Nigella Lawson says she eats watching TV without cutlery

Her latest show may be called At My Table. But Nigella Lawson has admitted she eats her dinner on the sofa in front of the TV – as long as it doesn’t require a knife and fork.

Revealing her rules for a TV dinner, the cook said she only eats on the sofa if the food comes in a bowl – such as soup or noodles.

The 57-year-old- who insists she is not a chef – told the Radio Times: ‘I’m not really a grazer. I like proper meals. 

 

Nigella Lawson (pictured) says she is happy to eat her food in front of the TV, but only if it doesn’t require using a knife and fork 

‘I have absolutely nothing against a sofa supper, but I can’t do food that needs a knife and fork. If it can be eaten out of a bowl, I’m very happy to eat while I watch.

‘But I’m more likely to eat first, at the table, and then watch.’

While she insisted she doesn’t ‘disapprove of eating in front of the TV’, Miss Lawson prefers to ‘be absorbed’ in what she’s eating by staying firmly at the dinner table

But she admitted to often devouring soup or noodles ‘hypnotically’ while enjoying her favourite programmes – including American drama The Good Wife and spin-off series The Good Fight.

Miss Lawson has two children, Cosima, 23, and Bruno, 21, with former husband John Diamond.

Earlier this month, Mary Berry revealed she too had stopped eating in the dining room – preferring to have her meals in the kitchen.

The 57-year-old (pictured) says she is not against eating while watching TV, but likes to focus on her food at the dinner table 

The 57-year-old (pictured) says she is not against eating while watching TV, but likes to focus on her food at the dinner table 

The former Great British Bake Off host said: ‘Most of us, I think, live in the kitchen. I do – the homework of my children was done there. My husband will refit a picture in there.

‘We’ve given up our dining room, finally. I don’t think my husband agreed with me.

‘We used it at Christmas time and occasionally if we’re having people round, but it’s much easier in the kitchen, isn’t it?’

Fewer families than ever are thought to have given up on the dining room, preferring open-plan living spaces where the kitchen merges into the living room.

Nigella: At My Table, will begin on Monday on BBC Two at 8.30pm. 

Nigella's fellow celebrity foodie Mary Berry (pictured) has also recently confessed to abandoning her dinner table, favouring the kitchen instead 

Nigella’s fellow celebrity foodie Mary Berry (pictured) has also recently confessed to abandoning her dinner table, favouring the kitchen instead 

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