Comedian Nicole Byer Sees Her First Shrimp (Reheat)
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Comedian Nicole Byer Sees Her First Shrimp (Reheat)

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 25, 202629 min
  • Interview
  • Food

Comedian Nicole Byer hosts the cooking competition show Nailed It! on Netflix. It’s family-friendly, but that doesn’t stop her from deploying her raunchy humor with her co-host, the chocolatier Jacques Torres, when the cameras are off. Nicole talks with Dan about the parallels between a restaurant kitchen and comedy club, and why she makes her own favorite cake for her late mom’s birthday. And you’ll definitely want to be listening when Nicole sees a whole shrimp for the first time. This episode originally aired on August 20, 2018, and July 26, 2021, and was produced by Dan Pashman...

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