Comedian and star of new series  Am I The A** Hole Jamali Maddix is the latest guest on the hit podcast Dish From Waitrose.

Talking to hosts Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett OBE Jamali discusses doing stand up at age five, alligator cheesecake, raw tomatoes, red wine, restaurant, air fryers, airplane food and ice cream.

Below is a taste of the interview.

JAMALI ON STAND UP AT AGE FIVE

“Well, yeah, kind of, so I did the, you know, like… so I was doing a talent show. And I- there was like these two guys doing sketches and I was- my bit was to come in, in between. And you know that thing of when kids don't want to go on stage when they're young and they start crying. And then the teachers went, ‘Just go on stage.’ And I went out on stage and it was- it was- it was a bad set I should have got booed. So I was like, uh, I f- like I flipped up my collars and I was like, I'm Harry Hill. And it was…I wish comedy was that easy now.”

“Yeah, yeah, I just came on and did that and everyone went [makes sound of audience cheering]. People went mental for that.”

JAMALI ON COMEDY

“My mum don't like my comedy now. Genuinely, she- my mum watches it and she goes, ‘People pay for this?’”

“We don't want comedy that your mum goes, that's great. You kind of wanna, you know what I mean? It's probably- I probably should have to push further, but uh, yeah, yeah. So my mum's always saying, ‘Why don't you talk about your granddad? He's fun.’ [laughter]. People- they don’t want to hear about that.”

JAMALI ON EATING ON THE MOVE

“Yeah, I'm a busy man. Yeah. I like- I like- I like a burger.”

“Oh yeah, I eat [in public] bu- I don't care about it. Yeah, I’ll whack a full roast dinner. On the- on the Central line, bruv, I don't care. All that stuff, like, ‘You shouldn’t do it- you shouldn't eat in publ-’ brother, I got- brother, it is j- it’s a new world-It's 2000 and something bruv. We’ve got stuff to do. You trying to hit me with 1960s etiquette. I don't care. You know what I m- I pay my taxes, bruv-I- I'm eating on the train, you know what I mean? Yeah, I'll eat on the train, I don't care. Just whacking a full jalfrezi, yeah.”

JAMALI ON AN ALLIGATOR CHEESECAKE

“Yeah, I liked it. So it's like a savoury cheese- I got it in a place called Jacques-Imo’s in New Orleans. ‘Cause what I'll do is, when I'm on tour, I always, like I'll put out the Instagram, what’s like the good food spots, and so, it kept on saying, Jacques-Imo, Jacques-Imo, Jacques-Imo, cheesecake, crocodile cheesecake, so I went and, um, and I wasn't expecting, I was expecting, oh it’ll be fun, it's sort of like the Chi- it’s like the Chi- you ever had a Chicago deep dish? And you kind of go, I had it once. It was all right. But I just want normal pizza now. So I would be like that situation. And it was delicious, man. It had like, uh, alligator and shrimp in it. Yeah, it was just like, it’s sort of the texture of a cheesecake, but more salty and savoury. Like actually alligator bits and shrimp bits, it was great. Alligator I'd say is more chicken, it's sort of like, it's- I say it's like a, more like a fish texture-With a chicken-y ta- yeah, yeah, yeah.”

JAMALI ON HIS GUILTY PLEASURE

“[Sugar] Yeah. But I- it's too much. Oh I used to eat gâteaux for breakfast. I used to eat gâteaux for breakfast. And then the doctor-the doctor was like, bruv, you gotta shut that s*** down. But real talk, it was bad, like, yeah bad, ‘cause I got like bare diabetes in my family and that. Yeah, I got like proper diabetes, like-And they were like, you have diabetes in your family? I'm like, yeah. That's not me. And then he goes, nah, you need to stop. So, yeah, I used eat so much sugar, man. Like, everything like sweets, gummies…”

“Nah, it’s just me [in the family that has sweets]. Maybe I'm not even a part of that family. Maybe I'm adopted in.”

“Biscuit- biscuits? Bruv don't- nah bruv. Biscuits- biscuits don’t last. Oh, it's gone. No, I can't buy 'em no more. I've got- a chocolate digestive with like- I'll- I'll make tea just to dip the biscuit in, I don't-I don't even like tea. You know what I mean, I-Literally, I'm having the tea just so I have an excuse to be like, I'll grab a biscuit with a tea. It’s bad. Nah, it's- it's- it's- it's, yeah, it could destroy my whole life, it's bad-how much I lo- I love gummies…”

“And I was just in America and it's like, you know, they got so much selection of sweets. Their chocolates s***, but…The chocolate’s s***, man. Worst chocolate in the world, but I heard it’s ‘cause they don't use real milk. They use like powder milk. Where I think England and Europe still uses real milk. Terrible.”

