Ayoade Bamgboye
4/29/20261 hr 13 min
‘SNL UK’ cast member and Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer winner Ayoade Bamgboye is this week’s dream diner. Let’s just hope there aren’t any faecal clouds in the Dream Restaurant.
Ayoade Bamgboye is on tour with her show ‘Swings and Roundabouts’. For dates and tickets go to berksnest.com/ayoade
Ayoade stars in ‘Saturday Night Live UK’, Saturdays at 10pm on Sky One and streaming service NOW.
Follow Ayoade on Instagram @ayoadezahrah
Watch the video version of this episode on the Off Menu YouTube on Thu 30 Apr.
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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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First 90 secondsJames Acaster· Host0:00
I'm on tour. I'm on tour until August, and there are still tickets available at jamesacaster.com. I'm looking at you Glasgow, Belfast. Oh, there was somewhere else. Just please go on the website and buy tickets, please. Jamesacaster.com. [upbeat music] Welcome to the Off Menu podcast, toasting the pita breads of conversation, taking the knife of humor, punching a little hole of chat into the pita bread, and releasing the steam of bad vibes. That's a gamble. My name is James Acaster. Together we own a dream restaurant. Every single week we invite a guest, ask them their favorite ever starter, main course, dessert, side dish, and drink. Not in that order. And this week our guest is Ayowade Bamboye.
Ed Gamble· Host0:57
Ayowade is a wonderful comedian, James. Won the Best Newcomer Award at the most recent Edinburgh Festival.
James Acaster· Host1:04
That's a big deal, man. Everyone was talking... I wasn't at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
Ed Gamble· Host1:07
No, no, no.
James Acaster· Host1:08
But I heard so much about it.
Ed Gamble· Host1:09
And it was better for it.
James Acaster· Host1:10
Yes. Yes.
Ed Gamble· Host1:11
Better vibe.
James Acaster· Host1:11
Yes. Okay. But I heard a lot [laughs] about Ayowade's show from everyone.
Ed Gamble· Host1:15
We had such a good time. We all... We felt free and light, we all... we were all saying.
James Acaster· Host1:17
Some people were saying they felt free and light. Some of them- Yeah.
Ed Gamble· Host1:20
We were dragged down by the anchor that was James Acaster. We... Everyone was calling you the anchor.
James Acaster· Host1:25
[laughs] Yeah. Uh, that's a good thing, anchor. Keep everyone...
Ed Gamble· Host1:29
Not if you wanna