Rhys James
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Plosive
4.8 • 20K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Top stand-up, ‘Mock the Week’ regular and Ed’s unofficial little brother, Rhys James is this week’s guest diner. And he’s invented a dessert.
Rhys James’s book ‘You’ll Like It When You Get There: A Life Lived Reluctantly’ is out now. Buy it here.
Watch Rhys’s special, ‘Spilt Milk’ on YouTube here.
Follow Rhys on on Instagram @rhysjamesy
Watch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube on Fri 26 Sep.
Off Menu is now on YouTube: @offmenupodcast
Follow Off Menu on Instagram and TikTok: @offmenuofficial.
And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.
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 Megan McCarthy for Plosive.
Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Ed Gamble here from the Off Menu podcast. |
| 0:02.9 | Hello, it's James Acaster here from the Off Menu podcast. |
| 0:05.8 | And before the episode starts, we'd like to talk to you about all our relations, |
| 0:09.7 | a non-profit co-founded by your friend of mine, comedian Jen Brister, and Georgia Tackax. |
| 0:16.1 | Yes, all our relations was originally started to support 15 families in Gaza when the genocide started, |
| 0:21.9 | but now supports 21 families and funds several mutual aid projects, including two seven-day food |
| 0:27.9 | kitchens and two mobile food parcel delivery schemes as well, feeding hundreds of families in Gaza |
| 0:33.5 | every single day. They've created an absolutely amazing thing. And we feel like, you know, |
| 0:39.0 | it's the off-menu podcast. We talk about food and we are very lucky to eat wonderful food |
| 0:43.7 | and have access to absolutely brilliant food all of the time. And I think we need to talk about |
| 0:48.8 | people who have access to no food, James. Absolutely. So if people would like to donate, |
| 0:53.5 | please go to all our relations.com. |
| 0:56.1 | Dot UK or look at the links in Jen Brister's bio on Instagram. |
| 1:00.4 | Every penny raised goes to supporting people in Gaza. |
| 1:04.2 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:06.0 | And enjoy the episode. |
| 1:10.1 | Help by Sex and My Boss is heading to arenas across the UK. |
| 1:14.4 | I'm William Hanson. |
| 1:15.3 | I'm Jordan North. |
| 1:16.0 | And you can experience our Hitch comedy podcast live. |
| 1:18.9 | We take on the hilarious challenges of modern life as manners meets mayhem. |
| 1:23.0 | With laugh out loud, stories, brutally honest moments and lots of magical surprises. |
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