Fred Sirieix reveals plans for major career change after show with Gordon Ramsay and Gino D’Acampo is axed
FRED Sirieix has revealed he plans to make a history programme.
The 51-year-old is best known for being on First Dates and cookery based shows, but has made a u-turn and wants to try his hand at something new.
Speaking to The Sun, as he promotes G’Vine gin, Fred shared: “I’m reading an incredible book called Black Spartacus, about a guy called Toussaint Louverture who led the revolution in Haiti and I want to do a passion project about him.
“I think there is a series there about incredible historical figures such as himself and an interesting thing about him is he was French, because Haiti was French, it was a French colony.
“And it remained French for a while and I haven’t finished the book yet. I don’t know what happened at the end of his life.
“But he was very, very smart and I think there is a very interesting kind of historical programme there to show the people, the landscape and the country of Haiti, as well of course the food. It is part of it to go back and see what people were eating at the time.
“And then the state of mind and the way things were when Toussaint was about.”
The star added: “It would be very interesting. So it’s very different from the kind of programme I normally do, it’s more passion than anything else, but it’s something I want to do.”
His plans come just months after it was revealed he will no longer be filming Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip alongside his good friends Gino D’Acampo and Gordon Ramsay
Gino shocked fans by announcing his exit from the ITV show earlier this year via a video posted on Instagram, in which he claimed “contractual complications” sparked his decision.
When quizzed about it ending, Fred told us: “C’est la vie.”
Fred has been very busy since though and is currently working with French gin brand G’Vine gin, which stands out for being different because it’s made from grapes.
Being different is something that is important to Fred, but he explained how he is ‘on a journey’, figuring out who he is in life.
He told us: “I’m 51 and I’m still finding things about me, you know?
“But I’m enjoying that journey and I’m different or if I’m wrong, I’m happy to stand up and say no, sorry, I got this wrong.
“Fundamentally, I know that I am good. I’m a good person. I work on that every day to be the version of me that I want to be but also I know that I’m not for everybody.
“There’s things I do, things I say – it’s just not for everyone. But as long as it doesn’t encroach on somebody else’s freedom, then it’s okay.”