“I go through phases, like I- sometimes I- I like to buy, you know, the- you know the box of Maltesers you buy for someone? I buy them for myself. And I’ll open that up.”

“I like a Galaxy. Snickers are classic. Twix, I did- there's- what I like to do for Twix, yeah, is I bite both of the ends and use it for like a straw for tea. Sort of like a Twix straw.”

JAMALI ON DISLIKING RED WINE

“Hate- I hate red wine. I've had red wine that's like, this bottle is a vintage… duh, du- It tastes like Dawson's Creek, like it just tastes the same. Is it Dawson's Creek. What's the… Jacob's Creek? Tastes like Jacob's Creek. Dawon’s Creek. It reminds me of a nineties sitcom. No, it's a…It's- it tastes like Jacob's Creek, bruv. Like, everything tastes like vinegar mixed with a bit of butter.”

“There's only- there's only- there's this one bottle that my, um, my- my friend got me, um, and uh, he was like, I was like, ‘I don't drink wine,’ he goes, ‘You’ll like this wine,’ and I said, ‘Brother, I don't drink it.’ And he got me this wine, it's called, uh, Jung & Sexy? And it's like a penet? Penet? But it’s like-But it's like fizzy. So it's like fizzy and sweet. And that's the-Yeah. That's the only reason I can drink it. ‘Cause it's like a sweet, so it's kind of just like drinking a… you know, like a KA. Like, you know what I mean? Like I drink a KA and that, bruv.”

JAMALI ON RESTAURANT AND FOOD CULTURE

“I hate when people, you kn- you know, you ever go to a restaurant and you see five people around one dessert and they've all got a spoon? I hate that s***. Just be an adult on buy your own dessert, bruv. And they all- they’re all like [does a fake laugh]. Like bruv, what you doing? They d- and the ice cream's melting. I hate that man. Yeah, I hate it, man. ‘Cause it's also, I don't like that thing where me and you sharing dessert and I- I just want to finish it. But then I've gotta be polite and save you some. I hate that.”

“Hate sharing. The problem with sharing plate is, is if I like something, I'll give you a fork and go, here, have a try. But not, have half of the thing. I think 'cause I- 'cause I travel a lot by myself, I tend to eat a lot by myself. So I'm kind of used to just having my food.”

JAMALI ON AM I THE A**HOLE?

“So I- I- from my understanding, there's a Reddit thread where basically people go on there and they ask the internet and they go, ‘Hey, I did this thing. Does that make me a piece of s***?’ And then everyone goes, ‘No actually, maybe it doesn't make you bad because of this reason.’ And they sort of look at it in a sort of philosophical sense. Yeah. But it's just people who are doing morally questionable things. Be an a*******? Yeah.”

“No, no, if I’m going on the internet to be like, yeah, everybody [laughs] openly judge me as I watch. I get enough of that already, man.”

“Well, this is the thing, yeah. I'm not- I'm not a rich man, but sometimes I will- if I- if it's a long, long flight. If I can get a good deal, I might try and upgrade my ticket. And what's annoying is that you realise that aeroplane food could- can be decent. Like th- d’you know what I mean? And it's just like they've been giving you absolute s***. For so long, and they can make it somewhat palatable. ‘Cause like, even when you’re in- if you go business or whatever, if the food's not insanely the best food, it's just- it's just- it's just kind of fine. Yeah, it's just actual food and, yeah, so it's, it's bad. Yeah. nah I can't eat it.”

JAMALI ON ICE CREAM

“There's a good place called Bake Street and they sort of make soft serve-and they make it, different ones. They do like, it's sort of seasonal, like they had the- summertime, it was the- the Pakistani mango flavour.”

“‘I feel like everyone's doing hot honey- that- that- that's just exploded on these streets. Hot honey. People have gone mad for it. It’s like, everywhere I go it's like hot- I don’t want your f****** hot honey. I'm sick of your hot honey. Yeah, it's hot honey. It's like, I don't want hot honey right now. That ice cream's great though.”