2011 Edinburgh Fringe

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Hardeep Singh Kohli returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with Chat Masala, his highly popular chat show with culinary leanings, in a mouth-watering new afternoon timeslot.

Last year Chat Masala was a huge hit with Fringe audiences who loved its uniquely eclectic mix of the hottest guests from both inside and outside the various Festivals. Since then, it has played a successful UK tour. The show's second Edinburgh season builds on this track record with guests such as Art and Keira Malik, Andrew Maxwell, Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Fascinating Aida, Daniel Sloss, and Mike McShane already confirmed. Full line-ups are available at www.hardeeplive.com with three guests appearing at each show.

So join Hardeep for an indulgent afternoon of food and fun and famous folk.

Hardeep's love of all things culinary has led to him touring the UK for the last two years with his hit show The Nearly Naked Chef which was launched at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009. This year he also started touring Chat Masala which has also been a huge hit with audiences across the UK. He was also runner-up on the first series of Celebrity Masterchef which led to two series for UKTV Food, New British Kitchen and Chefs and the City.

His first book Indian Takeaway was nominated for an Independent Book Award and he has written about food for Olive, Observer Food Monthly, The Spectator, The Times, The Sunday Times and various other publications and is a columnist for Waitrose Food Illustrated.

Hardeep is a regular host on Channel 5's hugely popular current affairs show, The Wright Stuff and has been a regular reporter on BBC1's The One Show and a guest on BBC1's Question Time, and This Week with Andrew Neil. For Channel 4 he has written and presented the BAFTA Award winning In Search of the Tartan Turban, the critically acclaimed and award winning Hardeep Does... and the seminal gambling series 50 Says You'll Watch This.

As a journalist, his column in Scotland on Sunday called "hardeep is your love" saw him twice nominated in 2007 and 2008 for Scottish Columnist of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards. He is also Contributing Editor on the Spectator Magazine, has written for the Independent on Sunday, The Times, Observer Woman, Conde Nast Traveller to name but a few.

Having started his broadcasting career in radio he still holds the wireless very dear, presenting extensively across Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live and has made a plethora of documentaries for Radios 2, 3 and 4.