How old is jesse mulligan

He's actually awkward. Mulligan himself tells a story about when he was a teenager and he spent a New Year's Eve in the back seat of his brother's Holden reading Autobiography Of A Yogi , while everyone else was partying on the beach. Then there've been times, from age 9 through to 39, where I've caught wind of acquaintances and even friends making fun of me over stuff like this, and on those occasions I've been not just hurt but surprised. Like, 'When you guys were on the beach and I was in the car, you thought I was an outsider?

This is a complete shock. A few days after our dinner at Artwok, Mulligan sent me an email: "I always imagined dinner with a journalist as me being sparkling and hilarious, effortless dropping withering bons mots and deep, philosophical insights rather than lots of unfinished sentences and a minute internal debate about whether to eat the last wonton.

When he started on the much-pilloried Seven Sharp , Mulligan "read every tweet," his wife Victoria says. Despite that, he says criticism doesn't much bother him. He spent 10 years as a breakfast host on commercial radio, during which time he once dressed as a chicken and stood on a Hamilton roundabout while people threw tomatoes at him. When he ascended from the role of funny guy on 7 Days to the role of funny smart guy on Seven Sharp , it seemed like his time had come.

Of the three presenters the show subsequently took down with it, it felt as though it had wronged him most, like he had the most to lose. Ali Mau, who along with Greg Boyed made up the original cast, says Mulligan's ability to be good on Seven Sharp was undermined in part by TVNZ execs' inability to know what they wanted from the show or its contributors. I'm completely out of ideas.

It was a lack of a vision, really. Mulligan's end on Seven Sharp was painful to watch. He says it was not the departure itself, but the lead-up to it that he found most difficult. When I left I felt a bit humiliated and a little bitter, but those feelings didn't last long and didn't affect my life or mood in any real way. Apart from the stand-up, radio, television and writing, Mulligan has worked in PR and has done copywriting for brands.

In a world where your job security is frequently threatened by Mike Hosking and you have a home in Grey Lynn, you need to be reasonably certain of a steady income. Five careers seems about right. But even without the multi-layered security blanket of his many talents, it's hard to imagine he'd be too worried. Asked what he'd most like to do if he could do anything, he says, "I'm pretty happy with where I'm at now.

Says one person who has worked closely with him, "There's a seam of iron running through him. He has jobs to do and be paid for - and he knows the importance of that. Having said that, the rest of his outfit that lunchtime was cargo shorts and jandals. His desk was not untidy, but was heavy with food and food-related paraphernalia: a bottle of Huffman's artisan hot sauce, a dispenser of Mrs Rogers Himalayan pink salt, a small package of coffee, a pepper grinder-sized coffee grinder in stainless steel.

A clear glass jar, lined with drying green scum turned out to be the remnants of a kale-based smoothie.

He described the Himalayan salt as "essential": "Food needs salt and normal white salt is the white death," he said. For lunch, he separated out the contents of a clear plastic clip-top container: kale salad, baba ganoush and some sort of eggplant dish, which was then heated in the microwave.

It felt like the intro to a speech he might have given many times back in his vegetarian days, which ended not long before he began reviewing for Metro.

He described the making of the baba ganoush: he had painstakingly burned the eggplants on his barbecue the night before. Once they had collapsed, he had peeled and drained them, then pureed them with garlic and tahini. All for just one small element of this meal. He talks about having a happy balance in his life, but food permeates nearly everything he does.

When he worked in PR, he focused on food; when he started a website, it was called Auckland Food Blog. His food reviewing has helped shape Auckland's gastronomic landscape. His weekly reviews in Viva are sharp and funny. It was clear he had taken the time to research and understand the brief, the audience, our business and the future we are trying to create for our customers. Jesse was a fantastic MC. He brought the whole day together and was willing and eager to offer suggestions to make the day flow seamlessly.

Jesse was fantastic, really professional and friendly. The attendees thought he was brilliant. He kept the evening to schedule and made for a fun night! Jesse helped promote a relaxed and humorous atmosphere for our dinner while maintaining the brevity that the event required.

Jesse was funny while being highly professional and courteous. As an MC he spoke clearly and naturally and socialised well afterwards. We are delighted with his performance and would recommend him. We found Jesse to be extremely easy to work with. He followed our brief completely and was an entertaining and engaging MC and easily held the attention of our guests. Investment author and columnist Mary Holm talks to Jesse Mulligan every fortnight about her top tips for how to make your money work.

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