25 Facts About Ed Gamble

Edward Stephenson Gamble was born on 10 March 1986 and is an English comedian and television presenter.

Ed Gamble is best known for co-presenting the Off Menu podcast with James Acaster.

Ed Gamble studied at Hatfield College, Durham University, where he began his comedy career performing with the Durham Revue, and was a finalist in the 2007 Chortle Student Comedy Awards.

Ed Gamble was brought up in Wandsworth and Raynes Park, southwest London.

Ed Gamble has a younger half-sister and half-brother on his father's side.

Ed Gamble attended Highfield School and Nursery in Wandsworth and later King's College School, a private day school for boys in Wimbledon.

Ed Gamble attended Durham University, where he studied philosophy and met fellow comedians Nish Kumar, Nick Mohammed and Tom Neenan.

Ed Gamble appeared on television, performing a 15-minute set on the extended version of Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three in late 2010.

Ed Gamble performed with Peacock at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2011,2012 and 2013, as well as supporting Greg Davies on his successful Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog Tour in 2011.

Ed Gamble recorded a series of radio shows with Peacock on FUBAR Radio.

Ed Gamble was a regular panellist on the BBC panel show Mock the Week from July 2015.

Ed Gamble guest-hosted the Elis James and John Robins Show on Radio X in 2017 and 2018.

In 2022, Ed Gamble featured in the second "Champions of Champions" special with fellow winners from series six to ten: Liza Tarbuck, Kerry Godliman, Lou Sanders and Richard Herring.

In October 2020, Ed Gamble began presenting Taskmaster The Podcast, the official podcast companion to the TV show, following the series' move to Channel 4 from Dave.

In 2023, Ed Gamble hosted a non-broadcast pilot of Foodmaster, a food-themed spin-off of Taskmaster.

In 2020, Ed Gamble narrated adverts for second hand car website Cazoo.

In 2020, Ed Gamble was a guest judge on Great British Menu and, in February 2022, he became one of the judges for Series 17,18 and 19.

In May 2022, Ed Gamble was announced as one of six rotating co-hosts joining Alexander Armstrong on Pointless to replace Richard Osman, alongside Sally Lindsay, Konnie Huq, Lauren Laverne, Alex Brooker and Stephen Mangan.

Ed Gamble appeared with Acaster on the fifth series of Celebrity Hunted, which tasked participants with evading "Hunters" around the UK for a fortnight.

Ed Gamble escaped after Acaster goaded the Hunters to the Taskmaster house and squirted them with a water gun.

Ed Gamble met with his wife and hid in a brewery and a climbing centre, but was caught soon after.

In 2022, Ed Gamble toured the UK with his stand-up show Electric.

In October 2023, Ed Gamble published his debut book, titled Glutton: The Multi-Course Life Of A Very Greedy Boy, an autobiography focused through his lifelong obsession with food.

Ed Gamble has type 1 diabetes, which he has addressed as part of his performances.

Ed Gamble married TV producer and member of Supermilk Charlie Jamison on 9 September 2021, after postponing three times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.