CHOP WITH ZEE – EPISODE 1: “It All Started in Kaduna”

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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