When the amazing @narelda_jacobs has an idea for a TV show that is fresh, interesting, and smart, you pay attention. When she says she wants you to be on that show with her and the absolutely brilliant @fooderati, you nearly spit out your coffee, but you play it cool.
On Dinner Guest, we’ll discuss our society, culture, politics, work, families, beliefs – everything that makes us human. What do we disagree on and so can learn from each other? What do we agree on and so can find our common humanity? What voices do we not get to hear on TV as often as we should? Each episode, @narelda_jacobs, @fooderati , and I will be joined by a guest (in the first ep, the truly glorious @patskarvelas), and each episode there is one more chair at the table – that’s reserved for you. Join us?
Dinner Guest is part of @channel10au ‘s Pilot Showcase and will stream on @10playau from Monday July 4. We’ve saved you a seat, so see you there!
(@narelda_jacobs and @fooderati, I adore you both)
When the amazing @narelda_jacobs has an idea for a TV show that is fresh, interesting, and smart, you pay attention. When she says she wants you to be on that show with her and the absolutely brilliant @fooderati, you nearly spit out your coffee, but you play it cool.
On Dinner Guest, we’ll discuss our society, culture, politics, work, families, beliefs – everything that makes us human. What do we disagree on and so can learn from each other? What do we agree on and so can find our common humanity? What voices do we not get to hear on TV as often as we should? Each episode, @narelda_jacobs, @fooderati , and I will be joined by a guest (in the first ep, the truly glorious @patskarvelas), and each episode there is one more chair at the table – that’s reserved for you. Join us?
Dinner Guest is part of @channel10au ‘s Pilot Showcase and will stream on @10playau from Monday July 4. We’ve saved you a seat, so see you there!
(@narelda_jacobs and @fooderati, I adore you both)
Hello from LA! So great to attend the G’day USA gala hosted by the AAA last night, where Waleed was MC! It’s a night that celebrates the relationship between the arts industries in Aus and the US, and one of the highlights of the night was when they brought out piles of Tim Tams to every table. Now friends, I don’t want to alarm anyone but I noticed at the end of the night that someone (can only have been an American, as no Australian would ever) had taken one bite of the Tim Tam and LEFT THE REST ON THE TABLE. This can only be seen as an act of aggression and possibly war from what was once a great ally and I’m sure urgent talks are under way.
ANYWAY. My dress is by none other than @aleemyusufcouture, make up was by @giigiisbeauty and in that last picture? You see me gazing absolutely adoringly at my husband. I know. Too much 🤷♀️ Los Angeles, California
Hello from LA! So great to attend the G’day USA gala hosted by the AAA last night, where Waleed was MC! It’s a night that celebrates the relationship between the arts industries in Aus and the US, and one of the highlights of the night was when they brought out piles of Tim Tams to every table. Now friends, I don’t want to alarm anyone but I noticed at the end of the night that someone (can only have been an American, as no Australian would ever) had taken one bite of the Tim Tam and LEFT THE REST ON THE TABLE. This can only be seen as an act of aggression and possibly war from what was once a great ally and I’m sure urgent talks are under way.
ANYWAY. My dress is by none other than @aleemyusufcouture, make up was by @giigiisbeauty and in that last picture? You see me gazing absolutely adoringly at my husband. I know. Too much 🤷♀️ Los Angeles, California
Hello from LA! So great to attend the G’day USA gala hosted by the AAA last night, where Waleed was MC! It’s a night that celebrates the relationship between the arts industries in Aus and the US, and one of the highlights of the night was when they brought out piles of Tim Tams to every table. Now friends, I don’t want to alarm anyone but I noticed at the end of the night that someone (can only have been an American, as no Australian would ever) had taken one bite of the Tim Tam and LEFT THE REST ON THE TABLE. This can only be seen as an act of aggression and possibly war from what was once a great ally and I’m sure urgent talks are under way.
