Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt has hosted the show since 2019 (Image: BBC )
host admitted he was once forced to inverview while cooking one handed while “bleeding down his back” after slicing his hand open live on air.
The TV presenter, 51, – who has recently teamed up with Lingo by Abbott, a biowearable which gives users a window into their glucose levels in real time – first joined the show back in 2019 where he would regularly stand in for host James Martin.
But in 2019, the dad-of-three took over the hosting gig after the TV chef decided to take a step back from the programme to pursue other opportunities.
Since then, the star has become a fan favourite on the long-running show, regularly welcoming a star-studded guest onto his weekly show where he asks fans to treat them to either food heaven or food hell.
But it isn’t always plain sailing for the broadcaster, who has suffered his fair share of awkward slip ups and accidental injuries while filming the light-hearted show.
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The broadcaster once injured himself during a live show (Image: BBC )
Now, the TV star has revealed one gruelling injury that he suffered live on air that viewers somehow managed to miss. Speaking to Express.co.uk, the broadcaster lifted the lid on how he successfully hide his bleeding hand while interviewing a TV star on air.
He told us: “I did a show once and they had just had the knife sharpened and I managed to cut myself really badly during a demo and I realised it. I mean, I’m most proud about the fact that I didn’t swear when I cut myself because that would have been my default.
“I just remember doing it and then I just put my hand behind my back and I did the whole interview squeezing my left hand and just finishing off the dish with my other hand and having a chat. And l just remember there was a lot of gesticulating to try and cover up the fact that there was blood down my back, I was bleeding quite badly.
“So then, fortunately, we go to a break and then i got it wrapped up so nobody noticed anything. I mean things go wrong all the time, the autocue drops or sticks sometimes so you’ll have to look at a different camera or just admits it’s stopped.
“But those are the things that go wrong in life, there’s no point in hiding it, you may as well juse ride it and invite people at home to know what the hell is going on.
“Often times it’s hilarious and it’s things like that that make a live show. If it was pre-recorded, all that would get git out and it would be as dry as chips. It’s those moments that bring it alive because the audience love it when things go a bit pear shaped.”
It comes after the host teamed up with Lingo by Abbott – biowearable which gives users a window into their gluecose levels in real time. After using the app and biowearable, the star opened up about some of the changes he’s made to his diet from their findings.
He revealed: “I have learned that my go-to healthy snack of sushi isn’t so great for blood glucose levels for different reasons, so I’ve been putting that to bed a bit. Rice cakes, rice crackers, things like that is not always.
“And I’ve also learned that by pairing food with others, so things like seeds and nuts and proteins can stabalise things. It’s been really, really interesting. I’ve learned that balancing lots of fiber and proteins with sugar content creates this balance. It’s been really, really useful.”
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