 He moved to Ireland at age eight and grew up in the suburb of Churchtown and attended CUS Leeson Street for a period of time.Ashmawy is best known for "50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy" which was first broadcast on Sky 1.The show is based on Baz inserting his 71-year-old mother Nancy into various dare-devil situations, and documenting her typical Irish mammy reactions to the situations.