ANYWAY. My dress is by none other than @aleemyusufcouture, make up was by @giigiisbeauty and in that last picture? You see me gazing absolutely adoringly at my husband. I know. Too much 🤷♀️ Los Angeles, California
Hello from LA! So great to attend the G’day USA gala hosted by the AAA last night, where Waleed was MC! It’s a night that celebrates the relationship between the arts industries in Aus and the US, and one of the highlights of the night was when they brought out piles of Tim Tams to every table. Now friends, I don’t want to alarm anyone but I noticed at the end of the night that someone (can only have been an American, as no Australian would ever) had taken one bite of the Tim Tam and LEFT THE REST ON THE TABLE. This can only be seen as an act of aggression and possibly war from what was once a great ally and I’m sure urgent talks are under way.
ANYWAY. My dress is by none other than @aleemyusufcouture, make up was by @giigiisbeauty and in that last picture? You see me gazing absolutely adoringly at my husband. I know. Too much 🤷♀️ Los Angeles, California
Hello from LA! So great to attend the G’day USA gala hosted by the AAA last night, where Waleed was MC! It’s a night that celebrates the relationship between the arts industries in Aus and the US, and one of the highlights of the night was when they brought out piles of Tim Tams to every table. Now friends, I don’t want to alarm anyone but I noticed at the end of the night that someone (can only have been an American, as no Australian would ever) had taken one bite of the Tim Tam and LEFT THE REST ON THE TABLE. This can only be seen as an act of aggression and possibly war from what was once a great ally and I’m sure urgent talks are under way.
ANYWAY. My dress is by none other than @aleemyusufcouture, make up was by @giigiisbeauty and in that last picture? You see me gazing absolutely adoringly at my husband. I know. Too much 🤷♀️ Los Angeles, California
Hello from LA! So great to attend the G’day USA gala hosted by the AAA last night, where Waleed was MC! It’s a night that celebrates the relationship between the arts industries in Aus and the US, and one of the highlights of the night was when they brought out piles of Tim Tams to every table. Now friends, I don’t want to alarm anyone but I noticed at the end of the night that someone (can only have been an American, as no Australian would ever) had taken one bite of the Tim Tam and LEFT THE REST ON THE TABLE. This can only be seen as an act of aggression and possibly war from what was once a great ally and I’m sure urgent talks are under way.
ANYWAY. My dress is by none other than @aleemyusufcouture, make up was by @giigiisbeauty and in that last picture? You see me gazing absolutely adoringly at my husband. I know. Too much 🤷♀️ Los Angeles, California
Eid Mubarak from mum and dad
V for Vaccinated! So happy and grateful that we were now both eligible for our Covid vaccine in Melbourne! It was probably the least painful vax I’ve ever had (Waleed only cried a little bit. So proud of him). A couple of hours later and I feel totally fine – no second head has grown! 🙃 Working with @unicefaustralia I know how many people around the world aren’t able to get vaccinated and I know me getting it helps protect the community. Nobody is safe until everybody is safe. ✌️ for #vaccinated EDITED TO ADD: turning off comments because this was descending into a dumping ground for antivax conspiracy, never backed by facts or evidence, and (intriguingly often) really rude and often using bizarre personal attacks, despite my attempts to engage politely and respectfully. So, go somewhere else 😊 My Insta isn’t for dangerous, unscientific comments to be platformed 🤷♀️
A relaxing holiday sitting in front of a currently-steaming volcano that our guide helpfully informed us is due for a once-every-500-year explosion
This is my brother-in-law, Ahmad, a surgeon at the Austin hospital in Melbourne. He is desperately worried by what, and who, he is seeing in his hospital. Please watch this
Walking into Shawwal like…
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#EidMubarak
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The first of the two moments of happiness for the fasting person.
Friends, #DinnerGuestAU is now available to stream free on @10playau! You may ask why I wanted to be part of this, so come very close to me as I grab you by the shoulders and whisper firmly in your ear that it meant I got to sit with @narelda_jacobs and @fooderati and eat a lot and talk at dinner like I do with friends about life, the universe, and everything, and someone did my makeup and lent me nice clothes and are you out of your ever loving mind of course I said yes. It showcases perspectives and voices absent from mainstream TV for way too long, but also shows us what unites us all. YOU CAN SIT WITH US. This table is big enough for everyone! Don’t you want to hear fresh conversations? Anyway, we need you to watch the heck out of this, and then write comments and subtle hashtags like #NareldaForPM and #MelissaIsOurQueen and #PassTheSaganaki and #DinnerGuestAUNeedsA200EpisodeRun because that shows the network that smart people like you are into it . We’ve done our bit and made Ep 1 – we need you to do your bit now and get us ep 2 and beyond!
