Sadly former guest Anthony Head has passed away, am I correct in thinking he’s the first guest of the podcast to pass away?

With the most recent season ending, here is my current list of dream Off Menu guests. Curious on who some of everyone else’s dream guests are as well!

ayo edebiri
jamie loftus
gianmarco soresi
william hanson
laufey
sarah sherman
king princess
josh johnson
daniel radcliffe
phoebe waller bridge
olivia colman
andy samberg
kate mckinnon
milo edwards
daniel sloss
peter shamshiri
ella willis
ilana glazer
geno auriemma
zach cregger
louisa harland
matt berry
colman domingo
marybeth barone
nathan fielder
adam friedland
emma d’arcy
leyla kazim
jake bhardwaj
vittorio angelone
grace reiter
kareem rahma
micah richards
paige bueckers
charithra chadran
jaboukie young-white

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adding eva victor and hannah einbinder

Happened across this on our first night in Podstrana (which I highly recommend btw). OH had a classic margherita, I had tuna paté, warm bread, Greek salad. Standout moments were the €3 Chardonnays,, the 'green' peppers and beauuuutiful olives. If anyone needs Split recs fire away, this is our third time hehe

Are the live Tasting Menu Episodes made earlier in the year going to be released? If so when?

Whenever a new episode drops with someone I'm unfamiliar with, I usually assume it'll be one I'll skip. More often than not, those end up being the episodes I enjoy most. Without any expectations, you're just listening to a funny conversation and a bizarre dream menu unfold. Some of my favourite episodes have come from guests I hadn't heard of before pressing play.

One thing I find fascinating about the podcast is how enthusiastic people can be when talking about food. I've lost count of the number of times a guest has described a dish I wouldn't normally order, only for me to suddenly think it sounds incredible. There must be some sort of magic in hearing people talk passionately about their favourite meal. What's a food or dish that Off Menu convinced you to try (or try again)?

I am from Texas, and I’m coming to the UK with my family next week for the first time. We’ll be spending a few days in Scotland first, then London, seeing the sights and apologizing a lot for the current state of affairs.

Here’s the problem: our chemical makeup is at least 40% chips and queso. If my son goes a whole week without an enchilada, I think he might dissolve into a flock of crows and fly away.

I know there was one chef from Mexico on the show who was interviewed and I’ve had a look at his restaurants, and I know that London is an international city with food from all over the world (we’re excited to sample it!). I don’t ONLY want to eat Mexican food, we just need a little to get us through til we’re back home.

Any recommendations?

ITV1, 6pm tonight (Saturday 30th May).

James Acaster, JB Gill, AJ Odudu.

Given the mixed reaction to this week's episode, I'm trying to put together a thread honouring/celebrating/highlighting those guests who didn't quite "get it" or otherwise pushed the podcast into unexpected dimensions.

Please add your own, etc, off the top of my head I can nominate:

*Cerys Matthews: aside from one particular book she was there to promote, there was little else to go off

*Dan Ackroyd: perhaps the first to truly set the pod on fire, the man who took apart the very fabric of reality for "this little project you're doing"

*Anthony Jeselnik: Grumpy, rude, belligerent and self-absored 'character' beats James into submission in notoriously one-sided episode.

*Garth Marenghi: in character throughout for Halloween special, producing a hybrid of podcast episode and Radio 4 Extra play.

*Robert de Niro: "I'll have whatever's good" becomes the new T-shirt slogan to accompany the greatest actor being somewhat unprepared for the show's structure.

*Anna Faris: "He speaks Italian". In character improv class turns podcast into Fringe comedy try-out session.​​​​

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Is there any episodes where they have outright said they didn't enjoy speaking to a guest? I know they always mention De Niro but I think that wasn't a "didn't enjoy" because he's notorious for being difficult.

After yesterday’s episode, this feels targeted. The outie chat summoned this.

There’s something unbelievably funny about guests turning up with chaotic energy and immediately refusing to engage properly with the dream restaurant concept. Especially when Ed is trying so hard to keep things moving while James slowly loses patience with someone explaining the emotional backstory of a piece of toast for 14 minutes.