Saturday Kitchen star reveals terrifying robbery as thieves broke into his house with a CHAINSAW
The TV chef, 29, revealed thieves broke into his house with a chainsaw when he was just nine years old.
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The Saturday Kitchen star spoke about his life-changing trip to Sierra Leone where he experienced the harrowing break-in.
He began: 'My scariest experience (in Sierra Leone) is probably when I first went, first time I was in my granddad's house. We got metal bars on the window. Some brothers cut through with a chainsaw.
'They cut through the metal bars and jumped in the yard and tried to rob us. They heard my mum was in town they're like, 'hey, an English woman in the vicinity'.
"So word got around. My granddad lived in a normal part of Freetown, it's not the worst, but it's not the best and yeah they cut through the bars."
The star then went on to explain what scared them off, saying: 'We had a mad dog, like proper serious pagan dog. So, when they heard the dog they cut out. I was in bed, I was with my granny, I was nine, bro. I was nervous.'
Big Zuu appeared as Michael Dapaah's special guest in the first ever live version of Michael's digital series, Comfortably Speaking, which was held last week at White City, London.
In front of a live audience, Big Zuu discussed everything from his first love and getting married at the age of 22 down to experiencing his life-changing trip to Sierra Leone.
Born Zuhair Hassan, Big Zuu is a British rapper, grime MC, songwriter, DJ, chef and TV personality from West London.
As well as being a member of the MTP crew, which stands for My Team Paid, he is a TV chef.
Julian, who grew up in Australia, began dancing at the age of 10 and has represented his country at international level in both ballroom and Latin styles.
He's appeared as a professional on three seasons of Dancing With The Stars Australia and has toured worldwide with Burn The Floor.
He also competed on the Australian edition of So You Think You Can Dance.
Big Zuu began his TV career with the 2020 Dave show Big Zuu's Big Eats.
The series saw Big Zuu and his two friends, Tubsey and Hyder, cook for different comedians while touring the UK.
The star went on to present Big Zuu's Breakfast Show on Sunday mornings throughout the summer 2022 on ITV.
Other shows he has appeared on include game show Guessable, Celebrity MasterChef and Netflix's Bear Hunt.
Since 2024, Big Zuu has hosted ITV's 12 Dishes in 12 Hours and also regularly appears on BBC's Saturday Kitchen.
Whilst he has kept his romantic life out of the spotlight the star revealed on Comfortably Speaking that he got married at the age of 22, meeting his first love at 17.
He said: 'I was 17 when I met my first partner in college and we were together for seven years.
'So, I was definitely in love. She was with me throughout the entire beginning of my career.
"From when I was in college spitting bars at blue chairs trying to impress her to when I actually was doing tours and stuff.
'I met her in college, we were mad cool, and then one day I was like, 'do you want to be my wifey?'. We got Islamically married, real life.
"When I was young, the most searched thing about me on Google is 'Big Zuu married'.
Speaking about marriage in the future, he said: "It was beautiful, getting married is a beautiful thing. I'd definitely get married again.'
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