Ixta Belfrage
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Plosive
4.8 • 20.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Award-winning cook and food writer Ixta Belfrage – author of ‘Mezcla’ and new book ‘FUSÃO’ – is this week’s Dream Restaurant guest. Did someone mention Prawn Lasagne?
Ixta Belfrage’s new book ‘FUSÃO’ is out now - buy it here.
Her previous book ‘Mezcla’ is available here.
Follow Ixta on Instagram @ixta.belfrage
Watch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube on Thu 26 Mar.
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Off Menu is a comedy podcast hosted by Ed Gamble and James Acaster.
Produced, recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.
Video production by Ben Williams and Megan McCarthy for Plosive.
Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Ed Gamble here from the off-menu podcast that you're listening to right now. |
| 0:04.6 | I bring great news. My brand new stand-up tour, Fresh Hell, is on sale at the end of this month. |
| 0:11.1 | Sign up to my mailing list for early access at edgamble.com.com.com. |
| 0:15.0 | It's going to be great. Welcome to the off menu podcast, taking the thin melba toast of conversation, spreading on the chicken liver patte of humor and what else you've |
| 0:40.8 | put on that like a sort of sweet chutney maybe do you like a bit of chutney with that james that is a gamble |
| 0:47.0 | my name is james jacobster together we own a dream restaurant and every single week we invite a guest to me else in their favourite ever start. A main course dessert, cider shan drink. Not in that order. And this week, I guess it is Easter Belfridge. Easter Belfridge is a wonderful chef, James. Creates incredible cookbooks. And of course, created one of your favourite dishes. My God. And mine actually. |
| 1:11.1 | The prawn lasagna. |
| 1:12.8 | So amazing. |
| 1:13.8 | The habanero prawn lasagna. |
| 1:15.6 | I had it on live television. |
| 1:17.2 | On Sunday brunch. |
| 1:18.9 | And I wolfed it down, ate at all. |
| 1:20.8 | And I think, I believe I even finished KSI's. |
| 1:25.7 | All right. |
| 1:26.7 | What a celebrity life you lead, James? That's what happens we go on Sunday brunch, man. So many showbiz anecdotes. Finishing KSI's lasagna. What you want to be doing on Sunday brunch is ending up on the bill with people who, you know, have a very strict eating exercise regime. Is he training for his, like, boxing or something? Yeah. So you want someone |
| 1:44.9 | when they're like, |
| 1:45.4 | okay, I can try everything but I can't go nuts I'll get at certain times and you're like, great. Because I love this. I'm having yours. I'm going to have your prawn lasagna and you have no idea how much like I'm the one who's landed on their feet. Like good luck winning that boxing match. |
| 1:59.6 | Yeah. |
| 2:00.4 | But I'm the champ. |
| 2:02.5 | Yeah, you're the champ. |
| 2:03.7 | Very excited to talk. on their feet. Like, good luck winning that boxing match. Yeah. But I'm the champ. |
| 2:02.5 | Yeah, you're the champ. |
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