Strictly star gets told off for bizarre decision to touch hot stove on Saturday Kitchen

Josh Widdicombe has left galore successful daze after touching a blistery stove portion appearing connected Saturday Kitchen.

The comedian, 41, is champion known for appearing connected shows including The Last Leg, Mock the Week and Taskmaster and hosts the Parenting Hell podcast with chap comedian Rob Beckett. He volition besides look connected the upcoming Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.

Ahead of heading retired connected his latest stand-up tour, Josh appeared connected the BBC cooking series this weekend.

Although the nonrecreational chefs had the work of whipping up immoderate delicious dishes for him and the remainder of the panel, Josh’s attempts to play a much progressive relation near him successful trouble.

Standing up astatine the room antagonistic adjacent to big Matt Tebbutt arsenic helium prepared fondue, Josh was chatting distant erstwhile helium decided to bash thing incredibly questionable.

Holding astatine a pot, Matt remarked ‘let’s not enactment that connected close yet’ portion looking astatine the fondue burner.

As helium turned away, Josh leant guardant and enactment his manus implicit the device, seemingly confused astir what the cook had been referring to.

Pulling his manus backmost successful shock, helium exclaimed: ‘Oh hot!’

‘Oh yes ticker that! Blue flame. You can’t spot it,’ helium warned.  

He past urged viewers: ‘Don’t bash that astatine home!’

Bursting into laughter, Josh quipped: ‘I consciousness similar I’m backmost astatine schoolhouse with a Bunsen burner.’

Matt past made a gag retired of his adjacent miss, questioning if helium remembered wherever the occurrence usually was.

They past moved on, focusing connected the cooking again.

During the occurrence Josh besides spoke astir the caller announcement that he’d signed up to the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special

‘I present consciousness similar I americium a dancer who occasionally does comedy. It’s been afloat on. The magnitude of workout I americium doing- I consciousness similar a Premier League footballer,’ helium joked.

‘Honestly, you could grate your feta connected my abs if you privation to!’ helium aboriginal quipped.

Josh, who has been paired with dancer Karen Hauer, antecedently said helium was ‘terrified’ the task up could extremity successful ‘humiliation’ and helium was disquieted helium was ‘going to beryllium truthful atrocious I volition ruin Christmas for the nation’.

Saturday Kitchen airs play astatine 10am connected BBC One.

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