Paapa Essiedu can’t resist our spicy prawn tacos with rhubarb and scotch bonnet salsa

Dish

Cold Glass Productions

Arts, Society & Culture, Comedy, Food

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Stories of superstitious drinks and a cheese grudge. Paapa Essiedu is a highly acclaimed actor, known for his work across stage and screen. After attending Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Paapa joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, making his debut in The Merry Wives of Windsor at the age of 22. Other stage credits include Death of England: Delroy, The Effect and, most recently, All My Sons, a performance which saw him win an Olivier Award. Paapa joins Nick and Angela to talk about two TV projects, including Falling, where he plays a priest who falls in love with a nun, portrayed by former Dish guest Keeley Hawes. The show is the first love story written by Jack Thorne, whose credits include Adolescence, His Dark Materials, Toxic Town and Skins. Falling is available to stream and watch live on Channel 4 from May 19. You’ll also see Paapa in Babies, opposite Siobhán Cullen, as a couple struggling through the experience of pregnancy loss. The series, available on BBC iPlayer, has garnered praise for the poignant handling of its subject matter. It’s an episode with a chilli kick, with big-batch spicy margaritas to get things started and then spicy prawn tacos with rhubarb & scotch bonnet salsa to keep things going. The tacos are a recipe by Ixta Belfrage, which is paired by our wine experts with a glass of Tohu Sauvignon Blanc Awatere Valley. Paapa is a huge fan of big bold flavours, including Thai and Mexican cuisine, and there’s also plenty of love for fresh tomatoes and, thanks to his recent theatre run, white chocolate matcha lattes. And, after recently taking up cooking classes, what skills can Paapa glean from watching Angela in the kitchen? You can watch full episodes of Dish on YouTube and on Spotify. All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes The recipe for the spicy prawn tacos with rhubarb & scotch bonnet salsa was created for Waitrose by Ixta Belfrage For chocolate mousse inspiration, mentioned at the end of the episode, check out this recipe by Martha Collison. A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish If you want to get in touch with us about anything at all, contact dish@waitrose.co.uk Dish from Waitrose is made by Cold Glass Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Will and I'm here to tell you all about PIP Organic, my mum and dad's family business.
0:06.1	We only use organic fruit and veg to make our award-winning drinks, snacks and ice lollies.
0:11.6	With no added sugars, sweeteners, all hidden nasties, making it easier for parents to say yes to little pipsters like me.
0:20.0	From our family to your family, we believe
0:22.4	kindness is cool to the core. Available in selected wait-tray stores and cafes for the whole
0:27.7	family to enjoy pit-pit parade. Dish from Waitrose is a cold glass production. This podcast
0:35.3	may contain some strong language and adult themes.
0:43.5	Hello, welcome to Dish from Waitrose. I am Nick Grimshaw. And I'm Angela Hartnett.
0:48.8	Hey, Angela Hartner. Hey, Nick Grimshaw. An exciting day today. We have a great actor. Papa
0:53.6	Esiadu going to be with us to talk about falling, to talk about babies, to talk about being in the theatre. Olivier Award. Talk about winning an Olivier Award. He's really great and really nice. And he's going to be with us on the show. Very exciting. Now we're in like the midst of May. Summer nights. Summer. It's like the cusp of summer.
1:13.3	Zika starting is starting. Is you eating outside yet? Have you done it yet?
1:17.3	Well this is the time I like to do it.
1:19.4	But have you done it? Well, listen, I actually want to talk to you about something.
1:23.1	I got last year a Gosney.
1:27.1	Gossany, yeah, pizza oven. Which is like a pizza oven, but apparently, and I've had it
1:32.0	for you, and I say apparently, because I've not used it, you can cook everything in it.
1:37.6	And you can like have gas, or you can...
1:41.0	Wood?
1:41.9	Wood, burn wood.
1:43.5	Burn wood. So you can have like wood-fired pizza.
1:45.9	Yeah.
1:46.7	If you ever use it? If you ever use it? You've had it for a year? You know, I've had it for... I've had it since last summer. Why have you never used it? Because I'm... Because it's dirty? No. Messy? No. Too much. I'm a bit scared about blowing up the neighbourhood
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