SA foodie Nene gets US show interview spot
LOCAL chef and food stylist
Zola Nene made a surprise guest appearance on US chat show The Kelly Clarkson Show this weekend.
Durban-born Nene was joined by British celebrity chef and TV presenter Gordon Ramsay.
Taking to Instagram, she shared the exciting news with her fans: “Yep… this really happened! I got interviewed with Gordon Ramsay by Kelly Clarkson on her show.
“Corona lockdown meant that I couldn’t go to LA and be in studio as planned, but the virtual interview was pretty hilarious and fun too!”
The interview forms part of the publicity for the second season of Ramsay’s National Geographic show Uncharted, which Nene guests stars in during his South African leg.
In the episode, the two visit KwaZulu-Natal where they get to experience some of the local culture, including Ramsay cooking a feast for a local Zulu chief.
During the virtual interview, Nene described a part of the episode where Ramsay found himself in a difficult situation.
“I kept stressing to him how the chief likes his meat well done, and Gordon gave him a bit of a medium well done,” she laughed.
The three had a laugh at Ramsay’s expense when Clarkson responded: “That’s literally every chef that’s made me a steak. All chefs hate me cause, look, I don’t want it mooing. I don’t want to see pink.”
Uncharted follows Ramsay as he travels the globe to learn about different food cultures and culinary traditions.
The second season of Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted premieres on National Geographic (DStv channel 181) on August 25 at 9pm.