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James Acaster and Ed Gamble announce Off Menu live tour

Wednesday 12th April 2023, 10:36am

• The Off Menu podcast is heading on tour in October and November 2023 . Ticketmaster
• Ed Gamble and James Acaster will visit cities including Birmingham, London and Manchester
• The shows will feature "a different guest each night, and a slightly different version of James's Diet Coke story"

Ed Gamble and James Acaster are taking their Off Menu podcast on a live tour in October and November 2023 .

Off Menu: Live will visit Birmingham, London, Bristol, Nottingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Brighton and Dublin.

The promoters say: "Comedians and podcast hosts Ed Gamble and James Acaster are thrilled to announce the first ever live tour of their critically acclaimed podcast, Off Menu . Taking in an initial eight dates in October and November 2023 including one night at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall, tickets are available to members of the Off Menu mailing list on Thursday 13th April at 10am with general on sale taking place on Friday 14th April at 10am. Ticketmaster

"In Off Menu: Live the genie waiter (James) and maître d' (Ed) will quiz a guest about their dream cuisine - their favourite ever starter, main course, dessert, side dish and drink (not in that order) - live on stage. Featuring a different guest each night, and a slightly different version of James's Diet Coke story."

Ed Gamble says: "I am mad with joy that we finally get to put the dream meals on wheels."

James Acaster adds: "Like Shrek and Donkey, Ed and I are off on a noble quest and we won't stop until we find our happily ever after."

Since launching in December 2018 , Off Menu has become one of the biggest podcasts in the country and now boasts over 120 million downloads.

Sunday, 8 October 2023: Birmingham, Hippodrome Monday, 9 October 2023: London, Royal Albert Hall Tuesday, 10 October 2023: London, Royal Albert Hall Wednesday, 11 October 2023: Bristol, Hippodrome Thursday, 12 October 2023: Bristol, Hippodrome Wednesday, 18 October 2023: Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall Saturday, 21 October 2023: Glasgow, SEC Armadillo Sunday, 22 October 2023: Glasgow, SEC Armadillo Sunday, 29 October 2023: Manchester, O2 Apollo Monday, 30 October 2023: Manchester, O2 Apollo Saturday, 25 November 2023: Brighton, Dome Monday, 27 November 2023: Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Tuesday, 28 November 2023: Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

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James Acaster and Ed Gamble's Off Menu tour extended again

One night at the Palladium...

The stand-up stars originally announced eight Off Menu Live shows across the UK and Ireland in October and November. With tickets already sold out for the original dates, further shows were added at several venues.

And now, a third date has been added at the iconic London Palladium on Sunday, November 19. Tickets for this show will go on sale on Friday, May 12 .

"I am mad with joy that we finally get to put the dream meals on wheels," said Great British Menu judge and Taskmaster podcast host Ed.

James, who was recently cast in Ghostbusters: Afterlife 's sequel , added: "Like Shrek and Donkey, Ed and I are off on a noble quest and we won't stop until we find our happily ever after."

So, if you want to hear James shouting "Poppadoms or bread?" repeatedly at a celebrity guest in real time, here's where you'll need to be – and when:

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• Sunday, October 29 : Manchester, O2 Apollo Tickets

• Monday, October 30: Manchester, O2 Apollo (new show) Tickets

• Sunday, November 19: London, The Palladium Tickets on sale May 12

• Saturday, November 25 : Brighton, Dome Tickets

• Monday, November 27 : Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (new show) Tickets

• Tuesday, November 28 : Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre Tickets

Each show will feature a different celebrity sharing their favourite starter, main course, side dish, dessert, drink, and more besides. Audiences have also been promised "a slightly different version of James' Diet Coke story" at each show.

Tickets are on general sale now, with limited availability already for several of the new shows.

Since its launch in late 2018, Off Menu has been nominated twice in the Best Comedy Podcast category at the National Comedy Awards, and has welcomed over 180 guests through the doors of the Dream Restaurant.

Ed and James recently teamed up for Celebrity Hunted in support of Stand Up to Cancer, memorably tackling the hunters' ground crew face-to-face with water pistols in the grounds of the Taskmaster house.

