James Martin says he'd have to 'pay someone a backhander' after 'disagreement' with ITV
James Martin has quipped he would have to “pay someone a backhander” to turn his dream ITV travel show into reality, after disagreeing with bosses over which country he should explore next.
The TV chef has revealed he pitched the idea of a travel series to Japan, so he could experience the cuisine and culture of the Asian nation. The 52-year-old revealed he's had the nation “on his list” for a while.
But due to work commitments and the Covid pandemic, he found himself missing his chance to visit. And, after suggesting it to top dogs at the channel, he found himself travelling to Spain instead, for James Martin’s Spanish Adventure.
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He said: “I’d love to go to Japan, it’s on my list. I’ve been close, been close with work, and then Covid hit, and I couldn’t make the gig and I keep saying to ITV that a travelog thing to Japan would be amazing, and they said, 'we’ll do Spain again'... ‘alright, okay’," he sighed.
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James Martin has filmed a number of travel shows (Image: Getty)“I really want to do it and I’m doing Spain in a similar sort of guise really. France, I know, America, I know, and that kind of stuff, and Spain is my next adventure.
“I don’t know a thing about Spain. I know the quality of the olive oils and the hams and that sort of stuff, I’m just going around like a Brit foodie saying, ‘feed me’.
“I think Japan would be the same sort of thing. I just want to parachute myself in there and almost go ‘what on earth is this?'
"You want to be walking around a market going, ‘what is that? Isn't that amazing,’ I’d love to do that. The people are amazing.”
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James went on to say he was “very jealous” of anyone who had visited the Asian nation.
Host Holly replied: “Maybe next year when I see you on the TV driving though Japan, I’ll be thinking, aww.”
James quipped: “If you do, you’ll know I’ve paid someone a backhander or something like that. I’d love to, but we’ll stick to what we know first of all but Japan and Japanese cuisine is definitely on the list.”
The chef returns to ITV's Saturday Morning today, where he will be speaking with author and comedian Ben Miller. It will feature recipes for Moroccan chicken, Swiss rolls, and mussels.
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