Tom Kerridge angered foodies over the pronunciation of ‘scone’ with one left so unhappy they said they were boycotting him.
The TV chef shared a summer recipe bizarrely served with beer poached strawberries.
The way ‘scone’ is said has always divided opinion among Brits.
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Northerners believed it should rhyme with ‘gone’, but Southerners think it sounds like ‘bone’.
Kerridge, 50, said it’s the latter which upset fans.
He said: “You’ve all had them before, you all think they are lovely.
“It is scones.
“That is a ‘skone’. Not a ’skon’.
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“Anybody else disagree with that?
“Just go and watch somebody’s else’s video.”
But Kay Brownlie fumed: “Scone as in gone – Queen’s English.
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“I will now go watch someone else.
“Unfortunately you are deleted as are all your books.”
Neil Dutton added: “Skon. There’s no ‘a’ in it. “I bet you say ‘Barth’ as well, chef?”
Another – named Lorna – said: “Scone as in gone, but I’ll forgive your mispronunciation.”
But Lousie Hill agreed with Kerridge who owns nine restaurants in the UK and has three Michelin stars.
She said: “Yummy, deffo scones not scons.”
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Kerridge – who has appeared on Masterchef and Saturday Kitchen – put cream on the first.
The option of that or jam to start with is also divisive among scone lovers.
Geraldine Baldry said: “Definitely a scone not a scon, but I’m afraid jam first for me.”
Another added: “Cream first.”
Kerridge made the recipe to coincide with Wimbledon which started on Monday (1 Jul).
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In May, Kerridge hiked the price of his posh fish finger sandwich at his Harrods restaurant, from £18 to £27, as reported by What’s The Jam.
In October last year, he sparked anger by charging £37 for fish and chips at the same posh eatery.
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