James will also be on the road with his own solo stand-up show Hecklers Welcome later this year.

Off Menu , hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster, is available on services including Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Podcasts and Acast .

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The comedy duo are taking their hit podcast Off Menu on tour. Who has been their strangest guest? Who do they most want on the show? And why has it become a phenomenon?

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P oppadoms or bread? The secret ingredient. The Great Benito. The genie waiter. If any of that makes sense to you, then you might be responsible for one of the 120m downloads of the megahit food-comedy podcast Off Menu . For the past five years, comedians James Acaster and Ed Gamble have invited celebrity guests, including Florence Pugh, Jamie Oliver, Paul Mescal, Yotam Ottolenghi, Lily Allen and Miriam Margolyes, to visit their imaginary dream restaurant, where they discuss and then choose their all-time favourite starter, main, dessert, drinks and sundries. It is Desert Island Discs for dining, with a side serving of surreal humour.

“The first time we did a live episode, [comedian] Isy Suttie chose Thai red curry for her main, and there was a round of applause,” says Gamble, fresh from tucking into the meatballs for OFM’s photoshoot riffing on the Lady and the Tramp spaghetti scene. “So weird. If you didn’t know what this was, and you were just strolling past the Southbank Centre, and you heard someone go, ‘Thai red curry’, and everyone starts clapping …”

Acaster got the audience involved in a Thai green curry v Thai red curry cheer-off. “Green was the favourite. But the Thai red curry people were just very happy that it got a shout-out, because it never does.” Off Menu ’s fans love its catchphrases, such as when Acaster randomly picks a moment to shout at a guest to choose poppadoms or bread. “When I shout, ‘poppadoms or bread?’, they’ll applaud it. If Ed starts pushing things towards cheese and biscuits, they love that stuff. Notoriously with standup, I can throw my toys out of the pram if the audience aren’t what I want them to be, and with the podcast, you just don’t really get that.”

Off Menu is about to go live again on its first tour, a sellout, 15-date run that includes two nights at the Royal Albert Hall. Both comedians have seen their stars rising over the past few years, from Live at the Apollo to the Netflix/Prime TV specials to Taskmaster (Gamble won, Acaster didn’t), and both are TV regulars now, though the less said about Acaster’s stint on The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off , the better.

As a duo, though, their warmth and offbeat rapport powers Off Menu , which began in December 2018 – rapper Scroobius Pip was the first guest. Acaster and Gamble have been friends since 2010 or 2011, depending who you ask, when they were both newish standups making their way around the comedy circuit. Gamble says they met at a club in London, though Acaster thinks it was in Cardiff. “That was a gig called Hahaha at the Hawaiian,” recalls Gamble, “and it was a Hawaiian-themed bar in Cardiff. It was £2 for a ticket and as part of the ticket price, you got an all you can eat Chinese buffet.”

How did friendship blossom? “Gradually,” says Acaster. “By 2013, I was living in your house.”

“So, quickly,” quips Gamble. “The opposite of what James said.”

“Ed and Nish Kumar went to university together, and my memory of becoming friends with you guys is that you decided it would be funny to pretend to be my friend before we really got to know each other very well,” says Acaster. “So, I would turn up at things, and they would call me their best friend and sing songs about being best friends together. And I would respond very grumpily, half for a joke and half because I was like, ‘fuck these guys’. And it just became a thing eventually, where I thought, I guess I am their best friend now.”

The realisation that they shared an interest in food came later. Gamble has a book out soon called Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy – and has always enjoyed eating well, but Acaster, who regularly riffs on his love of sweet desserts, says it took him longer to start to think about it at all. “When I say I think about what I eat, I don’t mean healthy food, I mean actually thinking, I’ve got to eat today, and that might as well be something that I like, rather than just going ‘fuck it’, and getting a meal deal.”

Whenever he visits somewhere new, Gamble plans where he’s going to eat after heavy research, and he inspired Acaster to do the same when he was on tour or working away from home. “It became a favourite subject to talk about, like, I’m working in Newcastle, what do you eat when you’re here?” says Acaster. Gamble says they’re both quite obsessive by nature. “If we decide we like something, we tend to hyper focus on it, and we both happened to do that with food at the same time,” he says.

