Well, hello and welcome to off menu, the tasting menus, James.

We miss my little intros, but that's what it is now.

When we give a fan favourite guest, the menu of another fan favourite guest.

Yes, it's an excuse to get some people back on.

Yeah, always nice to get people back on, have a little chat.

And we're very excited this week because we have a firm fan favourite.

Back on the podcast, our guest is Fern Brady. A Fern fan favourite. A Fern fan, a firm, a firm, a firm fan favourite. Yes, lovely. Oh, well, I mean, the amount of run-ups I took at it. Yeah. Probably. Benito, I'll edit it down so you sound slick, I'm sure. Oh, thanks, man.

Really appreciate it.

Of course, Fern Brady, a fantastic comedian, writer. Yes. A book is fantastic. A hit writer. A hit writer. Huge success. A smash. Yes. A smash hit writer. Brilliant on Taskmaster as well. Of course. we've already had John Kearns to a tasting menu, and at the moment in Taskmaster, where the two of them and Dara are doing that book task. Yes. And John is the saboteur. The saboteur. Fern is so funny throughout all that, calls him dafty in the middle. Good, dafty in the middle. Yeah. And Fern is foody as well. Yes. Really, really likes food and enjoys talking about food a lot as well. So very much, looking forward to having her back on and we will be giving her the menu of Phil Wang. I think we've given Fern a little treat here because they're good friends, her and Phil. Yep. And they eat together a lot. And I think she will enjoy this menu. I think their friendship hasn't been documented enough. And we can be the first platform. Yes. To really break a lot of stories about their friendship. We're looking for scoops. We're looking for scoops. Hopefully we're going to get some hot scoops.

Yes.

About the friendship of Fern Brady and Phil Wang. Yes. And it's a nice menu as well, so I think Fern will like it. I think it is. And you know what? It's interesting reading these menus from your, because I think a lot of these menus would have changed for people. And Fern has a brand new podcast with Alison Spittle, another friend of the pod.

Yes, cool. I think a lot of these menus would have changed for people. And Fern has a brand new podcast with Alison Spittle, another friend of the pod.

Yes, finally.

Finally, they did a fantastic podcast.

Yes.

With a misfortune back in the day.

And now they're doing a new podcast called Ignore That Feeling and you can listen to it wherever you get your podcast.

And watch it on YouTube.

I'm watching it on YouTube, which Benito loves.

Very excited to have Fern back on.

This is not the off-menu menu of Fern Brady.

Welcome back, Fern to the Dream Restaurant. Thanks for having me. Hello. Welcome back. Good, to the Dream Restaurant.

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