For a while, Ainsley Harriot and Kathy Burke were top of their most-wanted guest wishlist, but as both have done it, who do they want now? Full of belly laughs and full bellies, this book is warm, honest and wonderfully entertaining.’ TOM KERRIDGE Ed Gamble is an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and podcaster. He is co-host of the mega-hit Off Menu podcast, and a judge on Great British Menu. He is also the co-presenter of Radio X’s Sunday morning show with Matt Crosby. Gamble’s latest tour show, Electric, had a twice-extended sell-out UK run. Why is food such a revealing conversation subject? “It’s the ultimate universal topic,” says Gamble. “But people in the public eye rarely talk about it. Often, you’ll be eating something that you think is completely normal, and then you’ll speak to someone else, and they’ll go, ‘What are you talking about? That’s absolutely insane.’ It’s so intertwined with personalities. Also, some people have just got ridiculous views on food.”

He covers the trials of being a diabetic with a sweet tooth, his teenage battles with obesity, the joy of cooking and the power of food to bring us together. Manning, Charlotte. "Richard Osman: Pointless star's replacements confirmed by BBC". Metro News . Retrieved 27 May 2022.Vines said: " Glutton is a very personal celebration of the joy of food, from a potato smiley to a Michelin-starred tasting menu, delivered with lashings of humour. Anyone who has enjoyed Ed’s brilliant judging observations on the ’Great British Menu’ or wished they could get a table at ’Off Menu’s dream restaurant will devour this book. It will make you laugh, it might make you cry, and it will definitely make you very hungry." Washing up is in the family genes. My grandad used to claim he was the Northern Ireland junior champion of washing up. And I believed that for a long time, because someone made him a certificate and he had it on the wall. It took me until I was about 21 to realise it was a joke. My favourite things I’ll be doing this forever, baby. Queen’s birthday? Pancake Day? May bank holiday? Bam, another wedding picture. Anyway, I love love.)" Read More Related Articles Ed Gamble is piloting a food-related Taskmaster spin-off, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal. You can also use the external lift near the Artists' Entrance on Southbank Centre Square to reach Mandela Walk, Level 2.

He says: "Somehow I have found time in between meals to write a book about food. Eating is my one true love (apologies, wife) and I'm very excited that I get to share that passion with you, the money spending general public."From a young age, Ed Gamble's immaculate bibs and extremely dirty nappies hinted at his capacious appetite. Before he could walk, Ed already knew that he preferred poached salmon to puree, that celery was a calorie-sapping waste of time, and that mashed potatoes should be made with lashings of butter. But fair enough: events like this are as much communion as comedy. To encounter in-person the people we spend happy hours with each week as, essentially, voices in our head – well, that can be a thrill, as I’m sure it was here for the man who told us all, from the sky-high balcony of the Albert Hall, about his granny’s “wet meat”, or the man whom Acaster berated for expressing his preference for a cheeseboard over pudding. A meandering live event Off Menu may be, but I ended it well-stuffed with good humour and in hearty agreement with Elis James’s closing sentiment. “Food,” he rhapsodised: “it’s fantastic!” Celebrity Hunted sees two more stars captured". Virgin Radio. 19 April 2023 . Retrieved 3 June 2023. In May 2022, Gamble was announced as one of six rotating co-hosts joining Alexander Armstrong on Pointless to replace Richard Osman, alongside Sally Lindsay, Konnie Huq, Lauren Laverne, Alex Brooker and Stephen Mangan. [15]