They took their personal chats about the best gelato they’d ever had, for example, and realised it might make a good podcast. “We like a bit of music, enjoy lists, greatest of all time stuff, so with food, it wasn’t too difficult for it to evolve into this dream meal idea,” says Acaster. Gamble texted Acaster to suggest the food podcast. “And James immediately texted back saying, we could call it Off Menu and then sent through the full concept.”

Listening back to the first episode, it’s remarkable how little has changed. Everything is there, from the secret ingredient, an item Acaster and Gamble choose but which the guest must avoid mentioning – even though they don’t know what it is – or else they’re thrown out, to the genie waiter, a role Acaster assumes, though in the surreal world of the dream restaurant, nothing is fixed in place.

“We both came up with ideas for concepts and different things to add on,” says Acaster.

“Well, some of the things, you just added on in the first recording without asking,” says Gamble.

“Some I didn’t know were going to happen. Some were accidental.”

“The genie?”

“I asked about that! I did ask.”

“During the recording.”

“Beforehand, but you and the Great Benito [how they refer to producer Ben, a regular presence on the pod, though a silent one] said it could get confusing. I said, just let me try it for the first one.”

“To be fair, you say it at the beginning and it always gets completely dropped throughout the episode …”

For a while, Ainsley Harriot and Kathy Burke were top of their most-wanted guest wishlist, but as both have done it, who do they want now?

“Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is currently number one,” says Acaster. Why? “He’s just the greatest. I did not love wrestling as a teenager but The Rock is genuinely one of my biggest inspirations in terms of comedy persona. I’ve never met anyone who’s like, ‘I hate The Rock’. Pretty much everyone likes him, so I think it would be an exciting episode for everybody. We could ask him about, not just wrestling, but Moana .” How are negotiations going? “I’m not sure they exist,” laughs Gamble.

Sometimes the interviews reveal more about the person than you might expect from your standard celebrity chat. Darjeeling Express chef/owner Asma Khan talked at length about India, Britain, patriarchy, identity and family (“She does these amazing long speeches and then there’s a little pause and you hear one of us go, ‘Right, so, main course?’” says Gamble). Some guests have talked about eating disorders.

Why is food such a revealing conversation subject? “It’s the ultimate universal topic,” says Gamble. “But people in the public eye rarely talk about it. Often, you’ll be eating something that you think is completely normal, and then you’ll speak to someone else, and they’ll go, ‘What are you talking about? That’s absolutely insane.’ It’s so intertwined with personalities. Also, some people have just got ridiculous views on food.”

Who surprised them? “I just think way more people are mad than you give them credit for. When we were speaking to Serge [Pizzorno, singer] from Kasabian, it emerged that when he was a kid, he couldn’t eat if there was a magician on the telly. Things like that are complete left turns and when something like that happens, I love it,” Gamble continues.

Acaster and Gamble thought they had 10 episodes of Off Menu in them, but the podcast is still going strong, even though both are considerably busier than they were. Gamble is touring, has written his memoir (“Memoir’s a very big word for it, it’s more weighted towards the food than the memoir”) and is a judge on Great British Menu . Acaster is also touring, releasing music with the collaborations project Temps , and for a brief moment,he was rumoured to be replacing Matt Lucas as the host of The Great British Bake Off . “For no reason!” he says. “There had been no conversations, nor should there have been. It was just people going, who’s associated with Bake Off already? That guy who was really bad at baking,” he says. (He did not win star baker on his celebrity episode.) He is also in the next Ghostbusters movie, which he is now filming, though he swears he can’t tell me anything about it. “They’re very, very strict about it. I’m scared. I’m the least experienced one on set, I can’t be the one who spills the beans,” he says. Gambles teases him: “I really had you down as the guy who would slip up and give away details,” he says.

Recording Off Menu is restricted to the rare days every month when the two of them and the Great Benito are free. Sometimes they’ll record multiple episodes in a day. “It means that if we’ve only got two days in a month where we can both do it, we miss out on some massive guests,” says Gamble, but he won’t say who they’ve turned down, “because we might have them on eventually.”

