Can Fergus and Jeremy Eat an Elephant (w/t)
JanuaryFergus Henderson and Jeremy Lee have been mates for a long time. With Fergus running his celebrated restaurant St John – famous for its 'nose to tail' menu including everything from pigs ears to bone marrow – and Jeremy's position as head chef at top eatery Blueprint Café, the two friends are at the foodie frontline.
Now Fergus and Jeremy embark on an epic culinary journey across Europe, Asia and Africa to truly test their own limitations. To find their culinary ceiling, the duo attempt to eat their way up through the ladder of animals considered taboo for consumption in Britain but very much part of the daily diet in other parts of the world.
Starting with very small creatures and working their way up to the very big, Fergus and Jeremy visit places where these meats are local and seasonal, to kill, cook and eat them in the traditional way – from beetles and maggot-infested cheese, through rat, snake, porcupine and dog to horse, monkey and, finally, elephant.
The programme is a serious look at different cultures through the food they serve, exploring where some British food taboos stem from. Along the way Fergus and Jeremy also examine their own culinary revulsions and preconceptions.
Contacts
Press Contact
Saskia Wirth
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Picture Publicist
Lis Clucas
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Production Company
Keo Films
Commissioning Editor
Liam Humphreys
Saskia Wirth
swirth@channel4.co.uk
Picture Publicist
Lis Clucas
lclucas@channel4.co.uk
Production Company
Keo Films
Commissioning Editor
Liam Humphreys