Explore every episode of the podcast FRUK Unwrapped: The Food Review UK Podcast
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| 82: Closure AKA “I'm One Of Those Pickle Juice Perverts” | 30 Mar 2024 | 01:58:22 | |
Look, we love our fans and couldn't stay away forever. Plus if you're gonna make an unexpected return, when is better than Easter? For one time only (until the next time), the FRUK Unwrapped Trio sit down to discuss foods and establishments that have closed in the past 3 years since we last recorded, as well as whatever nonsense MJ thinks up. Road names, anyone? | |||
| 81: The End AKA “I've just polished off my bar!” | 29 Apr 2021 | 02:40:13 | |
This is the end, Beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend. The end. Of our elaborate plans, the end Of everything that stands, the end No safety of surprise, the end I'll never look into your eyes again | |||
| 75: FRUKMaster Christmas Special 2020 | 10 Dec 2020 | 02:39:20 | |
Welcome to our 2020 Christmas Celebration. We asked the FRUK Unwrapped and fans group over on Facebook to submit entires for a series of challenges. Here are the results The video version of this podcast will be available on Youtube FRUK Unwrapped and Fans https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=fruk%20unwrapped%20%26%20fans FRUK Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYOFq7ytT-jMWL5cAoqDow | |||
| 1: Introduction | 04 Jul 2017 | 00:50:07 | |
Nate and Stuart are joined by the Frukmaster himself, Youtube's Michael Jamieson, to discuss the origins of Fruk, Pizza, and general foodie fun. MJ will be the first ever contestant on the gameshow that is sure to take the world by storm "Sweeter or Savourier"! To suggest food items for the Sweeter or Savourier flat cap, contact us at frukcast@gmail.com or catch us on youtube or twitter. Simply search for Food Review UK and look for the face of a beloved serial killer!
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| 74: Fruit AKA "If fruits were living beings which would be the biggest bellend?" | 26 Nov 2020 | 01:55:45 | |
Episode 74 sees MJ, Nate and Stuart return for some sans guest fruity chat. We see the return of a much loved feature. | |||
| 73: Combinations AKA "Steak is quite a formal meat!" | 12 Nov 2020 | 02:12:57 | |
Alyx Ancira returns to Unwrapped to discussion combinations. The good, the bad and the ugly!
Find alyx at www.bingemedia.net | |||
| 72: Halloween AKA "All Pumpkin all the time!" | 29 Oct 2020 | 02:28:55 | |
Warren Minnix! You have heard Warren previously on our Anniversary special and through some of the amazing music he has produced for the podcast but here he us for the first time in full length (that's what she said) Warren joins us to discuss all things spooky. Food, Movies, Forests.
You can find Warren's podcast "Metal Gear Mondays" at https://metalgearmondays.com
Warren's band Spooky Forest at https://soundcloud.com/spookyforest
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| 71: Healthy Eating 2 AKA "Ol' Dabbits die hard!" | 15 Oct 2020 | 02:00:34 | |
Stuart and Roman from the Man V Fat podcast join us once more, with the third member of their pod squad, Ross, to discuss the difficulties of maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the apocalypse. Ross takes on the Sweeter or Savourier challenge and there is quite a lot of sock chat.