Each date on the tour will be a normal episode, with a new guest, only in front of a live audience. On the regular podcast, the secret ingredient has only been chosen once, when comedian Jayde Adams mentioned hundreds and thousands, though it was during the pandemic and on Zoom, so technically, they couldn’t throw her out. “She would have smashed our heads together,” says Gamble. What if it happens at a live show? “I guess we’ll replace them with an audience member,” shrugs Acaster. “Or, if it’s a theatre with a trap door in the middle of the stage: ‘stand there’,” says Gamble.

When we meet, they’re preparing to record their 200th episode. For the 100th, Claudia Winkleman took over as host, while Acaster and Gamble chose their dream menus. For the bicentenary, which was released in August, they did the same, with Rylan as the guest. They’ve eaten at so many restaurants that they were well equipped to make their choices all over again.

Off Menu can be a powerful force when it comes to restaurants, and establishments that come up often report increased custom afterwards. (Acaster: “Second series, we started getting invited to restaurants, because we’d mentioned places in the first series that then saw more people turn up.”) On the show’s website, there’s a map of all the places mentioned, and who mentioned them, a handy list for anyone looking to eat anywhere in the world, from Birmingham to Mumbai.

Gamble says they’re protective of what they’ve achieved so far. “What can happen in these situationsis that someone has something really good in a podcast, and then they think they should level up, so a TV show or something like that … and it can often just destroy what you’ve built.”

Has there been talk of a TV show? “I think we can reach more people with the podcast than we can with a TV show, and we can do it completely on our own terms. It has that free-flowing, slightly raggedy thing throughout it, and they don’t really do that on TV. You have to plan it,” says Gamble. “We’d be tearing our hair out, wishing we hadn’t said ‘yes’. Because we would have gone from something that’s completely free, we can do whatever we like, to doing something with someone else, who then starts saying, ‘How about this bit, but … you’re on a bouncy castle?’” says Acaster.

A few dishes get picked on Off Menu frequently; they are what My Way is to Desert Island Discs . People often name prawn cocktail as their starter, or trifle as their dessert. Acaster says they have planned responses, so they don’t have to think up something new every time. “We’re always able to ask them: here are all the other people on the podcast who chose trifle. If you were all layered up like a trifle, what order would it be in?”

“In America, people chose iced tea a lot. So we started saying: ‘have you ever met Ice-T’? And every time, they had,” says Gamble.

“Everyone had met Ice-T,” says Acaster.

“Everyone had a story about meeting Ice-T.”

“A bunch of different stories. Couldn’t believe it.”

Have either of you met Ice-T?

“No,” says Acaster. “Seems unfair.”

“But happy to have him on the pod,” says Gamble.

Off Menu tours the UK and Ireland from 8 Oct . For tickets to Ed Gamble’s 2024 tour Hot Diggity Dog, visit edgamble.co.uk . James Acaster’s Hecklers Welcome tour continues until next summer, visit jamesacaster.com

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Off menu podcast with ed gamble and james acaster live tour announced.

Comedians and podcast hosts Ed Gamble have announced the first ever live tour of their critically acclaimed podcast, Off Menu. Taking in an initial eight dates in October and November 2023 including one night at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall, tickets are available to members of the Off Menu mailing list on Thursday 13th April at 10:00 am with general on sale taking place on Friday 14th April at 10:00am. Tickets will be available here.        

Update: more dates added including London Royal Albert Hall with second nights being added in Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester and Dublin. Tickets at link above.                

In  Off Menu: Live  the genie waiter (James) and maître d’ (Ed) will quiz a guest about their dream cuisine – their favourite ever starter, main course, dessert, side dish and drink (not in that order) – live on stage. Featuring a different guest each night, and a slightly different version of James’ Diet Coke story.

Since launching in December 2018, Off Menu has become one of the biggest podcasts in the country and was an instant success, winning multiple awards, regularly topping the podcast charts and racking up over 120 million downloads. In 2019 and 2020, it was nominated for Best Comedy Podcast at the British Podcast Awards.

