Episodes
‘Great British Menu’ judge and Mowgli Street Food restaurateur Nisha Katona has a table booked this week. And it’s a dog-friendly Dream Restaurant.Nisha Katona’s new book ‘Bold: Big Flavour Twists to Classic Dishes’ is out now, published by Nourish Books. Buy it here.Find your nearest Mowgli restaurant here.Follow Nisha on Twitter and Instagram @nishakatonaRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommende...
The Dream Restaurant comes to you live from Nottingham this week, with special guest, Taskmaster’s Sam Campbell. And he’s brought his own fork… Sam Campbell is on tour with ‘Wobservations’. For dates and tickets visit samcampbelltour.com Sam’s podcast ‘Lucy and Sam’s Perfect Brains’ is coming soon. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Follow Sam on Instagram @mcdonaldscomedyRecorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the Nottingham Royal Concert Hall.Edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitte...
British acting royalty Ray Winstone is this week’s guest. And he’s brought his own olive oil. Ray Winstone stars in ‘Damsel’ which releases on Netflix from 8th March. Watch it here. Ray Winstone also stars in ‘The Gentlemen’ which releases on Netflix in March. Watch it here. Follow Ray on Instagram @thisisraywinstoneRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTub...
Our Bristol residency concludes with Radio 5 Live DJ and vibe-magnet John Robins. But James has a train to catch…Trigger warning: this episode contains chat about alcohol addiction and calories. Listen to Elis James and John Robins on Radio 5 Live or wherever you get your podcasts.Follow John on Instagram @nomadic_revery and Twitter @nomadicreveryRecorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the Bristol Hippodrome.Edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our...
The Mighty Boosh and Bake Off star Noel Fielding is this week’s guest diner. Will he be serving up some violent quiche? Noel Fielding stars in ‘The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin’ which is streaming on Apple TV+ from 1st March. Watch it here. Follow Noel Fielding on Twitter @noelfielding11 and Instagram @noel_fielding Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed an...
We begin our Bristol residency with Taskmaster star and award-winning actor Susan Wokoma.Follow Susan on Instagram @susiewoosie12Recorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the Bristol Hippodrome.Edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It’s Another Day in the Dream Restaurant, and this week’s diner is Choice Music Prize winning musician and Brit Awards nominee CMAT.Trigger warning: this episode contains talk about diet culture. CMAT’s new album ‘CrazyMad, For Me’ is out now. Stream and buy it here.CMAT is touring and playing festivals this year. Dates and tickets here.Follow CMAT on Twitter and Instagram @cmatbabyRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list...
Our Royal Albert Hall residency continues (and finishes) with night two, featuring special guest Mathew Baynton.Mathew Baynton is currently starring in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Stratford-upon-Avon until 30th March. Buy tickets at rsc.org.uk Follow Mathew on Twitter @realmatbayntonand Instagram @matbayntonRecorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the Royal Albert Hall.Edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go ...
Superb stand-up and ‘Britain's Got Talent’ star Nabil Abdulrashid is this week’s dream diner. Nabil Abdulrashid is on tour now with ‘The Purple Pill’. For dates and tickets visit nabilabdulrashid.com Follow Nabil on Instagram @manlikenabz Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
It’s time for another bonus live episode, this one from night one of our two-night residency at London’s Royal Albert Hall with Elis James.Listen to Elis James and John Robins on Radio 5 Live or wherever you listen to podcasts. And listen to Elis’s other podcasts – The Socially Distant Sports Bar and Oh What A Time… – wherever you get your podcastsFollow Elis on Twitter @elisjames and Instagram @elis_james_contentRecorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the Royal Albert Hall.Edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follo...
Doctor Who and The Thick of It star Peter Capaldi is welcomed to the Dream Restaurant this week. But does he know the way to the American Church? Peter Capaldi stars in 'Criminal Record' which is out now on Apple TV+. Watch it here. Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
It’s our first episode from the Off Menu live tour! Kicking off our run of bonus live episode is Birmingham Superstar Jamelia. Follow Jamelia on Twitter @jamelia and Instagram @officialjameliaRecorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Host...
The Dream Restaurant reopens for business for its 11th season, and our first diner of the new series is actor, author and talk-show host Jada Pinkett Smith.Jada Pinkett Smith’s book ‘Worthy’ is out now in Hardback, published by Forth Estate. Buy it here.Follow Jada on Twitter @jadapsmith and Instagram @jadapinkettsmithRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouT...
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Happy Part 2 of our Best of the Year episodes.See you in the new year for Series 11 of Off Menu. Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What a delicious year it’s been at the Dream Restaurant. Here’s part one of our favourite clips from 2023. Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
To round off our festive specials, comedy hero Ross Noble is let loose in the Dream Restaurant.Ross Noble is on tour in early 2024 with ‘Jibber Jabber Jamboree’. For dates and tickets visit rossnoble.comRoss’s special ‘Humournoid’ is also available from his website.Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddin...
