TAKE AWAY MY TAKEAWAY
PROGRAMME 8: ISTANBUL
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
00:00 – 03:04
Dave Berry tracks down 19-year-old Jamie in a Sheffield kebab house, where he's a nightly customer. Although Jamie comes from a family of chefs, he's never cooked a kebab, and he's bowled over when Dave sends him off to Istanbul to find out exactly how it's done.
03:05 – 04:38
Jamie lands in Istanbul and takes a ferry across the Bosphorus to meet his host, Oguzhan Iskenderoglu – Oz – a descendant of the man who created the very first doner kebab.
04:39 – 07:48
Jamie hits the market, looking for all the lip-licking ingredients he's used to finding in a kebab, especially chilli sauce. He takes his booty back to Oz, but the bad news is that not one of the ingredients he's bought is actually used in a Turkish kebab.
07:49 – 09:44
Oz takes Jamie to one of his family's kebab restaurants and proudly shows him the first doner grill in the world, used by his great-grandfather in the 1850s. Chef Mecit Han Iskender teaches Jamie how to prepare the meat, vegetables and dressings for an authentic kebab.
09:45 – 10-39
Jamie thinks the kebab is 'gorgeous', even though it's nothing like the doners he buys every night back in Sheffield.
10:40 – 14:07
It's day two and Jamie's off to a rather smelly sheep farm. He tries on the shepherd's extraordinary cloak, but the sheep are too fast for him to catch one.
14:08 – 15:34
Jamie comes face to face with the harsh side of meat-eating, as he takes 'his' sheep to the abattoir and watches, horrified, as it's slaughtered. He's shaken by the experience.
15:35 – 17:42
Kebab-tower-builder extraordinaire, Sedat Vatansever, demonstrates how to turn a pile of meat into a perfect, firm and well-shaped tower. It's not as simple as it looks, as Jamie discovers when it's his turn.
17:43 – 18:51
The next day Jamie goes to the flagship restaurant to cook for Oz, his family and his father, kebab expert Yavuz Idkenderoglu – head of the Iskender Kebab restaurant chain and a man who has kebab-making in his blood.
18:52 – 20:04
Oz has a good laugh at Jamie's burnt pitta breads. Things haven't got off to a great start.
20:05 – 22:05
Jamie sets his kebab tower to cook and starts work on the vegetables. Soon he's feeling the pressure – the veg are burning, whilst the tower isn't done yet – but at last it all comes together.
22:06 – 23:23
Jamie serves his meal, and waits for the verdict, which is very good! The twelve guests love their doners, so he can relax and feel proud of his efforts.
23:24 – 24:00
Back home Jamie shows Dave how a traditional doner should be made. Delicious!