Ed Gamble said:  “I am mad with joy that we finally get to put the dream meals on wheels.”

James Acaster said:  “Like Shrek and Donkey, Ed and I are off on a noble quest and we won’t stop until we find our happily ever after.”  

Ed Gamble  is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer, and podcaster. Crowned the series nine champion of the award-winning TV show Taskmaster (Dave/Channel 4), Ed was featured on the second Champions of Champions episode in 2022 and is the current host of the Taskmaster Podcast. Ed has appeared in over 30 episodes of the hit satirical panel show Mock the Week between 2015 to 2021, making him one of the most frequent regulars on the show. He is also a judge on BBC Two’s Great British Menu and co-host of a Radio X Show with Matthew Crosby.

Ed additionally served as one of six rotating guest-hosts for Pointless (BBC One) – alongside Alexander Armstrong. Additional TV credits include Almost Royal (BBC America), Man Down (Channel 4), Blankety Blank (BBC One), Roast Battle (Comedy Central), Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC Two), Hypothetical (Dave). His most recent stand-up tour, Electric, was given an Autumn extension after selling out multiple venues in its initial run. This comes after his twice-extended 2019 show, Blizzard, and his 2019 Amazon Prime special, Blood Sugar. Most recently, Ed has appeared on Live at the Apollo (BBC Two) for a second time.

James Acaster  is ‘One of comedy’s most original voices’ (Evening Standard). A whimsical master, he has received acclaim from around the world, including a record breaking 5 consecutive nominations for Best Comedy Show at the 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. In 2017 he toured the country with a staggering three show Trelogy, performing Recognise, Represent and Reset consecutively over three nights in each venue. These three shows and Recap, form his Netflix four part series, Repertoire.

It was the first of its kind, a stand up mini series with an overarching narrative, James being the first UK comic to shoot more than one Netflix Original special. James has released three books – Classic Scrapes, Perfect Sound Whatever and James Acaster's Guide to Quitting Social Media – all of which made the Sunday Times bestseller list. In 2019, James completed a mammoth long tour of his hugely successful show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 around the UK, Australia and America; the show is now available to watch on Vimeo. James was recently announced as joining the cast of the Ghostbusters sequel and will be touring his new stand-up show Hecklers Welcome in autumn 2023.                 

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Ed Gamble and James Acaster are taking Off Menu on the road.

The comedians launched their acclaimed podcast in 2018, and since then it’s gone on to be one of the most popular shows on streaming services including Spotify and Apple Music.

While fans can currently see them on the run in Celebrity Hunted, the boys are ready to set off on the road again in a different way, as they bring Off Menu: Live on tour across the UK and Ireland.

Eight dates have been announced for October and November of this year, including a classy affair in London ’s Royal Albert Hall.

As with the regular podcast, the live event will see James act as the waiter and Ed as the maitre d’ as they bring a different guest on stage each night and quiz them about their lives and favourite cuisines.

Having racked up over 120 million downloads since its launch, and nominated twice for the Best Comedy Podcast at the British Podcast Awards, the live show is set to be a popular one, with general sale for tickets opening on Friday and presale on now.

Speaking as the live show was announced, Ed said he was ‘mad with joy’ that the pair ‘finally get to put the dream meals on wheels.’

James compared the tour to another famous duo, joking: ‘Like Shrek and Donkey, Ed and I are off on a noble quest and we won’t stop until we find our happily ever after.’

It comes as the pair’s antics on Celebrity Hunted continue, with Monday’s episode seeing them evade capture while, of all things, getting a tattoo.

While escaping the team of celebrity hunters, the pair sought refuge in a tattoo parlour in Bristol, where James gave Ed a genuinely terrible tattoo.

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James Acaster And Ed Gamble Are Taking Their ‘Off Menu’ Podcast On A Hunger-Inducing Live Tour

The dynamic duo are embarking on a 13 night live tour around Ireland and the UK with a new guest joining each night to curate their dream menu - with all the trimmings.