Find the MvF lads at https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/manvfat-podcast/id1439368516 | |||
| 70: Dice and Decider AKA "Little teaser of the old fingering incident!" | 30 Sep 2020 | 02:10:39 | |
The cast of the acclaimed actual play Dungeons and Dragons Podcast* join us for an episode determined by the role of the dice. Is it random, or are the dice a conduit for fate? * MJ, Nate, Stuart, Sam and Luke are all familiar to longtime subscribers. Mike is a first time podsquad member. Member in both senses of the word. Check out Dice and Desire from wherever you consume your pods! https://linktr.ee/DiceAndDesire | |||
| 69: Food Conspiracies AKA "Dunking Hoops!" | 16 Sep 2020 | 02:08:52 | |
Fleminho, the Flemmeister, Femmings 3D, Flemme Fatale, Charlie Fleming returns after a 19 month absence. The most requested return guest ever is back as the Fox Mulder to MJ's Dana Scully. The Truth is out there. Find Charlie on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/atomicnortherner | |||
| FRUK Unwrapped: Secret Menu "Fantasy Football - Season 2" | 02 Sep 2020 | 02:23:11 | |
The Welsh Dragon himself, Dylan Mohammed-Smart returns for a recap of last season and to launch the new FPL. This time we are inexplicably joined by David Goss because, apparently, finishing the highest in the league doesn't mean you're the best FPL player! | |||
| 68: Eggs AKA "All right then, keep your secrets" | 19 Aug 2020 | 02:11:41 | |
While the egg-hater is away, the egg-lovers wil play. Stuart is pitching a tent somewhere in the UK, so Nate and MJ invite the ever charming Kelly Cletheroe on to discuss the "Jack of all trades" of the food world, the humble Egg. As per usual there are plenty of tangents involving quarantine, Sir Ian McKellen and french kissing.....not all in the same conversation FYI.
Go follow Kelly's stuff: Blog: http://maverickbaking.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEF2cNEuZN9b0QaV7AqsEBg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maverickbaking/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/maverickbaking?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MaverickBaking/ | |||
| 67: Milkshakes AKA "...so I'm probably gonna have to go arse!" | 06 Aug 2020 | 02:06:54 | |
My podcast brings all the boys to the yard... | |||
| Quivia Special 3 - Finale | 15 Apr 2021 | 01:59:40 | |
The winners of the Quivia semi finals come together, along with MJ and Chris "The Clam" Clements to run Nate's gauntlet of Quivia rounds.
Who will be the winner? Who will eat humble pie? Find out in this, the penultimate episode of FRUK Unwrapped. | |||
| 66: Brownies AKA "Quit yo' Jibber Jabber!" | 22 Jul 2020 | 02:09:24 | |
John Lashley, Main dude from The Brooklyn Brownie Co. joins us to discuss the wonderful world of the Brownie. John tells us all about the crazy life of the UK's no. 1 Mr T Lookalike/Brownie entrepeneur. We play Sweeter or savourier and Nate takes us along the Hershey Highway in round of Quivia he named "Brown Town" https://www.brooklynbrownieco.com | |||
| 65: Third Anniversary AKA "10 doughnuts for 5 quid!" | 08 Jul 2020 | 02:44:38 | |
Who better to celebrate our third anniversary with than the people who mean the most to us? We threw out an open invitiation on our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/frukunwrapped A whole host of lovely people stepped up to help us celebrate and play the most ambitions game of Sweeter or Savourier yet! Huge thanks to all those who called in and everybody else who has listened over the last 3 years. We love you all. Except Chris Clements, he can get in the sea.
