From a Bristol kitchen to homes across the UK

Depending which day you catch them, the Hart family could be broadcasting on TV or radio, talking at a community event or looking after their family in a hectic lifestyle that many would find difficult to maintain.

Sherrie Eugene Hart is of course a renowned, award-winning and highly respected television broadcaster of more than 30 years. Those familiar to Bristol in the late 80s and early 90s would know she had one of the most recognisable faces on local TV. 

Husband Pat is a radio broadcaster, former member of rap group Freshblood and current CEO of Sony Gold award winning radio station BCfm. 

Between them they’ve had a big impact on much of what goes on today in Bristol but that hasn’t stopped them blazing a trail in the cookery world too. What began as a “bit of fun” in their kitchen has become a national story with more than 1.5 million viewers watching the first series of the Carib Asian Cookery Show screened on the Made network in Bristol, Cardiff, Tyne & Wear and Leeds, and also on local channels in Birmingham and Brighton. Sherrie’s background is Dominican with her mother Rita and father Hector both born there and teaching her how to cook from recipes inspired by the Caribbean island.

Pat’s parents are Indian so his skills and influence come from there. His mother Ruth was born in what is now Pakistan. His father had an Anglo-Portuguese mother and Anglo-Indian father. “So our background consists of many cooking styles that include British food so imagine the fun we have in the kitchen fusing food,” Pat says. 

Sherrie smiles and explains that cooking at home is very much a family affair. From four-year-old daughter India to 18-year-old Summer there has always been a busy and messy kitchen filled with love, ideas and great food.

Originally a YouTube video and then a website, the concept of Pat and Sherrie cooking together in front of the camera quickly grew with an initial six-part series for the Made network being extended to 14 episodes and then a 13-part second series being filmed and broadcast earlier this year. 

A mini series at summer festivals is planned next month as well as a third series to be filmed in both India and the Caribbean. 

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“We very much wanted the whole concept to grow organically with Carib-Asian because it’s something that is so personal to us,” Pat explains. “We use a picture of our mothers in the series which for me is quite emotional as my mum Ruth passed away six years ago and when I cook I use her recipes and ideas to inspire me. Sherrie’s mum Rita is still with us and she is an amazing cook too so I’m still learning.” 

Pat and Sherrie have always been champions of local talent and enlisted the help and support of St Paul’s film producer Mike Jenkins of Sixth Sense Media who together with their own production company E-Com Media came up with the creative format and design of what promises to be a long running programme on our screens. 

In April, the pair hosted the first pop-up ever to take place at the Watershed, while a book, Recipes & Rhymes, is also being published through Paintworks company Tangent which will not only give the details of more than 30 recipes but also contain poems from Pat’s hip hop days and Sherrie’s poems.

The pair seem to thrive on their hectic lifestyle. “Whenever things get hectic or life hits you head on with a tragedy or disaster which it regularly does,” Pat says, you’re always left with your friends and family and food always plays its part in comforting us and bringing us together.”

For more information, visit www.carib-asian.com

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