Bloggerview with Nick Ede, Not even a CAN CAN of beans

Name and occupation:

Nick Ede – Style and Brand Expert

What would you like to plug?

My TV SHOW  OK!TV which I present once a week on CH Five and my PR agency www.edencancan.com

Name your three desert island ingredients:

POPCORN, FLOUR, OIL

Your best cooking tip.

ALWAYS READ THE PACK INSTRUCTIONS – NO SERIOUSLY PLAY WITH YOUR RECIPIES AND MAKE THEM YOUR OWN AND DONT BE AFRAID TO EXPERIMENT

What would you have for your last supper? 

PRAWN COCKTAIL WITH HOME MADE MARIE ROSE SAUCE,

FISH AND CHIPS IN BEER BATTER AND PEAS (NOT MUSHY)

AND VANILLA CHEESECAKE FOR DESERT – SIMPLE BUT DELICIOUS – ITS YOUR LAST SUPPER TO CLOG THOSE ARTORIES! 

What foodstuff would you banish to room 101?

CALIMARI WHO WANTS TO EAT RUBBER!!

What's your favourite restaurant?

ANDREW EDMONDS IN SOHO

What's your favourite tipple?

 A GOOD GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE FROM NICOLAS FEUILLATTE

Which book gets you cooking ?

I DONT READ COOK BOOKS!

Kitchen implement you can't do with out.

 GARLIC CRUSHER

What's your dream dinner party line-up? 

MARIAH CAREY, MARYLIN MONROE, OPRAH WINFREY, MY PARENTS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING

And what would you cook for them?

ID COOK A MOUSAKA WITH TONNES OF MEAT AND VEG!

What is your favourite cooking aroma ?

 MEXICAN SPICES

What was your childhood teatime treat?

TUNNOCKS TEA CAKES AND SNOWBALLS

What was the first thing you learnt to cook?

101 THINGS TO DO WITH AN EGG FOR WHEN I LEFT HOME AND WENT TO ART SCHOOL

What was there first thing you taught your children to cook? 

I DONT HAVE KIDS BUT MY GOD CHILDREN LOVE THE BISCUTS I TEACH THEM TO PREPARE

What was your mothers signature dish and do you try to copy it?

IT WAS AN AMAZING ROAST BUT SHE ALSO MADE BANANA WRAPPED IN PARMA HAM COVERED IN PARMASAN HOT SAUCE! AMAZING

What would you make to impress your partner?

 AN ITALIAN MEAL FROM SCRATCH – HOME MADE GARLIC BREAD, PASTA AND SAUCE WITH DELICIOUS WINE! 

What was your most memorable meal?

MY FIRST TRIP TO THE IVY AS I HAD SAVED UP ALL MY WAGES FROM BEING AN USHER WHEN I MOVED TO LONDON TO GO!

What was your biggest culinary disaster?

BURNING A LOT OF THINGS A LOT OF THE TIME! OH AND INVITING A DATE OVER AND SERVING HIM COLD CHICKEN! 

What's the worst meal you've ever had?

 ONE AT HIX IN SOHO IT WASNT THE FOOD IT WAS THE SERVICE!

What's the most outlandish thing you've ever eaten?

COWS EYES IN INDIA! 

Who's your food hero/food villain?

LOVE NANCY LAM

HATE GINO DI CAMPO! 

Nigella or Delia?

DELIA

Gin or Vodka?

VODKA

Muesli or fry-up?

FRY UP

Wine or beer?

WINE

KFC or Burger King?

KFC I AM OBSESSED WITH ZINGER TOWER MEALS

What do you consider the best of the best of British?

A GOOD ROAST WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS OH AND STEAK AND KIDNEY PUDDING

What's the best/worst thing about the British restaurant scene?

THE SERVICE!!!!

What do you think will be the next big thing?

BACK TO BASICS FOOD THAT TASTES GOOD AND ISNT TOO FANCY! OH AND DELI STYLE EATING! HAVE YOU BEEN TO EATALY IN NEW YORK!! LOVE IT

What would you do if you could choose any other career?

 ID OWN A B&B OR A CHIPPIE

What do you have for Christmas lunch?

EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK I LOVE A REAL OLD FASHIONED XMAS DINNER!

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