This Morning is plunged into chaos as John Torode sets his tea towel on FIRE during cooking segment… leaving Holly and Phil screaming in the studio
Masterchef star John Torode caused panic on This Morning when he accidentally started a fire in his kitchen while filming from in his north London home.
The TV star had been making homemade McMuffins on Tuesday, when a tea towel which had been sitting on top of his oven, suddenly caught on fire.
Hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield shouted: ‘John! Your tea towel is on FIRE! Behind you, behind you, John!’
OMG! This Morning was plunged into chaos on Tuesday as John Torode set his tea towel on FIRE during a cooking segment… leaving Holly and Phil screaming in the studio
‘Turn around, turn around, behind you, on fire….!’ but John did not seem to notice at first because he was so engrossed in his presenting duties.
John then noticed and calmly said: ‘Oh, thank you,’ as he picked up the flaming rag and Holly and Phil pulled their hands to their faces in shock.
John then carried the tea towel to the sink to put water on it in order to stamp it out and smoke billowed up in plumes.
Fire! Fire! Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield noticed the fire and tried to alert John as they screamed but he didn’t notice at first
‘I’m just going to open the back door,’ John said.
Holly then said: ‘Oh my gosh, are you OK? You were so calm about that.’
‘Well, he didn’t know,’ Phillip said while nervously giggling.
Among all the panic, John’s fire alarm then went off as he continued to film live.
He’s in the zone: As the tea towel set alight, John was so engrossed in his presenting duties, he did not hear Phil and Holly’s screams
Tasty muffins: As John held up his buns, a disaster was taking place behind him
John said: ‘Brilliant. It’s alright. Right, we’re all back now, all calm. Ok, your eggs are steamed and cooked…
Holly said from the studio: ‘Ok so I’m buttering my muffin
John quipped: ‘Is it nice buttering your muffin Holly?’
SOS! Holly threw her hands to her mouth in horror and Phil tried to stop his giggles as John threw the tea towel in the sink
That could have been terrible: As smoke billowed out of his sink, John’s fire alarm started to go off amid the panic