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Wolverhampton-born grime artist Reepa and Jeevan Johal from Nemo’s Fish & Chips in Lower Gornal talk about the new Reepa Burger, a toasted bagel bun, double spicy chicken fillet and the signature and secret recipe Reepa Sauce.

Every single Reepa Burger sold throughout October will have 100 per cent of proceeds donated to The Way Youth Zone in Wolverhampton.

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00:00Okay, so tell me a bit about the burger first of all. Tell me where the idea came from.
00:04Burger and Sauce, man. I had a song called Burger and Sauce.
00:08I thought, you know what, what better way to promote it than make an actual burger, and here we are.
00:12Has it always sort of been your thing to create something like this?
00:16Like a burger or something that people can eat based on your lyrics?
00:20Yeah, something that I can share people with, you know what I'm saying? Sharing music's one thing, but sharing food's another thing, you know what I'm saying?
00:24Then they go hand in hand. You feel good about music, you feel good about food.
00:27Two things that people love to escape with, so why not bring them both together?
00:31And where did the idea of the Reaper Sauce come from? Was that just the name, the brand, and thinking, I could have a bit of fun with this?
00:36Name the brand and the flavour by Jeevan himself, you know what I'm saying?
00:39That's it, yeah.
00:40Jeevan, tell me a bit about your involvement in this. I'm guessing you and Reaper go back a bit?
00:43Yeah, we do, yeah. So we've been friends for many years. We grew up with the same type of music and stuff like that.
00:49And it was just like a discussion that we had with each other, because we both worked with the youths in the past.
00:53We always like to give back. So we thought, what a better way to collab together. I'm in the food industry, he's in the music industry.
00:59And it was a no-brainer, really.
01:00It's a dream collaboration, isn't it?
01:02It is, it is, yeah.
01:03And the idea of the spicy burger, is that reflective of your taste as well?
01:07Come on, a bit of me in it, spicy boy in it, you know what I'm saying?
01:09So, reflective of the taste, we like a bit of kick. We come from a Caribbean background, you know what I'm saying?
01:13So we like a bit of spice in the food. It's not exactly scotch bonnet levels, but there is a bit of a kick in there.
01:18And, as you've said before, everything that comes from this, the burger costs £5.
01:22Yep.
01:23And every penny of it is going towards the way youth service.
01:24The way youths only in Wolverhampton, and that's what it's about at the end of the day, give back.
01:27Give back to the community, give back to the youth, you know what I'm saying?
01:30Yeah.
01:31And nobody better than Jeevan here at Nemo's Chip Shop to do that.
01:33Is that part of your philosophy as well, Jeevan?
01:34Is that part of your philosophy as well?
01:36Yeah, that's correct, yeah. Because we've always done stuff to give back to the community.
01:40We always thought, what a better way to do it this time, you know.
01:43Something a bit different, not many takeaways and stuff like that do stuff like this now.
01:47So we thought this would be the best way to approach it together.
01:50And what was it about the way that made you pick them?
01:53Holmanix, Wolverhampton, Central to Town. I grew up there, you know what I'm saying?
01:57I've done stuff with them. The youth systems need more funding as well, you know what I'm saying?
02:00We need more youth funding for the youth. There's nowhere to go, you know what I'm saying?
02:04And even when I was growing up, when I started to do the youth council, I used to be the head boy for Wolverhampton.
02:09So, for me, the youth zone was actually an idea at the time. And to see it actually there now.
02:15I thought, what a better way to give back to them, especially.
02:18And just to do your little bit, and even if it's just through a food form, just to do your little bit to, well, inspire young people.
02:24That's it man.
02:25Exactly.
02:26Okay, so this is the Reaper burger with the Reaper sauce.
02:31I've been told that it is two spicy chicken breasts and the Reaper sauce, which could be hot, we'll soon find out.
02:38I'll be the judge of that. So, let's give it a quick taste test and see what happens.
02:43That's really good, really well-cooked tender chicken. There's a nice bit of heat to it. That sauce has got a nice kick to it. It's not too hot. For me, it's actually quite pleasant.
03:02And I'll just bring Reaper in to have a quick chat about that.
03:06What are you thinking?
03:07I think it's pretty good, to be fair. I'm guessing you're not going to give away the secret of this.
03:11Ah, did we give it away, Jeevan?
03:13It's just got a kick. That's all you need to know.
03:15That's all you need to know. The man says it here.
03:17That's all you need to know. Reaper sauce. Come and grab the Reaper burger.
03:20Fire the burger. Support the youth. Big up James.
03:23That's what he said.
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