Friends, #DinnerGuestAU is now available to stream free on @10playau! You may ask why I wanted to be part of this, so come very close to me as I grab you by the shoulders and whisper firmly in your ear that it meant I got to sit with @narelda_jacobs and @fooderati and eat a lot and talk at dinner like I do with friends about life, the universe, and everything, and someone did my makeup and lent me nice clothes and are you out of your ever loving mind of course I said yes. It showcases perspectives and voices absent from mainstream TV for way too long, but also shows us what unites us all. YOU CAN SIT WITH US. This table is big enough for everyone! Don’t you want to hear fresh conversations? Anyway, we need you to watch the heck out of this, and then write comments and subtle hashtags like #NareldaForPM and #MelissaIsOurQueen and #PassTheSaganaki and #DinnerGuestAUNeedsA200EpisodeRun because that shows the network that smart people like you are into it . We’ve done our bit and made Ep 1 – we need you to do your bit now and get us ep 2 and beyond!
One of the things I look back on in my life with the most gratitude are the times people went out of their way to help me, for no benefit to them, because in their past, someone had helped them in the same way. A kind of beautiful, generous relay race.
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I try to help people out in the areas I’ve benefited from the input of others too, like when I tell people about great restaurants or cool TV shows or new chip flavours. Meaningful stuff like that.
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But you want to know the most meaningful, generous, and more life-changing-than-a-new-chip-recommendation thing you can do for someone else right now? Because you benefited from it, and you can’t pay it back, but you CAN pay it forward?
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Donate $5 and cover the full double COVID vaccination of someone overseas in a low-income country that’s really struggling to get its COVID vaccinations where they need to be. Like Syria, where only 2.8% of the population is vaccinated. In Uganda, it’s 0.9%. Friends, let that sink in: 0.9%
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You and I? We got our vax for free and we get to live with all the safety and benefit of the really high vax rate in Australia. That disparity isn’t fair, but we can help change it. Next time you’re enjoying your $5 lockdown-free latte, celebrate being out and about by kicking in $5 for someone to get vaxxed too!
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You can be part of this beautiful, generous relay race with @unicefaustralia and pay forward someone’s COVID vax. I’m going to kick in because I genuinely feel passionate about this, and I would love it if you would join me too! Link is in my bio. #GiveTheWorldAShot
Friends, #DinnerGuestAU is now available to stream free on @10playau! You may ask why I wanted to be part of this, so come very close to me as I grab you by the shoulders and whisper firmly in your ear that it meant I got to sit with @narelda_jacobs and @fooderati and eat a lot and talk at dinner like I do with friends about life, the universe, and everything, and someone did my makeup and lent me nice clothes and are you out of your ever loving mind of course I said yes. It showcases perspectives and voices absent from mainstream TV for way too long, but also shows us what unites us all. YOU CAN SIT WITH US. This table is big enough for everyone! Don’t you want to hear fresh conversations? Anyway, we need you to watch the heck out of this, and then write comments and subtle hashtags like #NareldaForPM and #MelissaIsOurQueen and #PassTheSaganaki and #DinnerGuestAUNeedsA200EpisodeRun because that shows the network that smart people like you are into it . We’ve done our bit and made Ep 1 – we need you to do your bit now and get us ep 2 and beyond!
Shout out to the beautiful Victorian autistic community! There is tailored support available when booking and receiving your COVID-19 vaccination if you are autistic or have a friend/family member that might need more information. For assistance, contact your DLO (Disability Support Liaison) or the wonderful people at Amaze have detailed more information here at this website: https://www.amaze.org.au/coronavirushub/covid-19-vaccinations/
There’s a lot happening in the world right now, much of it good but, sadly, some pretty terrible stuff too. I had a chat with @unicefaustralia Young Ambassadors @kbora_ali and @_harrison_oates about what’s happening, how we can actually help, and also about Ramadan (which is now!). Ramadan is a time for us to not just focus on ourselves but to #ShareYourBlessings. So if you want to know how YOU can share your blessings and help kids who need it most this month, and hear a bit about Ramadan, watch and donate! Now is the best time to give! Link’s in my bio