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| 64: Marks & Spencer AKA "The way the sriracha drips!" | 24 Jun 2020 | 01:39:35 | |
"Claire! They keep saying my wife is imaginary. Will you come on the podcast to prove you exist?" Finally, CJ, Clooj, The wife of Michael Jamieson....some Theme Park Wife is on the poddy. And this is no ordinary podcast. This is an M&S podcast. | |||
| FRUK Unwrapped: Secret Menu "Children's TV shows" | 10 Jun 2020 | 02:04:17 | |
Shhhh, it's a secret. In a break from our regularly scheduled programming we take a trip down nostalgia lane, turning onto reminiscence road before arriving at sentimental street as we rustle up fond memories of the Children's TV we grew up watching. Quivia sees us tackle Heroes and Villians and the eagerly awaited return of Nate's Soundbites. | |||
| 63: Vegetarianism AKA "Cows teats are not touched!" | 27 May 2020 | 01:50:02 | |
Everything is upside down, Kangaroos are all around. You may touch their teats but not consume their delicious flesh as we are joined by Australian comedy behemoth, Matt Stewart. Nate presents us with an impenetrable game of quivia and MJ reminisces about a much loved family movie. | |||
| 62: Home Cooking AKA "If you, at home, have eaten testicles...!" | 13 May 2020 | 02:18:22 | |
Let me tell you all about a man, a man with a cookie plan... Rich and Toni off of Food Review UK and the Cookie Mill join us for a guaranteed 6 star episode. Nathan drinks a lot of gin, MJ refrains from Cocktails and Stuart ponders the deliciousness off different animals genitalia. Visit the Cookie Mill at www.thecookiemill.co.uk | |||
| TV dinners - The Chef Show - S1. Ep1 (REUPLOAD) | 06 May 2020 | 00:21:25 | |
REUPLOAD You know how costco do those little samples to encourage you to buy the products? Well, apparently some people go just for the free buffet and don't buy anything. Those people are pricks. Don't be a prick. TV Dinners is a new podcast from the Unwrapped team which will only be available to our patreon supporters. Visit patreon.com/foodreviewuk to become a patreon supporter. | |||
| 61: Fish and Chips AKA "Tickle the boxes!" | 29 Apr 2020 | 02:06:22 | |
At once both humble, and magnificent...No, not Nathan Peterson, we're talking about the staple of British Cuisine Fish and Chips. Where does it sit in the takeaway table? Do southern chippy's have 'owt moist? Why hasn't Nate heard of a Chinese Chippy? These are just some of the salient topics we cover...much like we cover our chips in lashings of salt and vinegar (and brown sauce apparently)
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| 60: Biscuits AKA "Get your Richmond and Nob Off!" | 15 Apr 2020 | 02:06:36 | |
Andrew Shanahan, founder of Man Vs Fat football, author all round top bloke, joins us to chat biscuits. Shan's Latest Novel on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Before-After-Andrew-Shanahan/dp/1677612150 | |||
| 59: Food festivals AKA "The phonetic alphabet of food!" | 01 Apr 2020 | 02:29:53 | |
"I know when to go out, I know when to stay in" Not my words, the words of Mr. David Bowie, very apt during these times. This week we chose to stay in and chat about going out. Basically self torture. Joining us to discuss the world of Food Festivals is the wonderful Maneet from Minsmeals. You can find Maneet online at: Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2wOFV3KoWwB_BPc85x-qLw Twitter - @minsmeals Instagram - @minsmeals Oh yeah, it's a long 'un. Not like you've got anything better to do though.
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| 80: Leftovers AKA “I'd like to befriend a Greek family!” | 01 Apr 2021 | 02:33:48 | |
When we started this podcast we made a list of topics we would like to cover. As we approach the end of our run we have some topics left uncovered. The Leftovers! | |||
| 58: Cocktails AKA "Gentle Botanicals!" | 19 Mar 2020 | 02:01:26 | |
