This article needs additional citations for verification. Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster is a food and comedy podcast produced by Plosive in which guests are invited to select their dream menu by British comedians Gamble and Acaster. In the show guests are asked by Acaster’chicken samosa cheesecake factory Genie Waiter if they would like “still or sparkling water” and “poppadoms or bread”. They then proceed to give their favourite ever 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. It is a pizza base covered in cheese with another base on top.
Scroobius Pip should have been ejected from the restaurant for mentioning pomegranate seeds, but Ed and James allowed him to remove them from the dish as it was the very first episode. Served with a demi-clock of onion rings, creamed spinach, a jar of pesto with a spoon, macaroni and cheese, and a red Thai chicken curry. Chocolate lava cake with Madagascar vanilla ice-cream. Moshe and Natasha appeared on the podcast together.
Salad cream coleslaw with grated cheese. Normal mayonnaise and salad cream coleslaw with grated cheese and bits of cauliflower. At this point Jayde was ejected from the restaurant and her meal was thrown in the bin. 100th special episode with James and Ed’s dream menus, hosted by Claudia Winkleman.
In a one off special for Comic Relief, the podcast teamed up with Brett Goldstein for a podcast crossover. Nominations 2019 — British Podcast Awards”. James Acaster and Ed Gamble interview – British Comedy Guide”. Podcast of the week: Off Menu”.