Ed Gamble  and  James Acaster’s  hit of a podcast  Off Menu  launched in December 2018 and has since rocketed to popularity, with  over 120 million downloads to its name . The pair feature a guest in each episode and embark on the task of putting together the guests’ ultimate meal, including starter, main, dessert, a side dish and drinks. Along the way, the hosts add their dose of side-splitting silliness to unite comedy and foodies.

The podcast’s first ever live tour will have shows in major cities in the UK & Ireland, including London Manchester , and Dublin . Tickets have just been released with some shows already sold out and five extra dates added today ( April 14 )!

Bord Gáis Energy Theatre sets the scene for the comedic duos nights in Dublin on November 28 and the additional night on November 27 , a majestic setting for a night full of laughs.

Ed is a English comedian who regularly graces our screens on shows such as the BBC’s satirical panel show Mock The Week  (an absolute classic),  has featured in Russell Howard’s Good News,  and has had a stint as as a judge on BBC Two’s  Great British Menu.  Ed’s most recent stand-up tour in 2022, Electric,  was a huge success after selling out many of its venues just on its first run, having to extend the tour with 35 more dates.

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Many of us are no strangers to James’ comedic charms as much as live comedy tours is no stranger to James. In 2018 Netflix released  James Acaster: Repertoire,  a stand up mini series of James’ four part show he performed during a live tour. It was the first of its kind and an instant hit . More recently, James was announced as part of the star-studded cast for the Ghostbusters sequel which will bring the comedian to our big screens.

As of yet, the guests featuring on each night have not been released. However, from the caliber of celebs that have appeared on the podcast, you’ll certainly be in for a treat. Big names such as Stanley Tucci, Florence Pugh, and Paul Mescal have all divulged their dream menu and left us craving some mouth-watering meals.

Dates for the  Off Menu  live tour

October 2023.

October 8 – Birmingham, Hippodrome

October 9 – London, Royal Albert Hall (extra date)

October 10 – London, Royal Albert Hall

October 11 – Bristol, Hippodrome

October 12 – Bristol, Hippodrome (extra date)

October 18 – Nottingham, Royal Concert Hall

October 21 – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo

October 22 – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo (extra date)

October 29 – Manchester, O2 Apollo

October 30 – Manchester, O2 Apollo (extra date)

November 2023

November 25 – Brighton, Dome

November 27 – Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre (extra date)

November 28 – Dublin, Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

Tickets are now on sale on the official website of the Off Menu Podcast , so be sure to nab them fast.

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Superb stand-up and podcaster Sara Barron has a reservation this week. And did you know her brother is a babe? Listen to Sara’s podcast ‘They Like to Watch’ wherever you listen to podcasts. Sara Barron is at the Edinburgh Fringe this August with her new show ‘Anything For You’. For tickets and info visit edfringe.com Follow Sara on Twitter @sarabarron and Instagram @sarabarron1000000 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 information.

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• APR 19, 2024

Ep 243: Joe Wilkinson (Live in Brighton)

Despite wanting to go home, Joe Wilkinson showed up for his table at the Dream Restaurant, live in Brighton. Listen to Joe’s podcast Chatabix with David Earl wherever you listen to podcasts and follow Chatabix on Instagram @chatabixpodcast Joe’s book ‘My Autobiography’ is out now. Buy it here. Follow Joe on Instagram @gillinghamjoe Recorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the Brighton Dome. 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.

• APR 16, 2024

Ep 242: Carrie Brownstein

‘Portlandia’ star and half of Sleater-Kinney, Carrie Brownstein, joins us in the Dream Restaurant this week. And we now have some ideas to pitch to Dragon’s Den… Sleater-Kinney’s new album ‘Little Rope’ is out now. Buy it and listen to it here. Sleater-Kinney are touring this year. For dates and tickets go to sleater-kinney.com Follow Carrie Instagram @carrie_rachel 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 information.

• 1 hr 20 min
• APR 12, 2024

Ep 241: Mike Wozniak (Live in London)

It’s night two of our two-night London Palladium residency and moustachioed maestro Mike Wozniak joins us in the Dream Restaurant. Listen to Mike’s podcast ‘Three Bean Salad’ wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow Mike on Twitter @mrmikewozniak Recorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the London Palladium. 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.

