{"id":1966638,"date":"2025-08-18T12:47:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1966638"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:47:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T12:47:48","slug":"furious-cooking-with-the-stars-viewers-have-a-big-complaint-after-latest-itv-challenge-raging-are-you-joking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/furious-cooking-with-the-stars-viewers-have-a-big-complaint-after-latest-itv-challenge-raging-are-you-joking\/","title":{"rendered":"Furious Cooking With The Stars viewers have a BIG complaint after latest ITV challenge &#8211; raging &#8216;are you joking?!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article-text\" wp_automatic_readability=\"98.344992396263\">\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Have YOU got a story? Email tips@celebrity.land.co.uk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-662\/chloe-louise.html\" class=\"author\">CHLOE LOUISE, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/follow?screen_name=chlolouiseuk&amp;tw_p=followbutton\" class=\"twitter-follow-author\"><span class=\"follow-author\"><\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span>  13:02 BST, 18 August 2025  <\/span> | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"> <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span>  13:25 BST, 18 August 2025  <\/span> <\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" wp_automatic_readability=\"90.916666666667\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Cooking With The Stars viewers were left outraged as they complained over the latest <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/itv\/index.html\" id=\"mol-0f1fefe0-7c29-11f0-bfc3-b3b2660637e2\">ITV<\/a> challenge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The show sees eight celebrities paired with a professional chef, who acts as their mentor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Fans of the cookery show\u00a0 raged &#8216;are you joking&#8217; as the six remaining stars attempted to cook roast beef and a Yorkshire pudding in an air fryer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While air fryers have become a popular household appliance in recent years, viewers were not impressed and argued that using them didn&#8217;t qualify as cooking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Flocking to social media, one penned: &#8216;<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Banging stuff in an air fryer isn&#8217;t cooking. #cookingwiththestars.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Bring on the battle of the Air fryers #CookingWithTheStars.&#8217;; &#8216;F*****g air frying? Are you joking.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d62df3f4e1c5be99\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/18\/12\/101317371-15010131-Cooking_With_The_Stars_viewers_were_left_outraged_after_they_com-m-2_1755516313731.jpg\" height=\"602\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Cooking With The Stars viewers were left outraged after they complained over the latest ITV challenged\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Cooking With The Stars viewers were left outraged after they complained over the latest ITV challenged<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c8c6777aee5b783a\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/18\/12\/101317419-15010131-image-a-3_1755516341054.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The ITV show sees eight celebrities paired with a professional chef who acts as their mentor\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The ITV show sees eight celebrities paired with a professional chef who acts as their mentor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Nope, #cookingwiththestars I don&#8217;t think roast beef &amp; Yorkshire pudding is an air fryer thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;How are you going to get a decent gravy?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Taking the absolute p*** now &#8211; air fryers?!&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The show, which first aired back in 2021, is hosted by Emma Willis and Tom Allen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">There have been 24 episodes across four series since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The show sees famous faces battle it out to cook the tastiest dish and whoever lands in the bottom two will have to fight it out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Whoever loses the blind tasting judgment from the professional chefs is voted out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Speaking ahead of her hosting stint earlier this month, Emma previously said: &#8216;I&#8217;m absolutely delighted to be back in the kitchen for another series of Cooking With The Stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Every year our celebrities throw themselves into it, and this new line-up is no exception.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"8\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3bc727ab925421e\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/18\/12\/101317421-15010131-image-a-4_1755516358071.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Fans of the cookery show raged 'are you joking' as the six remaining stars attempted cooking a Roast Beef and a Yorkshire Pudding in an air fryer\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Fans of the cookery show raged &#8216;are you joking&#8217; as the six remaining stars attempted cooking a Roast Beef and a Yorkshire Pudding in an air fryer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2d7373a1c51209a4\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/18\/12\/101317423-15010131-image-a-5_1755516363808.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" alt=\"While air fryers have become a popular household appliance over recent years, viewers were not impressed as they argued it 'wasn't cooking'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">While air fryers have become a popular household appliance over recent years, viewers were not impressed as they argued it &#8216;wasn&#8217;t cooking&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption\" style=\"\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-13a8bd172e5183a1\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/18\/12\/101317699-15010131-image-a-7_1755516851484.jpg\" height=\"106\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"> <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9edbccc5c889127\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/18\/12\/101317697-15010131-image-a-6_1755516848497.jpg\" height=\"244\" width=\"634\" alt=\"While air fryers have become a popular household appliance over recent years, viewers were not impressed as they argued it 'wasn't cooking'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">While air fryers have become a popular household appliance over recent years, viewers were not impressed as they argued it &#8216;wasn&#8217;t cooking&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;It&#8217;s always a mix of nerves, excitement, and a few inevitable kitchen catastrophes which makes for brilliant tele.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I can&#8217;t wait for everyone to see what culinary delights (and disasters!) our new batch of stars cook up!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Tom added: &#8216;The sheer nerve of these celebrities to step into our kitchen and attempt culinary greatness (or just, you know, edible food) is truly something to behold!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I am absolutely delighted to once again join Emma to unleash another season of dazzling triumphs and utterly baffling disasters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Get ready for a delicious, slightly burnt and completely fabulous ride \u2013 that golden frying pan is waiting.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While director of entertainment and daytime commissioning ITV, Katie Rawcliffe, said: &#8216;We are delighted to bring &#8216;Cooking With The Stars&#8217; back for another series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The partnership with M&amp;S continues to be a recipe for success, and this year viewers can expect even more surprising culinary transformations and laugh-out-loud moments as a fresh set of celebrities step into the kitchen to show what they can bring to the table.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Cooking With The Stars starts this Sunday the 3rd August at 7pm on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column-content cleared\">\n<div class=\"shareArticles\">\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Furious Cooking With The Stars viewers have a BIG complaint after latest ITV challenge &#8211; raging &#8216;are you joking?!&#8217;<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have YOU got a story? 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