Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

Bella Ramsey

Aug 12, 2026 · 1h 14m

Summary

Bella Ramsey joins Ed Gamble and James Acaster to create a nostalgic menu featuring sourdough toast with raspberry jam and a childhood pasta salad. They discuss her new film Sunny Dancer, share stories from filming The Traitors, and debate food myths like sparkling water’s effects. The trio also reminisces about school lunches, the focaccia boom, and Bella’s quirky habit of adding black pepper to everything.

Topics discussed

Intro, Bella Ramsey's secret castle work, and Bella's Pudding Welcome Bella, devil horns, and System of a Down The Iced Tea t-shirt rule and Sunny D stickers Sign Dancer, cancer summer camps, and working with older actors Dad vibes, sparkling water myths, and eating crusts Pop-a-dubs vs bread, and Romesh Ranganathan's rodent roles Sainsbury's focaccia, fingering dough, and homemade bread Butter toast, the Crunch sandwich disappointment, and black pepper Nostalgic pasta salad and awkward banana lunchboxes The butter lie, pretending to be Canadian, and Pulp Fiction Crispy rice sushi, blueberry balsamic ice cream, and tofu Eating on set, ectoplasm, and Christopher Walken's carrots COVID Karen behavior, elbow bumps, and fresh orange juice Growing an apple tree from seed and the Cheer Pet Chocolate desserts, M&S range, and James Acaster meets Jesus Reading packaging jokes and Di's Kitchen recipes Final dessert choice and Sign Dancer promotion
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