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Islington

Food & Cooking

PG

22

Dec 31, 2016

Nick is on his home turf, Islington, eating his way around town. He stops at a few places, one with his comedy hero Bob Mortimer. He also arranges to meet his girlfriend for an anniversary dinner at their favourite restaurant...but will she turn up?

Season 1, 16 episodes

season 1 (16 episodes)

Nick is on his home turf, Islington, eating his way around town. He stops at a few places, one with his comedy hero Bob Mortimer. He also arranges to meet his girlfriend for an anniversary dinner at their favourite restaurant...but will she turn up?

After his break-up, Nick wakes up in Camden. To thank his friend for crashing on his sofa, Nick takes him to breakfast. Then, a liquid lunch at an underground speakeasy where he invents his own cocktail before sampling food stalls at a street market.

Nick travels to Leeds with his best mate David Trent, where they have Yorkshire pudding wraps for breakfast before Nick seeks out some chicken soup to help mend his broken heart at a Jewish deli, Ira B's. That's not all though...an epic dinner awaits.

Nick goes back to Brighton to catch up with some old friends and take his mind off his ex. First stop, Nowhere Man, a café specializing in American pancakes, followed by a heart-to-heart over fish and chips on the beach with one of his best friends.

Nick journeys to Berlin to reinvent himself with help from Game of Thrones actor Gemma Whelan in a multi-cultural weekend full of currywurst and chips, Korean BBQs, traditional German cakes and Turkish tapas.

Nick returns to his family home town of St Albans for waffles and bacon, followed by a visit to his parents' house for his mum's prawn lasagna and a shoulder to cry on. After gate-crashing a St Albans Curry Club event, Nick relives his childhood.

Determined to not let his break-up ruin the non-refundable weekend away in Paris he'd booked for his ex, Nick decides to take David Trent instead. Their romantic adventure takes them all over Paris, ending with a walk along the River Seine.

Nick is joined by Nish Kumar to eat their way around London's Little Europe before Brexit shuts everything down. The day begins in Little Portugal with salted cod, followed by Little Italy and pizza, and finally Little Poland for pierogis and vodka.

Nick attempts to get as far away from his ex as possible by house hunting in Peckham. He stops off with his estate agent at a bao bun eatery, aptly named Mr Bao followed by tapas at the aptly named Miss Tapas.

Nick gets out of his comfort zone and travels to rural Essex for a farm to fork experience. He invents his own brand of sausages at Meatline butchers, then takes on a turkey plucking and carving challenge against the world record holder, Paul Kelly.

Nick Helm is in his spiritual home of Soho for a fried chicken breakfast with comedian Lloyd Griffith. Then it's on to his favorite ramen bar, Bone Daddies, before meeting up with Sherlock's Amanda Abbington for soup dumplings in Chinatown.

Nick and David Trent go camping for the weekend at Machfest. In between gigs, Nick finds time for a vegan street food platter with Rhod Gilbert, a visit to a Willy Wonka style sweet shop, and a breakfast with Mike Bubbins

Nick Helm bumps into Crazyhead star Susan Wokoma on the way to the same audition in Notting Hill and the pair arrange to catch up over Austrian Tapas at Kipferl, Mexican tacos from Taquieria and jerk chicken burgers at Boom Burger.

Nick is joined by Ed Gamble for an Irn Bru pulled pork sandwich cooked by Danny 'Mad Chef' McLaren. Then, Nick gets competitive as they are taught how to make sushi at Nippon kitchen. After, theres time to sample some traditional Scottish delicacies.

It's moving day for Nick Helm and he's ready for the next chapter in his life as he spends the day in Borough Market near his new flat. He meets up with Borough resident Evelyn Mok, then heads to the pub for a drink with all the people he's met.

The Last Supper,

Nick has a house warming party to celebrate, with a feast inspired by the food he's eaten throughout the show. But really, it's all just a ruse as he's met a new girl and doesn't want her to think he doesn't have any friends. But will she turn up?

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Comfort Eating

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Comedian Nick Helm is hosting a new show all about food and what it means to him. But when his girlfriend dumps him at the start of the series, Nick must come to terms with his newfound single status. Nick travels all around Europe, eating through it all.

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