I’m A Celebrity campmates enjoy quail after rabbit and eel dinners

The past couple of days have seen the campmates horrified after receiving dinners of rabbit and eel following their success in the trials.

However, the I’m A Celebrity stars were left overjoyed during Tuesday’s episode when they finally received a half-decent meal of quail, following their previous disappointments.

The dinner was a celebratory affair following Beverley, Vernon and Jordan’s efforts in the Frights Of The Round Table eating task, in which they bagged an impressive 10/10 stars. 

Following the success of the trial, the celebrities had their fingers crossed for something somewhat more edible than rabbit or eel.

And their prayers were soon answered as the delivered quail for everyone, with Jordan North remarking that they were like ‘little chickens.’

The Radio 1 DJ, who has so far taken part in every trial, helped AJ Pritchard wash the birds in the courtyard.   

After they all chipped into prepare the meal, Victoria Derbyshire remarked: ‘Another massive group effort by everyone, chopping, frying, boiling, spooning – it’s a team.’

The camp soon settled in to tuck into their meal, with everyone especially chuffed that they had been given garlic to add extra flavour to the dish.  

The satisfying food made for a happy camp, with the day ending on a high for the ten celebrities. 

It came in stark contrast to the previous day, in which they were left baffled after they were given slimy eel for dinner – despite winning nine stars in the trial. 

Jordan and Shane did a good job of unlocking a series of safes while snakes slithered all over them in the Viper Vault bushtucker trial on Monday evening.

And despite Jordan’s paralysing fear of snakes, the radio host, 30, and the EastEnders actor, 56, managed to secure an impressive nine meals for camp with just seconds to spare.

But after gleefully returning to Gwrych Castle, the ten campmates were shocked to discover that their well-deserved dinner would be eel – despite the pair’s success in the trial.

Talking in the Telegraph, Jordan furiously said: ‘I’ve just been in a piggin vault full of snakes and get home to my castle and I’ve got eel. Eating eel – fish snakes, not fish cakes.’

Shane attempted to make light of the bizarre situation and sang ‘jellied eels’ in a cockney voice, while Giovanna Fletcher and Victoria Derbyshire tried to remain positive. 

After the meal, Mo Farah said in the Telegraph: ‘The taste of the eel was different, I’m not really a big fan of fish. I took a bite of it and it was slippery… eurgh.’

Victoria, 52, described the slithery fish as ‘really chewy’ with ‘lots of bones in it’ – hardly painting an appetising image.

While Jordan continued to rage: ‘9 stars for that, it was minging.’

And it is not the first time the first UK series of I’m A Celebrity has caused outrage with its food choices, after the celebrities were fed rabbit during Sunday’s launch show. 

In their first trial, The Gates Of Hell, the ten celebrities successfully moved stars from one side of a makeshift prison to the other, which earned them seven meals for the camp.

When they arrived at Gwrych Castle, Vernon Kay revealed they were to be given rabbit for dinner, with Beverly Callard protesting: ‘I can’t eat bunny.’

‘When they said rabbit for dinner, I was like no, no not for me,’ she added.

The group cooked the meal together and decided to fry the rabbit with mushrooms they were given, before adding rice, beans and gourd to the dish.

Jessica Plummer claimed she couldn’t eat the food as she’d had a rabbit as a pet when she was younger: ‘I had a pet rabbit when I was a kid called Boris and I just think of him.’

Victoria Derbyshire seemed pleased with how their first day went on the reality show, as she said: ‘It was a happy vibe at the end of the day because we’d won some food, it tasted alright, although I’m not mad on rabbit.’ 

Some viewers were horrified with the decision to eat rabbit, as the claimed the animals shouldn’t be seen as food.

One person claimed: ‘rabbit!!! Could never ever EVER eat a rabbit. Love my pet bunnies too much.’

Another slammed show bosses decision to make them eat the animal, as they wrote: ‘Ok. Them eating rabbit has seriously disappointed me. Rabbits are not food. 

‘I’m kinda disgusted #ImACeleb thousands of UK families have rabbits as pets. Serious misjudgment by @itvstudios’

Sharing the same sentiment, one viewer wrote: ‘….what a strange concept…imagine if they were dropping thousands of #hedehogs, #kittens or #rabbits from a height in the name of ‘entertainment’!

‘…there’d be uproar…..wonder how big a #creature has to be to be deemed important….. (sic).’

But others were quick to point out that the celebrities shouldn’t be complaining about being given rabbit, as past shows have featured much worse meals.

One person said: ‘They’re all complaining about eating rabbit? It’s SO tender & nice.. if you don’t want it, then don’t complain about the lack of everything else,.’

Another said: ‘If they’re reacting over eating rabbit now how they gonna be like in a few days when it’s a kangaroos pancreas.’ 

While one viewer joked: ‘Rabbit urghhh! We can’t be eating that Does Beverly not know how lucky she is this year , normally it would be crocodile feet.’

The show has since seen several Ofcom complaints about the choice of meals, with 54 complaining about the treatment of animals.