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Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Ayoade Bamgboye

29 Apr 2026

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Chapter 1: What is Ayoade Bamgboye's background in comedy?

2.933 - 16.285 James Acaster

and there are still tickets available at jamesacaster.com. I'm looking at you, Glasgow, Belfast. Oh, there was somewhere else. Just please go on the website and buy tickets, please, jamesacaster.com.

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31.047 - 44.297 Ed Gamble

Welcome to the Off Menu Podcast. Toasting the pita breads of conversation. Taking the knife of humour. Punching a little hole of chat into the pita bread and releasing the steam of bad vibes.

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44.8 - 57.58 James Acaster

That's a gamble. My name is James Acaster. Together, we own a dream restaurant. Every single week, we invite a guest, ask them their favourite ever start, a main course dessert, side dish and drink. Not in that order. And this week, our guest is... Ayoade Bamboye!

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57.8 - 59.883 Ed Gamble

Ayoade is a wonderful comedian, James.

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Chapter 2: How did Ayoade win the Edinburgh Comedy Award?

60.204 - 64.21 Ed Gamble

Won the Best Newcomer Award at the most recent Edinburgh Festival.

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64.19 - 68.816 James Acaster

That's a big deal, man. Everyone was talking about it. I wasn't at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. No, no, no.

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68.836 - 70.479 Ed Gamble

But I heard so much about it. And it was better for it.

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70.639 - 71.2 James Acaster

Yes, yes.

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71.22 - 71.881 Ed Gamble

Better vibe.

71.921 - 74.184 James Acaster

Yes, okay. But I heard a lot about it.

74.204 - 83.297 Ed Gamble

Everyone had such a good time. We felt free and light, we were all saying. Some people were saying they felt free and light. Yeah, we were dragged down by the anchor that was James Acaster.

Chapter 3: What is the significance of the secret ingredient in the Dream Restaurant?

84.218 - 90.687 Ed Gamble

Everyone was calling you the anchor. Yeah. That's a good thing, anchor. Keep everyone. Not if you want to swim.

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91.831 - 98.52 James Acaster

But everyone was saying that I Wanted show was absolutely brilliant. So, like, I'm very excited. We've only met once.

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98.82 - 110.897 Ed Gamble

I've only met I Wanted once, and it's one of the funniest conversations I've ever had. So I'm looking forward to this episode. Yeah, what happened? Yeah, I think I got on her nerves quite quickly. So I think it's going to be a really nice to and fro.

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111.377 - 113.14 James Acaster

Great. That's good to know.

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Chapter 4: What are Ayoade's thoughts on Biscoff as a food trend?

113.26 - 121.348 Ed Gamble

I think I got on her nerves as well. Yeah. Yeah, so this will be fun. This is going to be fun. Benito, have you met her before? Yes. Did you get on her nerves? Yeah. Thank God you're here then.

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122.292 - 124.943 James Acaster

I find that hard to believe.

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127.268 - 157.275 James Acaster

what is going on tour yes with her show Swings and Roundabouts that is the award winning show so absolutely right now pause the podcast and get tickets for it because it's going to sell out by the end of this sentence you've got to go you've got to go there's going to these are hot cakes these are hot cakes you've got to James is not pointing at his own butt when he says that he's talking about the tickets just to be clear if the listener could always assume I'm not pointing at my own butt that would be great yeah alright even the stop clock is yeah points at his own butt twice a day

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157.255 - 179.888 Ed Gamble

yeah one of those mickey mouse clocks yeah yeah can't help it poor mickey he's got no no choice of the matter sometimes if iowada says a secret ingredient yeah that we have pre-decided upon she will be removed from the restaurant we don't want to do that no it's talking to her but she might be grateful for it if we start to get on her nerves again that's true yes

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180.509 - 187.043 Ed Gamble

And this week, the secret ingredient is... Biscoff. Biscoff. Now, this is going to be a very controversial one.

Chapter 5: What does Ayoade consider her dream meal?

187.323 - 200.29 Ed Gamble

It was suggested to us by a member of the audience at one of our live Palladium shows. Yeah. And I don't think it went down very well on the night either. People love Biscoff, but what we do all agree on is it's insidious. It's everywhere. Yeah.

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200.27 - 220.65 James Acaster

absolutely everywhere the market is oversaturated with Biscoff yes Biscoff in everything yeah Biscoff in absolutely everything Biscoff ice cream Biscoff spread brownies Biscoff brownies Biscoff sun cream I wasn't even aware it was a biscuit for ages yeah Lotus biscuits. The lotus biscuits. People love them.

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221.43 - 226.996 James Acaster

But, you know, also a lot of people have had enough of them and don't want Biscoff being in absolutely everything.

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227.496 - 231.24 Ed Gamble

It's the salted caramel problem. It's the truffle problem. It's the pulled pork problem.

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231.46 - 232.061 James Acaster

Yeah.

Chapter 6: How does Ayoade define her relationship with food?

232.081 - 245.734 James Acaster

So I think it's a fair enough secret ingredient. Yeah. But because it's in everything, it's a bit of a risky one. Yeah, it is. It could backfire. It could happen. It could happen in the starter. Yes. Who knows? What? You never know, man. It's in everything these days.

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246.052 - 257.394 Ed Gamble

Don't forget, this is out on YouTube tomorrow. If you're listening to this on the day it comes out, it will be available to watch in full on the YouTube tomorrow. And you can see all the times that James is definitely going to point at his own butt.

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Chapter 7: What are Ayoade's favorite dishes to cook and eat?

257.754 - 260.78 Ed Gamble

Yeah, so pretty constant. Yeah. Oh, boy!

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260.82 - 262.283 James Acaster

That's Mickey Mouse.

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262.904 - 280.394 Ed Gamble

Oh, boy! This is the Off Menu Menu of... I am on a bad boy! Welcome, Aiwane, to the Dream Restaurant. Welcome, Aiwane, bad boy, to the Dream Restaurant.

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280.414 - 281.935 James Acaster

We've been expecting you for some time.

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281.995 - 284.218 Ayoade Bamgboye

This is beautiful. Do that again.

286.781 - 290.585 James Acaster

Welcome, Aiwane, bad boy, to the Dream Restaurant. We've been expecting you for some time.

290.645 - 291.646 Ayoade Bamgboye

Oh, that's lovely.

292.007 - 293.669 James Acaster

First time it's been requested a second time?

Chapter 8: What humorous anecdotes does Ayoade share about her experiences in restaurants?

293.689 - 297.873 Ed Gamble

Yeah, first time ever someone's wanted him to do it again. I really spat that second time.

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297.913 - 300.156 Ayoade Bamgboye

Yeah, because I wasn't expecting the volume.

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300.322 - 302.165 Ed Gamble

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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302.365 - 307.372 Ayoade Bamgboye

Because there was a spectrum of volumes there that shocked me and excited me.

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307.392 - 311.559 Ed Gamble

I went in quite normal, and then James really beefed it, didn't he?

311.579 - 312.82 Ayoade Bamgboye

Yeah, also normal, I guess.

312.961 - 314.583 Ed Gamble

Yeah, also normal for him, I suppose.

314.643 - 318.269 Ayoade Bamgboye

That was sort of passive-aggressive in a way that I enjoyed as well.

318.289 - 321.233 Ed Gamble

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I do passive-aggression quite well, I think.

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