Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan

Michael Schumacher. Benetton. A ride with Corinne in Montreal—and memories that found their way into my music. In this episode of Kitchen Table Talk, I share a personal story from the Benetton days, with Flavio Briatore, and connect that world to Gucci Varoom, my music series inspired by racing, fashion and the culture surrounding Formula 1. Why does Michael’s Ferrari roar almost drown out the music? Because that’s how I wanted it. The engine is part of the music—and part of the memory. Kitchen Table Talk tells the story. Gucci Varoom brings it into sound. Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan — Stories from the Inside Man. #Gucci #AlpineRacing #F1 #Texas

A 2009 Monday Night Football clip opens the story—discussing the Saints, their mouthpieces, and players’ accounts of how they moved with them. I share how that technology connects to today’s Merlins Mouth Guard, our F-Labs work with Dr. Anil Makkar, and the Merlins Sports mission: helping elite athletes pursue that little extra advantage. Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan. The story continues tomorrow on Merlins Sports. #KitchenTableTalk #Saints #MerlinsSports #MerlinsGuard #HollywoodKhan

Before Kitchen Table Talk had a name, Hollywood Khan was already sitting down with models, singers and actors for candid conversations beyond the spotlight. From his experiences around the fashion world in New York, Paris and Shanghai, Khan had seen firsthand the pressure women faced to change their bodies—and the toll extreme dieting could take. In this three-minute archive interview, filmed at the Ritz-Carlton Toronto before a Victoria’s Secret audition, Stockholm-born model and singer Josefine talks about food, modelling and her own approach to eating. Josefine also occasionally lends her voice to Hollywood Khan’s music tracks, adding another connection between these early conversations and his work today. As Victoria’s Secret returns to the spotlight, Hollywood opens his archive to revisit a conversation about the woman behind the runway. An archive conversation recorded before the launch of Kitchen Table Talk. #victoriasecret #model #modeldiet

From Bowie to Formula One—and now the NFL. Hollywood Khan, who shared his personal journey with David Bowie’s 1965 recordings in Seven-Year Journey, brings his Punjabi touch to Hair Flip Baby | NFL Mix. Bowie’s The Shel Talmy Recordings reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Sales Chart and brought him to the milestone of 100 UK charting albums, joining Elvis Presley. Now, the creator of the Formula One-inspired Gucci Varoom series goes full NFL with driving dance beats, fashion attitude and hair-flip energy. With Shad Khan of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Vinod Khosla of the Seattle Seahawks ownership family both sharing Punjabi roots, Hollywood Khan adds his own Punjabi rhythm to the celebration—connecting cultures through music, movement and American football. Any given Sunday. A Punjabi beat. Hair flip, baby! Music will be on all music platforms. #NFL #Cheerleaders #HairFlip

As David Bowie’s estate launches Bowie80 celebrations on October 5, Kitchen Table Talk with Hollywood Khan joins the celebration with a personal story of the artist’s generosity—and a note that never reached its intended recipient. After receiving guitars made by Phillip Jarrell, Bowie requested that they be gifted to Lewis Hamilton. Hollywood recalls Bowie’s admiration for Lewis’s extraordinary talent and his determination to claim his place in a sport with so little representation for people of colour. At the time, those helping deliver the gift did not know of Bowie’s condition. His death seven months later gave the gesture an even deeper significance. For the first time, Hollywood reveals that a note from Bowie accompanied the guitars—but never made it to Lewis. The story takes us inside Formula One and Hollywood’s relationship with its legendary impresario, Bernie Ecclestone—including selling Bernie his business partner Adnan Khashoggi’s building at Princes Gate. These are the connections behind “Stories from the Inside Man.” Featuring never-before-seen photographs of Hamilton fans with the guitar before its delivery to Bernie, the episode captures the effort, excitement and personal moments behind bringing Bowie’s gift to Lewis. The episode closes with Lewis Hamilton playing guitar alongside Canadian singer Savana, singing lyrics by Hollywood Khan mixed by Hollywood Khan over Lewis Hamilton test driving the guitar. The journey continues throughout 2027 with The Bowie Table, Hollywood Khan’s musical reinterpretations of David Bowie’s recordings with producer Shel Talmy, and a silent dance film—an independent celebration of Bowie’s enduring inspiration. A gift, a missing note, and an inside story of David Bowie’s generosity. #KitchentabletalkwithHollywoodKhan #F1 #BOWIE80