Mercury Prize-winning musician Arlo Parks gets an in-depth education in the musical genre ‘food rock’ in this week’s episode. Arlo Parks’ new album ‘Soft Machine’ is released on Transgressive Records on 26 May. Buy and stream it here. Arlo Park is on tour this autumn. Go to arloparksofficial.com for dates and tickets. Follow Arlo on Twitter @arloparks and Instagram @arlo.parks Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).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.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated stand-up, ‘Live at the Apollo’ star and ‘Trusty Hogs’ podcast co-host Helen Bauer is this week’s guest. And she’s so committed to her menu she’s ordered some of it last night.Trigger warning: there is some talk about compulsive eating. Helen Bauer is going on tour. Visit helenbauer.co.uk for dates and tickets.Listen to Helen’s podcast with Catherine Bohart, ‘Trusty Hogs’, wherever you listen to podcasts.Follow Helen on Twitter and Instagram @HelenBaBauerRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).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.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the second week on the trot, alcohol is flowing in the Dream Restaurant. Paul Feig – director or ‘Bridesmaids’ and ‘Spy’, creator of ‘Freaks and Geeks’, and cocktail connoisseur – is this week’s guest diner. Paul Feig’s book ‘Cocktail Time!: The Ultimate Guide to Grown-Up Fun’ is out now, published by HarperCollins. Buy it here. Follow Paul on Twitter and Instagram @paulfeig Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).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.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grab a whisky, for the first time the Off Menu boys are drinking on the job in, with ‘Ghosts’, ‘Stath Lets Flats’ and ‘Taskmaster’ star Kiell Smith-Bynoe. (Can anyone lend me 30p for a Capri Sun?)Kiell is currently in ‘Taskmaster’ on Channel 4.His Channel 4 Blap ‘Red Flag’ is on All 4.Follow Kiell on Twitter @kfRedhot and Instagram @klayzeflaymzRecorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive.Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations).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.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will this week’s guest be tempted by fruit hanging ripe on the tree? Róisín Murphy – musician, record producer and formerly half of Moloko – is our dream diner. Róisín Murphy’s new single ‘CooCool’ is out now, and she has more new music coming soon. She plays the Royal Albert Hall in London on 11 May. Buy tickets here. Follow Róisín on Twitter @roisinmurphy and Instagram @roisinmurphyofficial Recorded and edited by Ben Williams for Plosive. Artwork by Paul Gilbey (photography and design) and Amy Browne (illustrations). 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.Watch Ed and James's YouTube series 'Just Puddings'. Watch here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.