Chef Tom Kerridge claims that foil should be ‘shiny side down’ – but do YOU think he’s right?

‘I’ve been using tin foil upside down for 40 years’: Chef Tom Kerridge claims that foil should be ‘shiny side down’ and sends Twitter users into meltdown – but do YOU think he’s right?

  • Chef Tom Kerridge claimed that the shiny side of tin foil should be facing down 
  • Kerridge said that it is a more effective way of keeping the wrapped food warm
  • His claim prompted shock online, with users saying they’d been doing it wrong 

Chef Tom Kerridge showed watchers how to use tin foil on his BBC Two show Fresh Start and sent Twitter users into meltdown after explaining that you should put the shiny side face down.

In the show, Kerridge guides eight families and helps them completely change the way they eat through a six-step, 12-week plan. 

However, the most noteworthy part of tonight’s episode was when the chef suggested that wrapping food with the shiny side up was wrong.

His claim led to stunned viewers taking to Twitter to express their shock. 

However, the most noteworthy part of the latest episode was when the chef suggested that wrapping food with the shiny side up was wrong – which caused such a furore that Kerridge was forced to clarify what he meant on ITV’s This Morning today. 

When Philip Schofield told the chef he’d sent Twitter into ‘meltdown’, Kerridge responded ‘Apparently!’

He then explained his approach to using tin foil, saying:  ‘It makes perfect sense to me, I’ve always been taught that it goes shiny side down.

It’s the most reflective side, surely? It cooks in a more even way, so I’ve been told. Apparently, science says it makes no difference what side you use.’  

During the show, one user commented: ‘ Tom Kerridge on BBC2 just said tin foil always put shiny side down. I always have it shiny side up! Have I been doing it wrong all these years?’

A second user wrote: ‘I’ve been using tin foil upside down for 40 years.’

Chef Tom Kerridge stunned viewers after explaining how you should keep tin foil shiny side down

He made the claim on his BBC Two show Fresh Start, sending viewers to Twitter in shock

He made the claim on his BBC Two show Fresh Start, sending viewers to Twitter in shock

The chef claimed that the shiny side is more effective for keeping the wrapped up food warm

The chef claimed that the shiny side is more effective for keeping the wrapped up food warm

Another responded: ‘Me too, 40-odd years of using tinfoil the wrong way.’ 

And another replied: ‘I’ve just said exactly that, out loud, to the cat.’ 

However, some were less trusting of the chef’s claim and cast doubt over it. 

One user commented: ‘I can’t believe it makes any difference. It’s just a way of holding heat in regardless of which way up it is.’

Another agreed and said: ‘It makes no difference which side faces out for foil.’

Some websites also appear to cast doubt on the chef’s advice. 

Reynold’s Kitchen, which produces different types of aluminium foil, says on its website: ‘With standard and heavy duty foil, it’s perfectly fine to place your food on either side so you can decide if you prefer to have the shiny or dull side facing out.

‘The performance of the foil is the same, whichever side you use.’

Meanwhile, food science website culinarylore.com claimed: ‘The truth is that the shiny side of aluminum foil is only a little bit shinier than the dull side. 

‘While some small amount of additional energy will be reflected by the shiny side, the difference is so small that it will make no practical difference in cooking.’

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