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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
David Cohen

Winter Survival Appeal: Fist-bumps and fresh food as Celebrity Gogglebox’s Babatunde Aléshé lends a hand

There was a frisson of excitement at Idia’s Community Kitchen in Hackney when Celebrity Gogglebox star Babatunde Aléshé dropped in for a visit to support our Christmas Campaign.

The actor and stand-up comedian arrived at midday to prepare jollof rice and vegetables for some of the charity’s 1,000 weekly patrons and then sat down for a fist bump and a chat with early arrivals who had come for a hot meal, a bag of surplus fresh produce to take home, and a chat.

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