Karate chops and meatballs make couple a YouTube hit

They are unlikely internet stars, a retired Cypriot couple in London who bicker and duel as they potter around their kitchen.

But Andreas Theodoulou and his wife, Christina, have entertained thousands of YouTube users and introduced them to the delights of Greek cuisine.


Greek Meatballs

The genial couple, who emigrated to England from Cyprus in the mid 1960s and now live in Haringey, North London, were filmed by their son, Orthodoxos, as they prepared popular Greek dishes such as meatballs and stuffed vine leaves.

After more than a half a century together, the Theodoulous are still clearly in love.


Stuffed Vine Leaves

The couple speak in heavily accented English, although some of the joshing is in Greek. Orthodoxos has included English subtitles but has bowdlerised his father’s earthier turns of phrase. Zorba the Greek is the favoured soundtrack.

The couple’s age and supposed sexual politics are subverted with gentle humour.


How to make Fajin

Orthodoxos began making the clips when he was made redundant as a newspaper typesetter after 17 years. He decided to do film editing and practised on his parents, who at first knew little about the internet and even less about YouTube.
Orthodoxos said: “So far they’re enjoying it immensely.”