James Acaster

James Acaster

Acaster has also been nominated a record four times for the Edinburgh Comedy Award from 2012 to 2015, but never won. He did scoop the breakthrough award and the best show award at the Chortle Awards 2015 for Recognise.
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James Acaster trashes Saturday Kitchen

Watch his comedy tantrum after he loses viewers' vote

James Acaster trashed the set of Saturday Kitchen in a comedy rampage today.

The stand-up  wreaked havoc after the public voted against his preferred dish during the show'sregular Food Heaven or Food Hell segment.

He overturned a Christmas wreath on the table, punched a  stuffed polar bear in the face and  grappled with a Christmas tree, sending ornaments flying.

Acaster was on the show with his Off Menu co-host Ed Gamble. The outburst in the final minutes of the live broadcast came after viewers picked Gamble's  tapas over Acaster's unconventional panettone tiramisu-Christmas pudding creation.

Presenter Matt Tebbutt and the other guests, chefs Andi Oliver, Tasha Marikkar and Ben Lippett and sommelier Helen McGinn, were amused by the anrics.

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Published: 6 Dec 2025

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