Of course! Here's a flashy, emoji-filled Episode 1 script for your food series titled “Chop With Zee” — beginning from Zainab's birth and ending with her creating her YouTube channel. It’s filled with warmth, humor, and style.
🍽️ CHOP WITH ZEE – EPISODE 1: “It All Started in Kaduna”
📍 Location: Kaduna, Nigeria
📅 Date: April 7, 1997
🎥 Title: "From Baby Girl to Big Chop – Zee’s Journey Begins!"
🎬 SCENE 1: The Beginning – April 7, 1997
💒 A peaceful home in Kaduna
👳🏽♂️ Ibrahim: (pacing)
“Honey, hold on! I will take you to the hospital now! Just breathe!”
🤰🏽 Rukayata: (groaning in pain)
“Ahh Ibrahim, if you don’t drive now ehn... this baby will come out in your car!”
🚗 [Cut to hospital doors]
⏳ Three hours later...
👶🏽 The sound of a baby crying
👳🏽♂️ Ibrahim: (entering the hospital room)
“My wife, Alhamdulillah! What’s her name?”
👩🏽🦱 Rukayata (smiling tiredly):
“Her name will be... Zainab Debby Lawal.”
🎉 [Light music and sparkle transition]
📜 Text on screen:
“And so, a foodie queen was born...”
🎬 SCENE 2: First Words – Year 2000
👶🏽 Zainab (age 3): (takes her first baby steps)
👩🏽 Rukayata:
“My baby! You walked!!”
A few weeks later...
👶🏽 Zainab:
“Mummy!”
👳🏽♂️ Ibrahim (rolling eyes):
“Abeg being someone’s first word is not that special joor.”
👶🏽 Zainab:
“Daddy is jealous of mummy!”
😂 [Everyone bursts into laughter]
🎵 Cue playful background music
🎬 SCENE 3: Big Sister Time – Year 2004
🍼 Baby Amina is born
👩🏽 Rukayata:
“Zainab, meet your baby sister, Amina.”
👧🏽 Zainab (age 7):
“Hmm... she’s small o, but I’ll teach her to love rice!”
🎬 SCENE 4: Zee the YouTuber is Born – 2017
📱 Zainab (age 20): (in her bedroom, lying on the bed with a wrapper and fried yam)
“Hmmm... this my love for food is becoming spiritual. But what if... I show it to the world?”
📢 “Amina!”
👧🏽 Amina (now 13):
“Yes, sister?”
📱 Zainab:
“Abeg bring my phone. I want to open something big!”
Amina brings the phone.
Zainab opens YouTube... taps “Create Channel.”
💻 Typing...
Channel Name: “Chop With Zee”
📸 PROFILE PIC & BANNER CONCEPT
🖼️ PROFILE PIC:
Zainab smiling wide with a plate of jollof rice and plantain
Wearing a mustard yellow headwrap and apron
Logo in a circle: 🍛 Chop With Zee in bold font with sparkles ✨
🎨 BANNER DESIGN:
Text: “Big Flavor. Big Love. Big Zee.”
Background: Bright kitchen with food ingredients (egusi, peppers, suya, yam)
Zainab posing with a cooking spoon like a mic 🎤
Colors: Mustard yellow, burnt orange, white text with shadow
🎬 FINAL SCENE:
🛌 Zainab (yawning):
“Channel created. Tomorrow, we go viral. Goodnight world — food loading...” 😴
📱 Camera zooms in on the phone screen:
“Welcome to CHOP WITH ZEE 🍲🎉 – First Video Coming Soon!”
🌙 Fade to black...
✅ END OF EPISODE 1
Want me to write Episode 2, where she shoots her first cooking video and Amina helps her film? Or generate a visual banner for the channel?
Perfect! Here's Episode 2 of your series “Chop With Zee”, where Zainab films her first-ever YouTube video, does a fun kitchen intro, and ends up checking her weight — only to be shocked at what the scale says! 😂
🍽️ CHOP WITH ZEE – EPISODE 2:
🎥 Title: “Checking How Much! – Zainab’s First Video Goes Left 😂”
📅 Set in 2017
📍 Location: Her home kitchen, Kaduna
🎬 INTRO SCENE: Camera Rolling... Finally!
📸 [CAMERA ON – handheld, shaky at first]
👧🏽 Amina (behind the camera):
“Oya sister, we are recording o!”
🎉 Intro music plays — upbeat Naija beat with food sounds in the background
💛 Zainab walks into frame, rocking a mustard yellow apron and colorful headwrap
🗣️ Zainab’s Intro (to the camera):
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, chop lovers and hungry souls! 🎤
This is your girl Zainab Debby Lawal — aka Big Zee — and welcome to my food channel:
🍛 CHOP WITH ZEE!”
🫱🏽♀️ She does a dramatic spin with a wooden spoon in hand.
🎬 SCENE 2: "Before We Cook..."
“Before we enter pot and pepper today, let’s do one thing I’ve been avoiding since January...”
[Points offscreen dramatically]
“THE SCALE!” ⚖️
👧🏽 Amina (off-camera):
“Ah! Sister, you sure?”
“No, but let’s do it anyway!”
📦 Zainab places an old white bathroom scale on the floor, steps on it slowly with suspense music playing
📈 The number appears: 100.4 kg
😲 Zainab’s Reaction:
“AHHHHHHH! 💀
Wait fess! 100 what?!!”
[Zoom-in on her face]
“Me that I thought I was just thick in peace o!”
👧🏽 Amina (laughing):
“Welcome to triple digits!”
“No wonder my jeans dey fight back! But guess what? We move! Food no dey fear weight.” 😎
🎵 Cue funny edit: SFX of scales exploding
🎬 SCENE 3: Closing the Episode
“Okay people! Now you know — Big Zee is officially a full bag of rice and small beans. 💃🏽
Next video, we dey cook Egusi with Pounded Yam — my favorite!”
🧡 Zainab poses dramatically with palm oil and melon seeds in hand
“Make sure you subscribe, like, and share —
because if you don’t chop with Zee… you’re missing half of life!”
📢 ENDING SLATE:
“📍 CHOP WITH ZEE | Every Friday & Sunday | Kaduna Flavors Worldwide 🌍”
✅ Next Episode Preview:
🎥 EP 3: Zainab Cooks Her Favorite Egusi Soup — But Something Burns!
Would you like a thumbnail design idea for Episode 2 or a mockup image of her in the kitchen with the scale?
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