18 hours Ago By Rebecca Fisher
Donal Skehan has opened up about one of his most embarrassing moments to date – and it happened on live television. The celebrity chef has relived the moment, which happened on BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen in 2017, when he suffered quite the slip-up. Donal revealed he sliced his finger while chopping herbs with comedian Julian Clary in a gruesome moment.
Attempting to salvage the on-air moment, the chef held his injured hand behind his back so that viewers wouldn’t see the copious amounts of blood. ‘I was hosting Saturday Kitchen and Julian Clary was on, and we were cooking on the rooftop,’ he told the Irish Independent. ‘I was using a really sharp knife and cut the top of my finger off on live TV on the BBC in front of two million people.
’ ‘I always own the situation and think it shows resilience when you’re able to keep going.’ ‘I’m fine, we’ll just crack on through,’ said Donal on the show. ‘It didn’t happen.
We’ve just cut my finger and that’s okay because this is live television with very sharp knives. We’re fine but we’ll plate up. I’ll crack on through.
‘Nothing like a bit of blood on a Saturday morning.’ Donal had previously announced that he will be returning to our screens in a new project for RTÉ this November. The celebrity chef announced the news on his Instagram, saying that his new show Real Time Recipes on RTÉ One will show him making easy recipes that will be ‘perfect for those nights when you just want something easy but still wholesome and satisfying.
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