Cast: Mansour, Shahbal Shabpareh, Ramin Zamani, Michael
Befarmaid Sham Los Angles is a 2025 Persian-diaspora game show series produced in the United Kingdom, following four Los Angeles–based contestants who compete to host the most impressive Persian dinner party — streaming in Persian on K-Time.
What is Befarmaid Sham Los Angles about?
Four members of the Los Angeles Iranian community open their homes one evening each, preparing a full Persian dinner spread for their fellow competitors. After each meal, the host steps out and the guests score everything — the food, the presentation, the hospitality — on a scale of zero to ten. The scores are kept secret until the final reveal, when the contestant who earned the highest cumulative rating from their peers walks away with the prize. With no professional chefs and no safety net, only home cooking and genuine Persian generosity decide the winner.
Cast & crew
The series features Mansour, the beloved Persian-American singer known to audiences across the diaspora for decades; Shahbal Shabpareh, whose long career in Iranian entertainment spans music and television; and Ramin Zamani alongside Michael. Together they bring a warm, familiar energy that makes the competitive format feel like an evening among friends rather than a contest.
Context & significance
Come-dine-with-me formats have proven irresistible to diaspora audiences precisely because food is never just food — it carries memory, identity, and the unspoken measure of how well someone has held on to the homeland. Befarmaid Sham Los Angles adds a specifically Iranian-American layer: the contestants are real figures from the LA Persian community, the kitchens are real homes in the diaspora capital of North America, and the dishes being judged are the same ones viewers grew up eating. Filmed in the United Kingdom and set in Los Angeles, the show sits at the intersection of two major diasporic hubs — a production geography that itself mirrors how scattered and yet connected the Iranian community remains.
Where & how to watch
Befarmaid Sham Los Angles is available now on K-Time in its original Persian audio. Watch on your web browser, TV, or phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.