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Bruce Dessau

Ed Gamble at Hackney Empire review: the Off Menu star cooks up a set of smart, slick comedy

Ed Gamble's popularity has surged recently in part due to his chart-topping Off Menu foodie podcast in which he and co-host James Acaster gossip with guests about grub. So it is no surprise that the best routine in his solo show Hot Diggity Dog involves cookery.

Indeed, his bloody report of an A&E visit following a dauphinoise potato calamity may well be the most hilarious account of a middle class accident you will hear all year.

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