Jessie Ware and mum Lennie take Table Manners on tour - reviewed

02.05.2022 - 18:01 / msn.com

Bridgewater Hall is extra special for Lennie as it’s her homecoming, as her daughter puts it, as she grew up in Salford. Also for the evening, we’re graced with a surprise guest, who turns out to be the wonderful Adam Kay, of the adored This Is Going To Hurt book and BBC TV series.

Equally as quick-witted as the comedic mum and daughter duo, Adam ignites screams of laughter from the audience as the threesome bond over their shared Jewish heritage and its rich culture of traditional cuisine. While the podcast sees either Jessie or Lennie host and cook for the celebrities, being on tour makes it a bit tricky in the kitchen department, so they decide to order a takeaway.

However, as the singer shares her excitement over her lunch at Sugo Pasta Kitchen, she’s a little embarrassed by their offering of broccoli and aubergine from Viet Shack for their vegetarian guest. They make up for it though with champagne, and ask us to raise our plastic cups of wine to join them in a celebratory cheers, and a cheesecake, which suits cheese-lover Adam, who says his last supper would be mac and cheese and that his guilty pleasure is cheesy chips.

In his presence, Jessie says the crowd - a mix of very fashionably dressed groups of women, mums with daughters, and gay couples - is being far too polite for Manchester, but the atmosphere understandably turns sobering as Adam opens up about his devastating departure from the NHS after a ‘terrible day at work’. Without going into too much detail, the former doctor explains how each day would be a matter of life or death, and confesses to the immense pressure this can put staff under - the one thing medical school didn’t train him for.