Natty Can Cook - From Getting Stabbed & Serving 3 Years In Prison To Aiming For Michelin Stars!

Описание: Few journeys in British food are as dramatic as that of Nathaniel Mortley, better known as Natty Can Cook. In this episode Natty takes us from being a naughty kid in Peckham to becoming one of the most exciting young chefs in the country. He opens up about the night he was stabbed at just sixteen, the trauma and anger that followed, and how those years pushed him toward the streets, knives and choices that spiralled far from the kitchen he once loved.

Natty speaks candidly about losing his passion for cooking, getting arrested outside a rave in Vauxhall and receiving a five year prison sentence that could easily have ended his story. Instead, it became the turning point. He takes us inside Belmarsh and Brixton for a brutally honest look at prison life: the violence, the bullying, the humiliating controlled feeds, the strange economy of mackerel currency and the wild creativity of microwave cheffing and the legendary jail cake. His memories of the wing are gripping, raw and impossible to forget.

But this episode is also about redemption through food. Inside Brixton’s Clink restaurant, Natty rebuilt his confidence, his discipline and his love of cooking while teaching men who had never set foot in a kitchen. He describes the emotional shock of returning to the same prison years later to cook a four course tasting menu for 80 diners and a team of inmates who had no idea he once slept in those cells. It is a full circle moment that hits with incredible force.

Today Natty is on the Michelin radar, self funded, uncompromising and creating some of the most exciting Caribbean food in the country. From the chaos of his 200 cover soft launch to the rise of his viral Luxe Roast Challenge, from his pimento duck to his strict dress code and the unbelievable customer stories, this episode is a front row seat to a chef who fought his way back from the edge and is now aiming for history. It is powerful, emotional and completely unmissable.

0:00 Natty Can Cook introduction and big Michelin ambition
0:36 The first Caribbean Michelin star dream
1:14 Grace Dent walks in during soft launch
1:31 Panic on the pass and critic training 101
3:04 What 2210 actually serves and early menu chaos
3:58 First soft launch disaster and instant menu reset
4:40 Signature plates – duck, jerk and proper graft
5:39 Self funded, no investors and all or nothing
7:12 Going back to Brixton Prison and the Clink takeover
9:13 Fast tracked into Brixton and getting into the Clink kitchen
10:58 How the Clink restaurant runs day to day
12:35 Covid in prison and rebuilding the Clink as a canteen
18:52 Prison currency, mackerel economy and Sunday cook ups
22:35 Kettle curry and legendary prison cake
25:06 Losing passion for cooking and sliding into dealing
26:24 Getting arrested after a rave and the five year sentence
34:38 The stabbing at 16 that changed everything
38:19 Cooking at the Olympics and first “proper” kitchens
39:31 Oblix at the Shard and serious mentorship
41:17 The fish section service where everything collapsed
45:11 Toxic Michelin kitchens, racism and drug culture
48:38 Leaving prison and launching Natty Can Cook online
50:35 First viral video and building an audience from 900 followers
52:11 One year out of jail – 100 person £100 tasting menu
55:35 The Greyhound residency that changed his life
56:52 The famous Caribbean Sunday roast at 2210
58:41 The Luxe Challenge – ultimate roast eating test
1:09:04 Rude customers, wild reviews and handling haters
1:10:32 Dress code drama and bringing in security
1:12:49 Natty’s ultimate three course dream meal
1:15:27 Why the restaurant is called 2210
1:16:49 Wrap up, gratitude and play out track “Mute” by Masicka