“U ok king?” … “We are worried SICK.” … “Miss u.”

When Brisbane muralist James Ellis abruptly ended his mission to eat an entire roast chicken every day this year, his 12,000 followers were aghast.

After nearly 250 consecutive days of chicken consumption, some wondered if an ill-fated bain-marie meal from a 3.5-star-rated kebab shop in Melbourne was his undoing.

But speaking to this masthead a few weeks after his last daily post, Ellis says that particular bird hadn’t broken him. In fact, it wasn’t about roast chicken at all.

“I had a half a chicken the other day,” he says. “I wouldn’t say that I’m off eating them or anything.”

The reason Daily Roast Chook failed was as simple as life getting in the way of the dream.

“A lot of people have reached out with concern,” he says. “I ce

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