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I'm a stand-up comedian and sometimes chaotic cook. You can hear me on BBC Radio programmes quite often on shows like Just A Minute, Broadcasting House and MacAulay & Co where I jabber sixteen to the dozen and often try to get the subject onto food. When I'm not working as a comic, I'm equally happy transforming a pig’s head into a giant wobbling brawn, gutting cuttlefish, or not being able watch my soufflés (sometimes) triumphantly rise as the bulb in the oven has gone.
In 2008 I combined my enthusiasms by presenting a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe called Chris Neill's Got A Bun In The Oven where I told jokes about food and cooking (with some knob gags on the side) all the while preparing a variety of venison offal dishes for the audience to chow down on.
Of all cuisines, those of the Middle East are probably my favourite. My knowledge of them is about as fulsome as that of most other Englishmen – with additional smugness provided by the existence of an unopened sachet of sumac in the cupboard (read full article)
Hello. Fortified by a breakfast of bacon, eggs and plenty of bubble and squeak (frankly the only one I’ve ever made that seems quite right) I feel equipped to lift my face, shame scribbled all over it, above my blog’s parapet. I know, I (read full article)
This week in amongst tweets about my objections to Question Time producers booking comedians as panellists, my elderly neighbour’s sad and slightly creepy afternoon activity of playing Teddy Bears’ Picnic on the piano whilst gathering her (read full article)
There’s a lot of fluff and flutter on food blogs around now concerning all the many splendid dishes made and consumed over Christmas and new year. Mighty roasts, delicious fish, alluring puddings, exquisite wines. Personally, I find I eat wor (read full article)
My mother was once shown a photograph of my then partner, his brother, and me standing dutifully in our suits waiting to go to a wedding. “Is that your brother you’re standing next to, love?” she asked Piers. Then a flutter of confusion rip (read full article)
You know when you do something very clever but if you feel you start shouting about it then you might appear a bit of tosser, well it’s a risk I take tonight. On Saturday two friends came for supper and they were given roast pheasant, baked c (read full article)
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