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Enjoy Your Meal

 
Gillian Bain Review by Gillian Bain 2 Published: 13 Aug 2025 Summerhall Show Dates: 31 Jul 2025-25 Aug 2025

An immersive theatre experience where a successful comedian cooks real food while having a “meltdown” is an exciting prospect. Unfortunately, Enjoy Your Meal doesn't live up to the strength of the premise it was built on.

A light appetiser in place of a full meal.

It’s hard to tell through what lens this show should be viewed. Cory Cavin has impressive credentials as an Emmy Award-winning comedian, so perhaps it would be fair to judge this work as a comedy; but it doesn't really present much in the way of humour. Perhaps it was created as a serious play, but there isn't much of a plot or character development, and if it was meant to be naturalistic, the acting was unconvincing. Maybe it’s intended as a food demonstration, but the food wasn’t particularly tasty or interesting, and didn’t have much of a story behind it.

Cavin’s character comes across as a very sweet and kind man, gently guiding his dinner guests through the experience, but at most, he seems slightly stressed—far from the “meltdown” referenced in the show's blurb. Ultimately, the concept is fantastic, but nothing is pushed far enough to make it more than a light appetiser in place of a full meal.

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Welcome to The Restaurant where Chef's final service goes up in flames. While he melts down, he'll prepare actual food and drink – if he can serve you before he's cooked. Cavin is a two-time Emmy award-winning comedian. Credits include Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Bon Appetit Test Kitchen, and Epicurious. He created Late Night Eats, a cooking series featuring Anthony Bourdain, David Chang, Nick Offerman, Alton Brown, Questlove, Giada De Laurentiis and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and has worked with chefs like José Andrés, Ina Garten and Binging with Babish.