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Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Few food podcasts have the same balance of structure and chaos as Off Menu.

Each week, comedians Ed Gamble and James Acaster invite a guest to their 'magical restaurant' to choose their dream meal: starter, main, side, dessert and drink. It's a neat hook, but the joy lies in how quickly the menu becomes a launchpad for tangents.

Gamble plays affable maître d', gently nudging the conversation forward, while Acaster-a whimsical waiter and genie jester-interrupts with surreal detours and obsessive cross-examinations