TV chef Tom Kerridge has insisted he is not to blame for the £37 price tag for fish and chips at Kerridge's Fish and Chips in Harrods - and gone on the attack over criticism. Speaking to social media food site Topjaw, the TV chef told how he was not the one responsible for the pricing, just for sourcing the top ingredients for the dish. And he added those looking for "cheap and cheerful" should look elsewhere.
Tom, 51, said: "I have nothing to do with the pricing at Harrods, really. So I have everything to do with the quality of produce that we buy. It's day boat fish. It's really expensive, and all of those sorts of things. They set the price, that's nothing to do with me.
"That backlash always comes back to me. But it's also in the most beautiful food hall, arguably, in the world, in the most expensive shop, in the most expensive city, in the most expensive part of the city, in the world. "It's Harrods, everything about it is going to be expensive. If you're expecting something cheap and cheerful, you don't get cheap and cheerful in Harrods. You get a quality level.".
Sounding slightly annoyed the star of shows including The Great British Menu added: "In some ways I just find it very lazy journalism as well." Tom, who has also appeared as a guest judge on MasterChef, has previously defended the dish in other interviews.
