Weekend with Kas Ahmed: ‘I wake up to a three-year-old hitting me in the face with a book’
The TV doctor on becoming a countryside boy, making daal nachos and life after The Traitors
Kasim Ahmed is a doctor working in dementia care, but he is better known as Kas from the third season of BBC reality show The Traitors, broadcast in 2025. Ahmed became a fan favourite but was voted off by fellow contestants early on in the series, a decision that was labelled the “worst-ever call” on the show by GQ magazine.
Kas’ parting words sealed his place in Traitors lore. “Who’d have thought you’d have caught me based on a twinkle in the eye?” he said, before revealing to the other contestant that he was in fact not a traitor.
Ahmed is now a media figure in addition to working in hospitals, and appears regularly on BBC Morning Live to provide health advice to the public. He lives near Cambridge with his wife and daughter.
What does a typical Saturday morning look like for you?
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I’d love to say it was something inspiring like I get up and do yoga or go for a run, but what I actually wake up to is a three-year-old hitting me in the face with a book.
Is there a particular book they like to hit you with?
She’s liking the Hairy Maclary books at the moment. There’s a series called Oi Frog!, which is quite funny. She likes to read in the morning and then she’ll go to make us a cup of tea from her playset. I need to get her to the next stage where she’s actually making me a real cup of tea instead of a pretend one. But we’ll work on it.
Do you stay in for breakfast or go out?
My wife Zara and I will have a quick breakfast, a slice of toast or something. And then we’ll go to the local park with our daughter.
Do you like to cook?
I like making stuff up. Generally my wife will have recipes to hand and then I’ll just go off-piste. We’ve cut back on meat in the last year or so, and that’s because my wife decided she wanted to be vegetarian for a while. When we went more towards fish, I was like, my brain is working much better now.
Favourite dish?
My happiest moment is when I have my daal. We’ve started doing nacho daals as well, pouring daal over some Doritos if we’re watching a film and then chucking some cheese on top.
What do you like to watch?
In the evening, me and my wife will try to catch up with a series of some kind, either recommendations that other people have made, or Gogglebox.
My favourite cartoon in the world is Avatar: The Last Airbender. If you know it, you know it. If you don’t, you don’t. But I will watch that multiple times in a year. It’s easily the best piece of animation in history.
You grew up in Luton but now live outside Cambridge. Are you a countryside boy now?
I stepped away from the city a few years ago. Once we moved out, my wife and I were like, “wow, life is so much better!” I can just go for a walk. I can see some sheep. This is crazy. But I miss the access to really good food in Luton.
Favourite restaurant?
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There’s an Afghani place in Luton’s Bury Park called Karwan and the kabuli pulao is just, wow — it’ll change your life.
How has your life changed since appearing on The Traitors?
Quite dramatically. I didn’t expect anything to come from it because I was pretty rubbish. I was just there enjoying myself in a castle, when everyone told me I was a traitor.
Work-wise, people know who I am now, which is a bit strange going into different hospitals and having people instantly recognise you. Hopefully I’m providing better care for my patients or at least being more personal with them, which is quite nice. I think people tend to open up to me now, from a patient’s perspective.
And you’re now on the BBC giving out health advice to the public
I’m not sure if I’m any good at it, but they keep asking me to come back and I’ve been enjoying the ride.
