You’re a long way from Walford market! Adam Woodyatt sells vegan food at a Cheshire festival two years after quitting role as hapless chip shop boss Ian Beale on EastEnders
Adam Woodyatt appeared to be in his element on Saturday as he was spotted selling vegan food at a festival in Cheshire.
The actor, 54, who left EastEnders almost two years ago, looked a far cry from Ian Beale as he happily handed out food.
Adam was helping to run a plant-based street food trailer with catering company Kilty & Co.
Having a blast: Adam Woodyatt looked in his element on Saturday as he was spotted selling vegan food at a festival in Cheshire
He wore a green branded T-shirt, a wide brimmed camouflage hat and a microphone so he could address the crowd.
It’s not the first time Adam has been seen serving up food to customers since leaving the popular BBC soap.
He was spotted selling Cajun wedges and kedgeree at Pub In The Park in Wimbledon earlier this year.
Tasting the goods: The actor, 54, who left EastEnders almost two years ago, looked a far cry from Ian Beale as he happily handed out food
Helpful: Adam was helping to run a plant-based street food trailer with catering company Kilty & Co
The soap star was also seen working a food stall in Marlow in 2021, telling customers he was ‘getting paid in burgers’.
Adam was the longest-serving member of the cast of EastEnders when he stepped back from the role in November 2020.
Despite the door being left open for his return, he has hinted that he has quit for good, telling Steph McGovern: ‘I’ve kind of left, but not left. It’s kind of the way the storyline has gone, I’m not there.
Mic’d up: He wore a green branded T-shirt, a wide brimmed camouflage hat and a microphone so he could address the crowd
Regular gig: It’s not the first time Adam has been seen serving up food to customers since leaving the popular BBC soap
‘I could go back and I could not go back! I don’t know. The speculation has been hysterical.
‘I think everyone is always going to speculate. But there are no plans at the moment.’
Recently Adam slammed EastEnders bosses, claiming they shouldn’t have turned his character Ian Beale into a ‘sociopath’.
Iconic role: Adam was the longest-serving member of the cast of EastEnders when he stepped back from the role in November 2020
The actor, admitted the businessman was ‘very unpopular’ with viewers due to his ‘forthright’ and ‘quite rude’ ways, going so far as to say he was a ‘narcissist’.
Having played the role since its first ever episode in 1985, he quit the BBC soap last year and has now said producers should have ‘gone in a different direction’.
Despite being introduced as ‘a spotty, teenage kid who got bullied at school’, Ian’s downfall came after splitting from his wife Jane (Laurie Brett) for good in 2020.
Adam told Kate Thornton on her White Wine Question Time podcast: ‘The character evolved. If you think back in the 80s, he was a spotty, teenage kid. He was getting bullied at school, his dad wanted him to do boxing.’
‘It’s been a very, very long journey. But don’t get me wrong, I don’t always think that some of the changes were right.
‘Maybe they should’ve chosen other directions to go but they weren’t my decisions. They were stuff the bosses chose.
‘Did it make Ian unpopular? Yeah, at times. He was quite forthright and quite rude to everyone, even people he loved.’
Furious: Recently Adam slammed EastEnders bosses, claiming they shouldn’t have turned his character Ian Beale into a ‘sociopath’ (pictured in-character)
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