Yuletide greetings to all! We’re back in national tredge territory for our first Christmas special of the year, as we welcome Dawn French to the Dream Restaurant.Dawn French’s new book ‘The Twat Files’ is out now, published by Penguin. Buy it here. Follow Dawn on Instagram @dawnrfrench and Twitter @Dawn_French Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Wa...
It’s the last episode of series 10, and our true crime podcast finally gets resolved: does Paul Rudd like sauces? Trigger warning: this episode includes talk about dieting. Paul Rudd (and James) star in ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’, which is in cinemas in 2024. Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'...
This episode is not for the faint-hearted. Professional Jackass Steve-O shows us his new tat, introduces us to his new dog, and threatens to destroy our buttholes in this week’s episode.Trigger warning: this episode contains talk about addiction, vomiting and, to be frank, so much more.Steve-O’s new special ‘The Bucket List Special’ is available to stream now from steveo.com.Steve-O’s Hot Sauce For Your Butthole is available to buy from Amazon.Follow Steve-O on Twitter and Instagram @steveo.Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and A...
Superb stand-up Harriet Kemsley – as seen on ‘Live at the Apollo’ and ‘Hypothetical’ – has a table booked in the Dream Restaurant / cat cafe this week. Harriet Kemsley’s new special ‘Woman Child’ is available now on 800 Pound Gorilla and YouTube. Follow Harriet on Twitter and Instagram @harrietkemsley.Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed an...
Dreamweaver, doomsage and Sunday Times best-selling horror writer Garth Marenghi joins us in the Nightmare Restaurant this week. Listen to this episode now, before it’s too late… Garth Marenghi’s new book ‘Incarcerat’ is out now in hardback and audiobook, published by Coronet. Buy it here. Garth’s previous book ‘Terrortome’ in now available in a limited pleather-bound edition. Buy it here. Garth is also on tour. Buy tickets here. Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Insta...
Steve Coogan joins us in the Dream Restaurant this week. No need for us to write anything else, really. The new Alan Partridge book ‘Big Beacon’ is out now in hardback and audiobook, published by Orion. Buy it here. Steve Coogan stars in ‘Dr. Strangelove’ in London’s West End from October 2024. Buy tickets here. Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show....
Emmy and Bafta-award nominated actor Paapa Essiedu joins us in the Dream Restaurant this week. Hope he doesn’t eat too much, or it may destroy him. Trigger warning: this episode contains talk about vomiting from eating. Series 2 of ‘The Lazarus Project’ is coming soon to Sky Max.Follow Paapa on Instagram @pessiedu and Twitter @paapaessieduRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restauran...
All the important scientific questions get asked this week, as space scientist and ‘The Sky at Night’ presenter Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock joins us in the Dream Restaurant. Does she think that Dark Matter’s evil? Dr Maggie’s new book “The Art of Stargazing’ is published on November 2 by Ebury Publishing. Buy it here. Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the sho...
‘Boiling Point’ and ‘Big Boys’ star Izuka Hoyle has put a LOT of thought into her Dream Restaurant. And James has got a message for Stephen Graham…‘Boiling Point’ the TV series is on BBC One, 9pm on Sundays and on BBC iPlayer.‘Big Boys’ series 2 is on Channel 4 later this year. Follow Izuka on Instagram @zucchiniboobiniRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on th...
Want anything from the shop? Nick Frost – star of ‘Shaun of the Dead’, ‘Hot Fuzz’ and ‘Spaced’ – joins us in the Dream Restaurant this week. And a bromance begins…Nick Frost’s new book ‘A Slice of Fried Gold’ is published by Bonnier on 28 September. Buy it here. Follow Nick on Instagram @FriedGoldRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and Jam...
Ever missed a flight? AJ Odudu has. The TV presenter, Strictly star and new host of Big Brother is this week’s dream diner.‘Big Brother’ is back this October on ITV2 and ITVX.Follow AJ on Twitter and Instagram @AJOduduRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
National Comedy Award-winning stand-up and musician Jordan Gray joins us this week. And you’ll never look at a Percy Pig in the same way again… Jordan Gray is on tour now with her Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated show ‘Is It a Bird?’. For dates and tickets go to jordangraylive.co.uk Listen to Jordan’s podcast ‘Transplaining with Jordan Gray’ wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Jordan on Twitter and Instagram @talkdarkfriendRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram...
I'll have a side dish please, Carol. We're back in National Treash territory as ‘Countdown’s Carol Vorderman orders her dream meal.‘Carol Vorderman’s Perfect 10 Quiz Book’ is published on 14th September, published by Ebury Press. Buy it here.Listen to Carol’s podcast ‘Perfect 10 with Carol Vorderman’ here.Follow Carol on Twitter and Instagram @carolvordersRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a ...