Those with a knack for recalling forgotten moments of cultural detritus may remember Cookin’ with Brooklyn, a short-lived Facebook show involving Brooklyn Beckham, his kitchen, and a number of chefs who looked decidedly uncomfortable being there. It contained both the football heir’s insightful pearls of wisdom (on dicing: “it’s, like, really small”) and more personal moments, like him telling Nobu Matsuhisa about going without sushi till he was 13 — quick, call Childline. Perhaps not such a surprise that, at $100,000 an episode, the producers decided after one season to send it to the great chip-pan fire in the sky.
Good news, then, for Londoners who’ve only just been scraping by without young Brooklyn’s cheffy wisdom. The former model/barista/photographer/actor has partnered with Uber Eats to launch his own pop-up restaurant in London. Not a restaurant anyone can visit or eat in, mind, but one that delivers. Beckers will offer five of his favourite dishes — what he calls “his ultimate takeaway menu” — available to order on the app on January 25 and 26 between 5—10pm. “Uber Eats Hosts Brooklyn Beckham is reimagining the food delivery status quo,” say the Uber Eats press office, which sounds an awful lot like they’re criticising their usual way of going about things.
