AN award-winning magician from Borehamwood will perform in Las Vegas after he stumped legendary pair Penn & Teller on their ITV television show on Saturday.

Nick Einhorn, 36, of Gables Avenue, duped the veteran performers with a trick that saw him use a woman from the audience to select three random men to sit at three different tables of food.

They were each given an envelope, which they opened to reveal the correct prediction of where they would be sitting and what they would be eating. To view the trick see the video below.

Host of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Jonathan Ross described the trick as incredible, while Penn Jillette said: “If you put a gun to my head and said take a guess - how did he do it?, I would say - tell my family I love them.”

Having fooled the magicians, Mr Einhorn will be flown to Las Vegas later this year to perform in a special one-off winners show – to be broadcast in December.

Reflecting on his success, Mr Einhorn said: “It was great, really exciting. It was prime time, so to do well in front of millions of people was a great personal achievement.

“It's probably the biggest thing I've ever done – so to grip it with both hands and come out with a result was really good.

“It's a massive opportunity to work on a Vegas stage, which isn't something that comes up often, and to do it with TV cameras there – for a special one-off show later in the year, is amazing.”

The father-of-two, who specialises in close-up magic, started his professional career as a magician 16 years ago.

Explaining his career move from the advertising industry, he said: “I always wanted to be in the creative side of advertising and I came up with a couple of ads that were used by people like Richard Branson for Virgin Atlantic, but I was never given credit for it.

“I thought if I can come up with this kind of stuff for other people, I can probably do the same for myself. I always had magic as a very strong hobby and was always performing outside of work so I decided 16 years ago to jack in the job and do this full time.”

Mr Einhorn, who said his childhood hero was American illusionist David Copperfield, will be performing for charity at The Radlett Centre, in Aldenham Avenue, in September.

Raising money for the Polycystic Kidney Disease Charity, he performs on September 4. Tickets are available from organiser Joseph Arazi via email at joseph.arazi@sky.com for £20.