Who am I?

I’m a stand-up comedian and sometimes chaotic cook.  You can hear me on BBC Radio programmes quite often on shows like Just A Minute, Broadcasting House and MacAulay & Co where I jabber sixteen to the dozen and often try to get the subject onto food.  When I’m not working as a comic, I’m equally happy transforming a pig’s head into a giant wobbling brawn, gutting cuttlefish, or not being able watch my soufflés (sometimes) triumphantly rise as the bulb in the oven has gone.

In 2008 I combined my enthusiasms by presenting a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe called Chris Neill’s Got A Bun In The Oven where I told jokes about food and cooking (with some knob gags on the side) all the while preparing a variety of venison offal dishes for the audience to chow down on.

If you like you can contact me at cjn1@ukgateway.net but in the meantime here are some things people have said about me:

“His razor-sharp intolerance skewers all the targets that come into his sights. A human version of a Sunday newspaper supplement, but with a devastatingly acidic wit.” – Chortle

“Naughty but nice and displaying a mastery of tangential storytelling, Chris Neill is a cross between Frankie Howerd and Ronnie Corbett.” - The List

“Sounding like a cross between Julian Clary and Kenneth Williams, but looking like Sgt Bilko” - The Scotsman

“This acidic storyteller is the natural successor to Kenneth Williams.” - Evening Standard

“Fabulous, clever, camp raconteur” - Time Out

“The sauce is nice but you need it what with fish being so dry, love” - Chris’ Mum