He brings the bars, we’re bringing the braise. Award-winning actor and rapper Riz Ahmed joins us this week, with a CV that runs from Four Lions to Nightcrawler and Sound of Metal, plus an Emmy for The Night Of and the Oscar-winning The Long Goodbye, which he co-wrote and starred in. There’s no part he can’t play, bar one: a man who sleeps on a pillow. Riz likes his flavours layered and his food adventurous, making it a tailor-made opportunity for Angela to cook braised chicken with pickled cucumbers, inspired by the Filipino classic adobo. It’s paired with a bottle of Familie Mantler Gemischter Satz, selected by the Waitrose wine experts. Over dinner we cover his mum’s cooking, his life as sous chef to his wife and his firm stance on salt and vinegar crisps. Riz’s love of movies started young, with a childhood spent dreaming up films and acting them out in the kitchen, no budget required. These days the sets are slightly bigger, with plenty more people helping bring the story to life. He tells Nick and Angela about his new film, Digger, a bold black comedy from Alejandro González Iñárritu about the end of the world, and what it’s like working with co-star Tom Cruise, whose curiosity about everyone around him is as surreal as it is infectious. We also find out why a day on set with Tom comes with a great deal of clapping. Luckily for Riz, we’re no strangers to a round of applause at Dish. Find all Dish episodes here: https://pod.link/1626354833 All recipes from this podcast can be found at https://www.waitrose.com/dishrecipes A transcript for this episode can be found at https://www.waitrose.com/dish Follow Dish: https://www.instagram.com/dish_podcast/ https://www.tiktok.com/@dishpodcast Follow Waitrose: https://www.instagram.com/waitrose/ https://www.tiktok.com/@waitrose Follow Nick: https://www.instagram.com/nicholasgrimshaw/ https://www.tiktok.com/@nickgrimshaw Follow Angela: https://www.instagram.com/angelacooking/ Follow Cold Glass Productions: https://www.instagram.com/coldglassproductions/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/cold-glass-productions We can’t all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help. Send your dilemmas to dish@waitrose.co.uk and she’ll try to answer in a future episode. Dish is a Cold Glass Production for Waitrose ------------------------------------