''Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster'' is a food and comedy podcast featuring
Ed Gamble
Edward Stephenson Jamison Gamble (born 11 March 1986) is an English comedian, known for co-presenting ''The Peacock and Gamble Podcast'' and his regular appearances on ''Mock the Week''. He studied at Durham University, where he began his come ...
and
James Acaster
James William Acaster (; born 9 January 1985) is an English comedian, writer, presenter and musician. As well as appearances on panel shows, he is known for the stand-up specials ''Repertoire'', co-hosting the food podcast '' Off Menu'' and co- ...
, in which guests are invited to select their dream menu by both comedians. ''Off Menu'' was launched in December 2018 and was nominated for the 2019
British Podcast Awards
The British Podcast Awards is an annual awards ceremony intended to celebrate outstanding content within the British podcast scene. The British Podcast Awards is owned and operated by Haymarket Media Group, which also owns several media businesses ...
in the Best Entertainment category. As of April 2021, the podcast has been downloaded over 50 million times.
Premise
In the show, guests are asked by Acaster's Genie Waiter if they would like "still or sparkling water" and "poppadoms or bread". They then proceed to give their dream starter, main course, side dish, drink and dessert, expand upon where and when they had it, and are given the opportunity to discuss the evocative memories they associate with the chosen dishes.
Before the guest arrives Ed and James announce a secret ingredient that at least one of them does not like. If the guest mentions the ingredient they are ejected from the Dream Restaurant without getting any dinner. To date, the only guest to have been ejected from Dream Restaurant is
Jayde Adams
Jayde Pricilla Gail Adams (born 26 November 1984) is a British comedian, actress, writer and opera singer from Bristol. She is the winner of the 2014 Funny Women Award.
Career
Adams started performing stand-up comedy in 2011, following the pr ...
.
Episodes
A wide range of guests have 'eaten at the dream restaurant', including comedians, chefs and other figures.
Ed and James chose their own menus as part of a special episode to celebrate 100 episodes of the show.
A list of episodes, guests and menus is maintained on the official
Reddit
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page of the podcast.
Accolades
In 2022 and 2023 it received a nomination in the Best Comedy Podcast category at the
National Comedy Awards
The National Comedy Awards (known as the British Comedy Awards from 1990 to 2014) is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom, celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year.
The British Comedy Awards (1 ...
.
See also
*
List of food podcasts
References
External links
*{{Official, offmenupodcast.co.uk
Comedy and humor podcasts
2018 podcast debuts
Audio podcasts
British podcasts