Writer and broadcaster Jimi Famurewa launches new podcast
Where’s Home Really? is a brand-new podcast hosted by British-Nigerian writer, broadcaster, and restaurant critic Jimi Famurewa.
Best known for his role as a guest judge on BBC One’s Masterchef and as one of the lead judges on Channel 4’s The Great Cookbook Challenge with Jamie Oliver, Jimi has always been fascinated by the relationship between food, culture, and heritage.
His critically acclaimed book Settlers, which explores the vibrant, hidden world of black African London through food, faith, and culture, was released last year. The book will be a base for his new podcast series.
Guests will be well-known names including Big Zuu, Andi Oliver, Charlene White, Asma Khan, Andrew Wong, Stephen K Amos, Jyoty Singh, Nitin Sawhney, Melissa Hemsley, Rickie Haywood-Williams and Evelyn Mok.
Each episode will see guests reveal a person, phrase, place, and plate that best represents what home means to them. They will share their own unique experiences and emotional responses to the question ‘Where’s Home Really?’.
Stephen K Amos speaks to Jimi about growing up watching Trevor McDonald on ITV News which gave him hope that there was a space for him as a non-white person in the TV industry. Asma Khan opens up about feeling detached from her UK heritage before moving back to Calcutta, learning how to cook and returning to the UK to start her successful supper club.
Jimi will also share his own understanding of ‘home’, from growing up in South East London and his family in Lagos, Nigeria, and how this has impacted his relationship with food.
“To be hosting a podcast like Where’s Home Really? is truly a pinch-yourself, double-check-it’s-not-an-elaborate-prank moment,” says Jimi. “These are the sorts of conversations about culture and heritage that I’m always longing to have – eye-opening, heartfelt, gaspingly funny – and Podimo UK and Listen are the dream partners for it. We’ve got something special and I can’t wait for people to hear it.”
The first episode featuring stand-up comedian, writer, and TV personality Stephen K Amos will be available to listen to from Thursday 2 March on all podcast platforms.