The host of “Invite Ian Wright” invited his fans and the media to drinks and dinner at the Marina Bay Sands, during his 2-day visit to Singapore. He was promoting the adventure tourism TV series which screens on Starhub Discovery Channel 427 on Thursdays 10pm from 29 March 2012 onwards.
Listening to Ian Wright was truly entertaining. All photos taken with a Leica V-Lux 3.
The bubbly travel host was in his element as he shared his experiences and answered questions from fans about shooting Season 2 of the TV series.
Ian Wright in his element.
“Invite Ian Wright” takes an off-beat and humourous look at travel as locals warmly welcome Ian into their lives.
Countries that Ian travelled to in Season 2 were Japan, Australia, India, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore.
The menu for the night’s dinner at the Orchid Ballroom were specially designed by Sky 57 chef Justin Quek, who based the dishes on the countries covered in the series.
Justin also hosted Ian during his stay in Singapore in Season 2 of the show.
The MC for the night was local actress, radio and TV presenter Vernetta Lopez, who had hosted Ian during his stay in Singapore in Season 1 of the show.
The dinner was jointly hosted by Canon and Discovery Channel – TLC.
Oh, the bit about eating cockroaches? This was what Ian ate during his visit to Cambodia.
He was offered the fried cockroaches because the locals could not find the spiders for the planned fried spiders dish.
Soft shell crab tempura
Angus beef
Those fried cockroaches were the worst thing Ian had eaten while filming the series, although he mentioned that it was still more “palatable” than eating fried spiders!
Ian Wright talking about his experiences during filming of the series, with MC Vernetta Lopez.
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