Ham El-Waylly Wants To Cook With Ms. Rachel And Lady Gaga

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4.6 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is Ham El-Waylly—chef, recipe developer, restaurateur, and author of the new cookbook “Hello, Home Cooking: Doable Dishes for Every Day.” Ham is also the co-founder of the Brooklyn restaurant Strange Delight and part of an NYC culinary power couple with his wife, Sohla El-Waylly. Ham joins host Kerry Diamond to talk about growing up in Doha, watching “Yan Can Cook” on repeat, meeting Sohla at the Culinary Institute of America, being a girl dad, and his restaurant life. He also shares the story behind some of his favorite “Hello, Home Cooking” recipes, including a nostalgic Brazilian-inspired dessert, a viral-ready date fudge, and a silky tahini-tofu dip. (Click here for the tahini-tofu dip recipe.) This interview was recorded at Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center. Cherry Bombe on Substack The Jubilee Business Owners Pass application Our new Mom’s the Bombe issue Visit cherrybombe.com for subscriptions, tickets to upcoming events, and more. More on Ham: Instagram, Strange Delight, "Hello, Home Cooking" cookbook More on Kerry: Instagram, “So You Want To Open A Restaurant” Substack series

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. You are listening to Radio Cherrybaum and I'm your host, Carrie Diamond,
0:09.5	coming to you from Newsstand Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City.
0:13.9	Today's guest is Ham L. Waley. Ham is a chef, recipe developer, restaurateur, and Girl Dead,
0:20.9	and his first cookbook drops tomorrow.
0:23.1	Hello, home cooking.
0:24.5	Doable dishes for every day.
0:26.9	Ham, who is also one of the founders of the Brooklyn restaurant Strange Delight,
0:31.1	is part of a New York City culinary power couple.
0:34.0	We love our power couples, as he is married to Sola L. Whaley,
0:38.9	who some of you might know from Instagram or her best-selling cookbook or from her cherry bomb cover. Ham joins me to talk about how
0:45.0	the TV show Yan can cook influenced his career path, meeting and falling in love with Sola in
0:50.3	culinary school, raising his daughter, some recipes you need to try from his book,
0:55.2	and why he wants to cook with Miss Rachel and Lady Gaga one day.
0:59.4	Stay tuned for our chat.
1:01.2	We're busy at Cherrybaum H.Q. putting the finishing touches on our annual Jubilee conference.
1:05.9	It's an amazing day of connection and community, and it's taking place on Saturday,
1:10.2	April 25th, at the
1:11.5	Glass House here in New York City. Tickets are on sale right now at Cherrybaum.com. If you happen to own
1:18.0	a restaurant, bakery, cafe, or coffee shop, and plan to attend Jubilee, you should apply for
1:23.4	our business owner pass, which we're offering in partnership with Square. You can get discounted Jubilee tickets for yourself and your team members.
1:31.2	The deadline is this Wednesday to apply, so don't delay.
1:35.2	The application is on cherrybomb.com, and you can find the link in our show notes.
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