• 1 hr 11 min
• APR 9, 2024

Ep 240: Killer Mike

Grammy Award-winning rapper (and half of Run The Jewels) Killer Mike joins us in the Dream Restaurant. And he’s impressed with Ed’s fishing skills. Killer Mike’s Grammy-winning album ‘Michael’ is out now. Listen here. Killer Mike is on tour this year. For dates and tickets go to killermike.com. Follow Killer Mike on Instagram and Twitter @killermike 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 information.

• APR 5, 2024

Ep 239: Jessica Knappett (Live in London)

Our two-night residency at the London Palladium begins with James’s Taskmaster cohort, Jessica Knappett! Follow Jess on Instagram and Twitter @jessicaknappett Recorded by Matt Mountford-Lister for Storm Productions Group live at the London Palladium. 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.

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11 tips for visiting Apple's $5 billion headquarters, Apple Park

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The stunning building is completely circular and features walls made out of glass. Inside of the building, which is one mile in circumfrence, Apple employees are busy working on the company's next big thing, like the new iPhones expected to come out this September.

This means Apple Park is a special place for Apple fans and devotees. Many flock to Cupertino, California, about an hour south of San Francisco, every day to get a glimpse of what some call "the spaceship."

Here are a few tips to get the most out of visiting where Apple's magic happens: 

1. You'll probably need a car to get there.

There isn't much public transit in Silicon Valley, so tourists will need to find a way to get there from San Francisco or San Jose. A car is easiest. 

2. The actual campus isn't open to the public. You can walk around the perimeter, but you can't get inside to see either the "spaceship" building or the on-campus theater where Apple launches new products.

Apple CEO Tim Cook explained why there aren't tours for the public earlier this year. 

3. But there is a visitor's center that's open to the public. It's free to the public, located across the street from the campus, and there's plenty of parking.

It's located at 10600 N Tantau Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014, and you can find hours and other details at Apple's website . 

4. The visitor's center is an Apple store, but there's a lot to do there, including an AR experience, exclusive merchandise, and a cafe.

5. Don't miss the Apple Park augmented reality experience, which lets you peek into the campus through an iPad.

6. There are Apple Park T-shirts and other accessories you can't get anywhere else.

The shirts and other swag are a little bit pricey. 

7. If you need a pick-me-up, there's a cafe in the visitor's center with snacks and coffee. On a weekday morning, you might see Apple employees taking meetings in the sunny cafe, and the WiFi is fast and reliable.

Here's the menu — on an iPad, naturally.

8. The visitor's center is an Apple store, so you can buy an iPad, iPhone, or Mac if you wish — or a charger if you left yours at home. There is no Genius Bar or repairs available at the Apple Park visitor's center, though.

9. It's easy to miss the upstairs roof deck, but it's the highlight of the visitor's center. Look for the Jony Ive-designed stairs.

Once you're on the roof, you get the closest view of Apple Park available to the public.

That's a glimpse of a $5 billion building between the trees. 

10. It's a great place to take photos.

The best views of Apple Park are still from the air, though.

11. and if you still can't get enough apple, infinite loop, apple's old headquarters, is a 6-minute drive away..

There's an Apple store here open to the public, too. And it's where the iPhone was invented.

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James G Gamble

Dr. James G Gamble is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist in Palo Alto, California. He graduated with honors from University Of Maryland School Of Medicine in 1974. Having more than 50 years of diverse experiences, especially in ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, Dr. James G Gamble affiliates with no hospital, cooperates with many other doctors and specialists in medical group Lpch Medical Group Div Of Lucile. Call Dr. James G Gamble on phone number (650) 723-5286 for more information and advice or to book an appointment.

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• Dr. James G Gamble attended to University Of Maryland School Of Medicine and then graduated in 1974

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• NPI #: 1487700738
• Enumeration Date: Jan 26th, 2007
• Last Update Date: Jul 18th, 2008
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Dr. James G Gamble has primarily specialised in Orthopedic Surgery for over 50 years.

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