Like robot Lions coming together to create a Super Robot, Harry and Rerra return to unwrapped in their combined form. Harrerratron! Harrerratron joins us to discuss Cocktails and play Quivia and Heaven and Hell. Find Harry and Rerra at: Rerra on Twitter @Rerrabear Harry on Youtube www.youtube.com/user/WheresMyChallenge Harrerratron on Twitch twitch.tv/haztastic
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| 57: Pies AKA "You've been holding it for 5 minutes and now you're thrusting it into the camera" | 05 Mar 2020 | 01:29:46 | |
Do you like pie? IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU LIKE! To celebrate British Pie Week (not at all a lucky coincidence) we invited everyone's favourite Wee Lassie on to the show, Kelly Cletheroe. What makes a pie, whats a good filling, what type of pastry we should use, and whether or not Tom Kerridge is food. Below you can find links to Kelly's page (Maverick Baking) as well as her boyfriend's restaurants. https://www.instagram.com/maverickbaking/ | |||
| 56: Flatbreads AKA "OMG I love the thickness of this carrot!" | 20 Feb 2020 | 01:30:02 | |
Somebody left the podcast unlocked and MJ got in. Sorry. Flatbreads. Flatdeads more like. | |||
| 55: Valentine's Day AKA "Michael Said She Would Get Extremely Erect Nipples" | 06 Feb 2020 | 01:32:09 | |
The boys return for their first recorded show of 2020. There is alot of pressure to have a date on The Day Of Love, but this year the guys decide to go stag and recorded on their own, because if you can't love yourself, then how can you expect others to? This description got a bit weird, didn't it....... Anyway, in this episode you'll hear about aphrodisiacs, Valentine's Day treats and.....well, something else that none of us saw coming. | |||
| 54: Mexican AKA "Corn Herpes!" | 16 Jan 2020 | 01:38:19 | |
Author, podcaster and Mexican food enthusiast David Mayne joins us to go south of the border in out first full podcast of 2020 | |||
| 53: A Wight Christmas AKA "Favourite cut of steak? Bit of tit!" | 12 Dec 2019 | 01:51:49 | |
Merry Christmas. Thanks for spending 2019 listening to us Waffle on, and big thanks to all our guests. Some might say we've saved the best for last. BONGERZZ | |||
| 52: Kebabs AKA "Greasy Tasty!" | 28 Nov 2019 | 01:53:19 | |
If there's one feller who knows the ins and outs of Kebabs, Kebaps, Kebobs and Kebops it's the one and only, legit Boss, David Goss. | |||
| 51: Chocolate tin individual chocolate showdown AKA "Always happy to see the Fudge!" | 14 Nov 2019 | 01:22:00 | |
In a change to our advertised episode, we decide to make dreams a reality. In our last episode we mentioned the idea of pitting all the individual choclates in chocolate tins against each other in a showdown. So we did it! | |||
| 50: Celebrations AKA "Werthers Owijjinaels!" | 31 Oct 2019 | 01:46:49 | |
There's a party goin' on right here A celebration to last throughout the years So bring your good times and your laughter too We gonna celebrate your party with you Come on now, celebration Let's all celebrate and have a good time | |||
| 79: Snack Attack AKA "He's a tory, you're a tory, all tories together!" | 18 Mar 2021 | 02:34:09 | |
As FRUK Unwrapped nears it's final episode, the lads wanted to do another tournament episode. This time Savoury Snacks face off in SNACK ATTACK | |||
| Quivia Special 2 | 16 Oct 2019 | 01:13:09 | |
Back in August 2018 David Goss triumphed over Kelly and MJ to become the king of Quivia. In this second Quivia special, Nate puts Stuart, Chris "the Clam" Clements and Ri....Sam through 5 rounds to see who will progress to take on the reigning champ. | |||
| 49: Cake AKA "Whipping Royal Icing straight out the womb!" | 02 Oct 2019 | 01:59:35 | |
Guess who's back. Back again. Maverick's back. Tell a friend. In a change to the regular line-up, Kelly replaces Nate to discuss cake. Seems like a fair swap to me. | |||
| 48: Youtube AKA "Is that a vibrator on his forehead?" | 18 Sep 2019 | 01:47:58 | |
Who better to discuss Youtube than the success story of 2019. The UK's number one all action, multi purpose reviewer. Owner operator of a commercial vehicle and Leicester's number one son...BLUE VAN MAN! | |||
| 47: Beer AKA "The beer was slowly becoming a bomb!" | 04 Sep 2019 | 02:09:27 | |
