Alex Horne, meatballs in tomato sauce and a primitivo

Dish

Cold Glass Productions

Comedy, Arts, Food, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Nick and Angela welcome a master of his craft to Dish. Alex Horne is an English comedian, writer and creator of the award-winning and highly original game show Taskmaster, which he cohosts with Greg Davies. Horne, born in Chichester, began his comedy career as a student doing routines at open mic nights in Cambridge before appearing at his first Edinburgh Fringe in 2000. It was at the Fringe that Taskmaster came to life, before making its debut on our TV screens in 2009 (first on Dave and now on Channel 4). The show, now in its 19th season, has been broadcast in over 120 countries and recently was turned into a live immersive experience in London. Alex, who lives in Chesham with his wife and three sons, is also the lead singer of The Horne Section, a ‘six-headed musical comedy band’, who have extended their UK and Ireland tour across the duration of 2025. They can also be seen on TV in the aptly titled The Horne Section TV Show, which returns for its second series later this year. Nick, Angela and Alex start the episode over a Guinness with a side of Pringles, before enjoying meatballs in tomato sauce, a recipe by the one and only... Angela Hartnett. The perfectly crafted meatballs are served alongside a glass of Primitivo di Manduria Riserva. With so much going on in Alex’s life, this episode covers a lot of funny ground, including the origins of Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Alex’s skills in the kitchen, while Angela learns something new about Pringles… We are doing a live episode in Sheffield! On Friday 4 July, Dish will be at The Crucible Theatre at Crossed Wires Festival. For our second ever live show, Nick and Angela will be joined by the newly announced and hilariously funny comedian, Lucy Beaumont. Tickets are available now at crossedwires.live. You can watch full episodes of Dish on YouTube All recipes from this podcast can be found at waitrose.com/dishrecipes A transcript for this episode can be found at waitrose.com/dish We can’t all have a Michelin star chef in the kitchen, but you can ask Angela for help. Send your dilemmas to [email protected] and she’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Dish from Waitrose is made by Cold Glass Productions.

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0:00.0	Dish from Waitrose is a cold glass production.
0:03.7	Culennelie explorers. Are you craving delightful flavors, delectable textures, and shall we say,
0:09.5	a touch of indulgence? And so I bring you biscuits, courtesy of Thomas Fudges. Take our chocolate
0:15.3	florentines, crammed with whole almonds, buttery caramel and citrus zing, fit to grace the greatest gastronomes,
0:21.9	yet equally good with a cup of builder's tea. And where might you acquire such a biscuit?
0:26.0	Why the biscuit aisle of any self-respecting supermarket, of course. Thomas Fudges,
0:31.3	hats off to remarkable biscuits. Available at selected waitress stores subject to availability.
0:37.2	Hey, we have some exciting news.
0:39.2	We're often asked about doing live shows, and we can now say we have one coming up.
0:44.5	Me and Ange are going to be at the Crossed Wires Festival in Sheffield, which is this Fab podcast festival,
0:51.5	and we're going to do a live show at the Crucible Theatre. It's going to be
0:55.7	happening on Friday the 4th of July. I will be there, Angela will be there and we're going to have a
1:01.8	great guest in the form of Lucy Bowman as well who is very, very fun and very brilliant.
1:07.1	If you want to come and join us for this very special Friday night with us and Dish, you can get tickets right now at crossedwires. Live.
1:17.9	This podcast may contain some strong language and adult themes.
1:30.3	Hello, welcome to Dish from Waitrose. I am Nick Grimshaw and I'm Angela Hartnett.
1:33.3	And here we are for another day.
1:35.3	Another day, another day of Dish.
1:37.3	Today we got Alex Horn.
1:39.3	Yes.
1:40.3	Joining us, the creator and star of Taskmaster.
1:43.3	Now a new Taskmaster was big.
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