and spicy drinks are my bag more than sweet.Nandine in Camberwell, south London.
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