Yard Sale Pizza and cult Instagram hit Taste Cadets launch ‘kebab pizza’ collaboration

In aid of the Kurdish Red Crescent Earthquake fund, Yard Sale and Taste Cadets have teamed up for the month-long special
Keiran, Allan and Marcus - AKA the Taste Cadets
Yard Sale_Taste Cadets
Mike Daw11 April 2023

One of London’s best-loved purveyors of pizza, Yard Sale Pizza, has announced a new month-long collaboration with independent food creatives Taste Cadets.

The pair are launching a limited edition pizza, the Slemani Special, named after the north-eastern Iraqi city. The name is a nod to the Kurdish roots of one of the Taste Cadets, Allan ‘Seapa’ Mustafa, who besides being a Cadet is best known as the writer and co-creator of the hit TV series, People Just Do Nothing.

The pizza will feature a classic Yard Sale base, topped with slivers of Kurdish-style lamb kebab, tomatoes, sumac and flor di latte mozzarella. A portion of the proceeds generated by sales of the new creation will contribute to the Kurdish Red Crescent Society aid program, which helps provide relief for the earthquake which devastated the southern Turkish and northern Syrian region back in February.

Lamb kebab pizza
Yard Sale_Taste Cadets

Mustafa is one third of the Taste Cadets trio. Self-styled as “three swagged out mates traveling around eating everything the world has to offer”, they also include former chef Kieran Cavanagh and tattoo artist and skateboarder Marcus Adams.

The group said of the new Yard Sale Pizza partnership: “We’re buzzing to bring a taste of Seapa’s heritage and culture to our collab with Yard Sale.”

All 10 Yard Sale locations, including their latest spot in Tottenham, will serve the new special.

Taste Cadets continued: “We’ve been big fans of theirs for a while, so to bring the Slemani Special to the masses is really exciting — lamb kebab on a pizza? You know it makes sense. It’s also a great opportunity for us to help raise some money for all those affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and beyond via the Kurdish Red Crescent’s Earthquake Fundraiser.”

The trio have shot to popularity since launching in 2017, courting a younger food-focussed audience who swerve the likes of Michelin when discovering their new favourite restaurants. The thruple recently launched a YouTube series dubbed Home Turf in which they explore the varied (Kurdish, Scottish and Jamaican respectively) heritage of the group. The episode begins with the discovery of Scottish lorne sausage at Deeney’s Café and goes onto Sarchnar restaurant for Kurdish inspired kebab.

The Slemani Special will be available from April 19 until May 16 across all Yard Sale Pizza sites

Full information can be found here at yardsalepizza.com

Correction: A previously published version of this article included Taste Cadet’s reference to “a 100% certy Kurdish lamb recipe we’ve been developing in the kitchen”. The Standard understands they misspoke.

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