Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Mawaan Rizwan – ‘Taskmaster’ runner-runner-up and Bafta-winning star and creator of BBC Three’s ‘Juice’ – is this week’s diner, and he has an easy-to-follow recipe for English food. Trigger warning: this episode contains talk about calories. Series 2 of ‘Juice’ is on BBC Three and iPlayer from 18 September. Watch it (and catch up with series 1) here [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0gbkx4m/juice]. Follow Mawaan on Instagram @mawaanr [https://www.instagram.com/mawaanr] and TikTok @mawaan [https://www.tiktok.com/@mawaan] Watch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@offmenupodcast] on Fri 5 Sep. Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@offmenupodcast] Follow Off Menu on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/offmenuofficial] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@offmenuofficial]: @offmenuofficial. And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk [https://www.offmenupodcast.co.uk/] for a list of restaurants recommended on the show. Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster. Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Video production by Megan McCarthy for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Artwork by Paul Gilbey [https://www.instagram.com/pushgilbey/] (photography and design). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon has a table booked at the Dream Restaurant this week. Something for the weekend. The Divine Comedy’s new album ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’ is released on Fri 19 Sep. Pre-order is here [https://lnk.to/RainySunday]. Follow The Divine Comedy on Instagram @divinecomedyhq [https://www.instagram.com/divinecomedyhq/] Donated to My Lovely Horse Rescue at www.mylovelyhorserescue.com [https://www.mylovelyhorserescue.com/] Watch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@offmenupodcast] on Fri 5 Sep. Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@offmenupodcast] Follow Off Menu on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/offmenuofficial] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@offmenuofficial]: @offmenuofficial. And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk [https://www.offmenupodcast.co.uk/] for a list of restaurants recommended on the show. Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster. Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Video production by Megan McCarthy for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Artwork by Paul Gilbey [https://www.instagram.com/pushgilbey/] (photography and design). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Internationally bestselling Irish author Marian Keyes – co-host of Radio 4’s ‘Now You’re Asking’ – is this week’s dream diner. And she’s got some supportive words for Ed and James. Trigger warning: this episode contains talk about alcohol addiction, and mentions of grooming. Marian Keyes’s latest novel ‘My Favourite Mistake’ is out now, published by Penguin. Buy it here [https://www.waterstones.com/book/my-favourite-mistake/marian-keyes/9781405945424]. Marina co-hosts ‘Now You’re Asking’ on BBC Radio 4. Listen to it on BBC Sounds [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09zgv36]. And look out for the BBC adaptation of Marian’s ‘The Walsh Sisters’ which is in the works. Follow Marian on Instagram @marian_keyes [https://www.instagram.com/marian_keyes/] Watch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@offmenupodcast] on Fri 29 Aug. Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@offmenupodcast] Follow Off Menu on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/offmenuofficial] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@offmenuofficial]: @offmenuofficial. And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk [https://www.offmenupodcast.co.uk/] for a list of restaurants recommended on the show. Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster. Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Video production by Megan McCarthy for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Artwork by Paul Gilbey [https://www.instagram.com/pushgilbey/] (photography and design). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Bafta-award winning actor and writer Will Sharpe – star of ‘The White Lotus’, ‘A Real Pain’ and Lena Dunham’s new show ‘Too Much’ – is our guest diner this week. But Ed’s annoyed Will didn’t give him a warning… Will Sharpe stars in ‘Too Much’ which is streaming on Netflix now. Watch it here [https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81671844]. Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@offmenupodcast] Follow Off Menu on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/offmenuofficial] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@offmenuofficial]: @offmenuofficial. And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk [https://www.offmenupodcast.co.uk/] for a list of restaurants recommended on the show. Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster. Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Video production by Megan McCarthy for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Artwork by Paul Gilbey [https://www.instagram.com/pushgilbey/] (photography and design). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Superb stand-up and ‘Live at the Apollo’ star Jonny Pelham is this week’s guest diner. And, of course, we ask him about his gang-member past… Jonny Pelham is currently performing at the Edinburgh Fringe with his new show ‘Is It Me?’ at Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 21.00, until 25 August. For tickets go to edfringe.com [https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/jonny-pelham-is-it-me] Follow Jonny on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jonny_pelham/] @jonny_pelham Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@offmenupodcast] Follow Off Menu on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/offmenuofficial] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@offmenuofficial]: @offmenuofficial. And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk [https://www.offmenupodcast.co.uk/] for a list of restaurants recommended on the show. Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster. Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Video production by Megan McCarthy for Plosive [https://www.plosive.co.uk/]. Artwork by Paul Gilbey [https://www.instagram.com/pushgilbey/] (photography and design). ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.