A top chef has slammed an MP who claimed people can cook a nutritious meal for 30p - and created paltry portions to show exactly what the meagre budget can stretch to. Lee Anderson, Conservative MP for Ashfield, said in the House of Commons last Wednesday that meals could be cooked for as little as 30p a day.
The Tory backbencher suggested struggling Brits are only using food banks because they 'can't budget' and 'can't cook a meal from scratch. He doubled down in the face of criticism by sharing a video from last November when a team of chefs cooked 170 from a £50 shopping list in an industrial kitchen.
But chef Gareth Mason, 34, said his 'tone deaf' comments were 'insulting' to the public who were facing the worst cost of living crisis in living memory. And he set about proving Mr Anderson wrong by cooking seven every day meals that cost 30p.
