COMEDIAN Hardeep Singh Kohli is bringing his new show, Indian Takeaway, to the Pier Theatre on September 27.

The stand-up, writer and former One Show reporter, Hardeep is also bit of a whizz in the kitchen.

He demonstrated this with great aplomb when he made it to the finals of the first series of Celebrity Master Chef.

And though he didn’t win – he claims his summer pudding was tampered with – he very soon turned his cooking skills to good use in a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show.

This touring production – The Nearly Naked Chef found Hardeep cooking on stage while talking about life, food, the universe and the occasional drawbacks to being a tubby, short-sighted, Glaswegian Sikh with a penchant for pink turbans.

His latest tour, Indian Takeaway, focuses on Hardeep's home-cooked curries and how the recipes inspired by his family compare to the local Indian takeaways.

At the beginning of each show Hardeep will order a takeaway live on stage for delivery to the theatre, having selected a local Indian takeaway from audience suggestions submitted via HardeepLive.com. He will then order an audience member’s favourite meal.

Whilst waiting for the order to arrive Hardeep cooks his own food.