Simon from the wonderful Real Ale Craft beer YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCToLK0FybrEO9BwODMoWAow ) joins Stuart to chat beer whilst MJ and Nate look on from the sidelines. | |||
| 46: Italian AKA "I did pegging at my wedding!" | 21 Aug 2019 | 01:59:29 | |
This time on FRUK Unwrapped we're joined by...MJ's SISTER?! Emma joins us to discuss Italian food. We delve into Pasta, Pizza, Pegging and Poo Play. | |||
| FRUK Unwrapped: Secret Menu "Fantasy Football" | 07 Aug 2019 | 02:05:12 | |
In the second Secret Menu we, once again, take a break from food chat to discuss another of our passions. This time we are joined by Dylan Mohammad-Smart to preview this year's fantasy football and discuss our plans, hopes and worries for the forthcoming season. Quivia is back and on fire, we play a special football themes Sweeter or Savourier and we find out why Dominic Calvert-Lewin is a must have for MJ. Join the FRUK league using the code: hjmpq4 | |||
| 45: BBQ AKA "find me a BBQ and I'll show you a sausage that fits on it!" | 24 Jul 2019 | 01:44:19 | |
Calfu, Roberto Callums, Dani Calves, Calluca Zambrotta. Accrington Stanley's number 2 joins us once more to make it a brace of appearances. As the UK enjoys a heatwave, we crack out the charcoal (or gas) and fire up the chat to give him a grilling. Callum makes his pleas for Heaven and Hell and we play the worst ever episode of Quivia. Well done Nate, you've ruined the podcast. Still, makes a change from MJ ruining it. Oh, hang on. MJ's naked. Business as usual then.
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| 44: Advertising AKA "What is the sexiest what would you be?" | 10 Jul 2019 | 01:49:53 | |
In a rare display of synchronicity, brought on by coincidence rather than design, we are joined by Luke Stevens from the Youtube channel "Sweaty Thumbsticks" to discuss food advertising. We discuss the fall out from the Royal Crumble, play some advertising Quivia and delve into the, apparently, overwhelmingly racist past of british TV advertising. | |||
| Fruk Unwrapped: Royal Crumble Tournament. | 26 Jun 2019 | 01:57:20 | |
The teams are drafted. The bracket produced. Let's get ready to RUMBLE! Massive thanks to Warren Minnix for the sick intro. | |||
| Fruk Unwrapped: Royal Crumble Draft | 21 Jun 2019 | 00:30:07 | |
At last. The draft for the most anticipated tournament of the year is here. Join us as we decide who will represent MJ's team, Nate's team, Stuart's team, and your team in the inaugural Royal Crumble Tournament. Food advertising mascots do battle in this delectable deathmatch. | |||
| 78: Chicken AKA "Sometimes the meat transitions into fat and creeps me out" | 04 Mar 2021 | 01:47:40 | |
In a change to our advertised show, Chicken is discussed by the 3 fruksketeers. | |||
| 43: Ice Lollies AKA "MJ plans an episode in 5 minutes and it's f***ing chaos!" | 12 Jun 2019 | 01:56:16 | |
Our scheduled guest was unable to appear so, as we were all set up, we decided to let MJ surprise us. You never go full MJ! | |||
| 42: Crisps AKA "The Vulture of Happiness" | 29 May 2019 | 02:05:46 | |
Stuart is off galavanting, so we decided to sneak his nemesis, Chris Clements, onto the show. In this episode, we discuss Chris' name sounding like Crisps, why MJs ice tea was ruined and the shagability of the Colonel. BONGERZ! | |||
| FRUK Unwrapped: Secret Menu "Game of Thrones" | 15 May 2019 | 02:00:05 | |
In a break to our regularly scheduled programming, the unwrapped team get together for a SPOILER filled chat about the goings on in Westeros. We play thematic versions of the unwrapped games, run down our favourite characters and get to the bottom of the hipster hate, for season 8! | |||
| 41: Chocolate Returns AKA "When you wake up every day being thankful that Michael Barrymore wasn't dyslexic!" | 01 May 2019 | 01:54:01 | |
In our first ever sequel we are joined by Steffi from The Chocolate Smiths https://www.thechocolatesmiths.com to chat choc. Be sure to listen to the end for an incredible audible treat! | |||