Awkwafina To Host Food Journey Collection ‘The Unlikely Cook’ For Apple

EXCLUSIVE: Apple is doubling down on travelogues. Following the success of The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy, which simply ended its third season, the streamer is heading out on the highway once more, this time with Awkwafina.

The Farewell and Crazy Rich Asians star is to host and exec produce The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina for Apple.

The eight-episode sequence will see Awkwafina, in any other case often called Nora Lum, embark on a deeply private cross-country journey as she explores modern Asian American delicacies, beginning together with her household’s personal legacy.

Her household ran Lum’s, a Cantonese restaurant in Flushing, NY, which was the primary Chinese restaurant within the metropolis. But regardless of rising up within the household enterprise, she will be able to’t prepare dinner in any respect. She might damage an immediate ramen. 

She might be joined by cooks, restaurateurs and her household as she travels the nation to discover what it takes to grasp Asian meals within the kitchen, and if she is going to in the end reimagine Lum’s legacy for in the present day.

The sequence is produced by ITV-owned Twofour, which produces The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy for the streamer. Awkwafina exec produces alongside David Brindley, Itay Reiss and Caroline Davies.

“I’ve never been trusted around a kitchen, so I thank everyone involved for opening that part of my house up to me. Food has been a huge part of my family’s history, and to be able to explore and reconnect with that legacy has been an incredibly rare and very special opportunity,” stated Awkwafina.  

Awkwafina is represented by UTA, Artists First and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.