When it comes to USPs on the comedy circuit there is no one better equipped than the BBC Radio 4 darling Hardeep Singh Kohli.

Sporting (almost) matching pink turban and trainers he kicked off the show lampooning audience members with a combination of off the cuff remarks and well-honed one-liners.

There was something disarmingly charming about the self-titled Big Mouth.

Somehow his personal attacks seemed less offensive when cloaked in his velvety Glaswegian accent, or perhaps it was his unassuming confessional style that kept the audience on side as he revealed the workings of both his inner family and his inner psyche.

Maybe even it was his amiable habit of dropping into classic indie lyrics at any opportunity.

Hardeep’s gentle radio style is more intimate and conversational; by turns nurturing and revealing and as a celebrity chef his positivity and enthusiasm is endlessly engaging.

But his stand up persona was somewhat more challenging; less wholesome, less endearing.

It was difficult and a little disappointing to try to mentally reconcile him, the journalist and the chef with the stand-up, but nothing no doubt that a good editor couldn’t fix.

Three stars