What’s it like to go to a dinner party at Niall Horan’s house? The Irish singer-songwriter gives us a taste in a new episode of Now Serving, the Vogue video series in which celebrities make their favorite dishes.

“For a dinner party, you need to have your beers, you need to have wine, you need to have your rosé, you need to have your cocktails flying. I feel like I do that pretty well at the house,” Horan says.

One hallmark of a Niall Horan dinner party? Being a bit lax when it comes to the schedule. “I always do this thing where I think I’m going to serve dinner at a certain time and then never serve it on time because everyone has a few drinks and forgets about the meal they came for.” Horan’s favorite start-of-the-evening drink is a classic gin and tonic with lemon or cucumber (made with a double-shot of gin, for good measure).

Fittingly, Horan’s new album—which is out June 5— is called Dinner Party. “It’s an album that kind of revolves around dinner party, cause it’s where I met my girlfriend. And it’s kind of basically about that kind of once-in-a-lifetime moment that actually, like, changes the course of your life, and things will never be the same again,” Horan says in the video.

For the video, he decided to cook “Dad’s Pasta.” It’s one of his girlfriend’s dad’s signature dishes—the one he cooked for her mother when they first met—which is a simple (yet delicious-looking) spaghetti with spicy tomato sauce, bacon, and a generous amount of Parmesan.

In preparing the dish, Horan blends his own unique chopping methods with some chef-inspired moves. “About ten years ago I was called out online by the social media crew for not seasoning a chicken. Today is redemption day and I’m gonna make sure that I look a lot better with the help of Vogue,” he says. “I’m not gonna say I’m a chef, and you can clearly see I’m not. But I do enjoy the activity of it. It’s like writing a song and making a meal are two of the same things in my head.”

So what’s the key to a perfect dinner party? “People,” Horan says. “The right people around.” Good drinks at the beginning of the night doesn’t hurt either, he adds. “To get things flowing.”

Above, watch Niall Horan’s Now Serving video for Vogue.

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