logo
episode-header-image
Sep 2019
1h 8m

Ep 29: Jay Rayner

Plosive
About this episode

Restaurant expert Jay Rayner – The Observer’s food critic, Masterchef judge and author of ‘My Last Supper’ – has a table booked this week. Ed has strong opinions about Jay's dessert, James doesn’t understand jokes and Jay suggests he invented the podcast.


Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive Productions.

Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).

Footsteps by Lauren.


Jay Rayner’s new book ‘My Last Supper’ is out this week. Buy the book here.

Jay is also taking ‘My Last Supper’ on tour. Buy tickets on his website jayrayner.co.uk.

Listen to Jay's podcast, ‘Out to Lunch with Jay Rayner’, here.


Follow Off Menu on Twitter and Instagram: @offmenuofficial.

And go to our website www.offmenupodcast.co.uk for a list of restaurants recommended on the show.


Ed Gamble is on tour, including a date at the Shepherd's Bush Empire. See his website for full details.

James Acaster is on tour. See his website for full details.

Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Jul 22
Laura Smyth
This week’s dream diner is stand-up, Live at the Apollo star and Radio 4 regular, Laura Smyth! And James remembers his shopping list… If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts you can now watch this episode too. Laura Smyth is on tour across the UK and Ireland with ‘Born Aggy’, inclu ... Show More
1h 7m
Jul 20
Tim Key (Tasting Menu – Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
Happy Shall I Be Mother’s Day! Comedian, poet, Bafta-nominee, bath-lover and poppadom-smasher Tim Key returns to the Dream Restaurant for a live Off Menu episode at the Royal Albert Hall. Tim Key is on tour now with ‘Loganberry’. For dates and tickets go to www.timkey.co.uk His b ... Show More
1h 9m
Jul 15
Phil Ellis
The Dream Restaurant’s open for business once more, and our first diner for series 16 is ‘Taskmaster’ star and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Phil Ellis. If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts you can now watch this episode too. And what an episode to watch. Phil Ellis is currentl ... Show More
1h 17m
Recommended Episodes
Oct 2020
James May
On leaving Top Gear, buying half a pub, and his new cookbook, 'Oh Cook!'. James May joins Jay in London's Soho for some delicious Italian food and hearty conversation. Jay and James are eating - socially distanced - at Bocca di Lupo: http://www.boccadilupo.com/ A Somethin' Else / ... Show More
45m 4s
Apr 2021
James Acaster's Great British Bake Off
This week, host Jesse David Fox sits down with English comedian James Acaster. James has a record breaking number of consecutive nominations for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a four hour stand up mini series named Repertoire, and in 2019 completed an insanely long t ... Show More
2h 12m
Oct 2023
Sam Jay's White People Dancing
This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Sam Jay back to the show. Since they last spoke, Jay left her job writing for Saturday Night Live to host her own talk show, the revolutionary, provocative Pause on HBO and co-create Peacock’s Bust Down. Jay is here to talk abo ... Show More
1h 21m
Jul 2025
#293 Harry Potter and the Phrenologer’s Stone with Yedoye Travis
Comedian Yedoye Travis and guest co-host Jay Jurden join to share the downsides of Studio Ghibli AI generated images, why phrenology isn’t a good party trick, the parallels between anime and Black culture, settling the Popeyes/Chick-fil-A debacle, and why unpaid lunches have gott ... Show More
1h 39m
Oct 2025
Comedians Won't Forget Who Performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival Soon (with Jay Jurden)
This week on 'Good One', instead of a traditional deep dive interview, comedian Jay Jurden joins Jesse to unpack the biggest comedy news story happening right now – the Riyadh Comedy Festival; Why giant checks warp choices, what “free speech” really means when a contract bans cri ... Show More
56m 44s
Nov 2020
Dara Ó Briain
On his Irish rebel Grandmother, why things need to go wrong, and how the best time to write is after just the right number of drinks. Comedian and presenter Dara Ó Briain is In For Lunch and catches up with Jay on video call from London, UK to share some food and sparkling conver ... Show More
37m 17s
Nov 2021
Jack Whitehall
On discovering "the best restaurant in Cardiff" with Eva Longoria, trying out The Rock's wrestling moves on Emily Blunt, and his friendship with the late Richard Griffiths. Actor, comedian, and presenter Jack Whitehall goes out to lunch with Jay. Jack and Jay enjoy a delicious ke ... Show More
41m 23s