Ep 4: Nish Kumar (Christmas Special)
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Plosive
4.8 • 20.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2018
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
It's Boxing Day, we're feeling festive, and everyone's best friend Nish Kumar has popped in to order his favourite Christmas meal. Plus we need your help to #BringBackKumarsCobbler
Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive Productions.
Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography) and Amy Browne (illustrations).
Nish Kumar is on tour in 2019 starting 25 January. See his website for full details.
Ed Gamble is on tour in 2019. See his website for full details.
James Acaster is on tour in 2019. See his website for full details.
Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello listeners of the off menu podcast. It is Ed Gamble here from the off menu podcast. |
| 0:05.4 | I have a very exciting announcement. I have written my first ever book. I am absolutely |
| 0:12.1 | over the moon to announce this. I'm very, very proud of it. Of course, what else could |
| 0:16.7 | I write a book about? But food. My book is all about food. My life in food. How greedy |
| 0:22.2 | I am. What a greedy little boy I was. What a greedy adult I am. I think it's very funny. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm very proud of it. The book is called Glutton, the multicore's life of a very greedy boy. |
| 0:32.4 | And it's coming out this October, but it is available to pre-order now, wherever you |
| 0:38.0 | pre-order books from. And if you like my signature, I have done some signed copies which are |
| 0:44.0 | exclusively available from Waterstones. But go and pre-order your copy of Glutton, the |
| 0:49.3 | multicore's life of a very greedy boy. Now, please. |
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| 1:47.0 | Very good, Ed. Hello. Hello, James. Welcome to the off-menu podcast. Christmas special |
| 1:52.0 | on the most Christmasy of days. Boxing day. Doesn't get more Christmasy than Boxing |
| 1:57.0 | day. It is the peak of Christmas. Quick explanation of the podcast. If we got new season |
| 2:02.5 | on listeners, James. We were asked in our guests their favourite ever starter, main course, |
| 2:08.0 | side, drink and dessert. And today's guest is Nish Kumar. Nish Kumar is here for the Christmas |
| 2:15.0 | special. Very exciting. And here's a special boy. He's special in our hearts. He's our |
| 2:21.0 | friend. And so who better to have on the special, than our special friend, Nish? |
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