One of London’s best-loved purveyors of pizza, Yard Sale Pizza, has announced a new month-long collaboration with independent food creatives Taste Cadets.
The pair are launching a limited edition pizza, the Slemani Special, named after the north-eastern Iraqi city. The name is a nod to the Kurdish roots of one of the Taste Cadets, Allan ‘Seapa’ Mustafa, who besides being a Cadet is best known as the writer and co-creator of the hit TV series, People Just Do Nothing.
The pizza will feature a classic Yard Sale base, topped with slivers of Kurdish-style lamb kebab, tomatoes, sumac and flor di latte mozzarella. A portion of the proceeds generated by sales of the new creation will contribute to the Kurdish Red Crescent Society aid program, which helps provide relief for the earthquake which devastated the southern Turkish and northern Syrian region back in February.
Mustafa is one third of the Taste Cadets trio. Self-styled as “three swagged out mates traveling around eating everything the world has to offer”, they also include former chef Kieran Cavanagh and tattoo artist and skateboarder Marcus Adams.
The group said of the new Yard Sale Pizza partnership: “we’re buzzing to bring a taste of Seapa’s heritage and culture to our collab with Yard Sale with a 100 per cent certy Kurdish lamb recipe we’ve been developing in the kitchen.”
All 10 Yard Sale locations, including their latest spot in Tottenham, will serve the new special.
Taste Cadets continued: “We’ve been big fans of theirs for a while, so to bring the Slemani Special to the masses is really exciting - lamb kebab on a pizza? You know it makes sense. It’s also a great opportunity for us to help raise some money for all those affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and beyond via the Kurdish Red Crescent’s Earthquake Fundraiser.”
The trio have shot to popularity since launching in 2017, courting a younger food-focussed audience who swerve the likes of Michelin when discovering their new favourite restaurants. The thruple recently launched a YouTube series dubbed Home Turf in which they explore the varied (Kurdish, Scottish and Jamaican respectively) heritage of the group. The episode begins with the discovery of Scottish lorne sausage at Deeney’s Café and goes onto Sarchnar restaurant for Kurdish inspired kebab.
The Slemani Special will be available from April 19 until May 16 across all Yard Sale Pizza sites
