Hancock food fail leaves bitter taste

Matt Hancock has left his I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! campmates less than impressed after burning part of the camp’s meal.

Viewers have so far voted to keep the former health secretary, 44, in the Australian jungle, after the second eviction of the 2022 series took place on Sunday.

While Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner triumphed in the latest Bushtucker trial, Hancock lost the camp a packet of rice after he left it to burn.

As presenter and property expert Scarlette Douglas asked Hancock if he had checked the rice, she lifted the pot and said: “Totally burned.”

Douglas, 35, who became the second celebrity to be evicted from the jungle on Sunday, said to Hancock: “I thought you were keeping an eye on that.”

Speaking in the Bush Telegraph, Seann Walsh said: “Matt did a bit of an oopsie with the cooking and forgot that the rice was being cooked.”

Hancock appeared unfazed and was apparently unaware of his campmates’ feelings, saying: “We rescued the situation, we got half a pan of rice.”

Warner received a much warmer reception from the camp after he revealed his success in the return of the Boiling Point Bushtucker Trial, which Chris Moyles had attempted previously.

The trial, which involved finding spanners which could then be used to retrieve stars from an underwater network of pipes, left radio presenter Moyles, 48, close to tears after he became noticeably distressed and managed to secure just one out of a possible 11 stars.

Joking in the Bush Telegraph, Moyles said: “I really wanted to have another go at Boiling Point because I did such a brilliant job last time.

“Oh no, that’s right, I basically panicked and ended up with one star.

That was it.”

After volunteering himself for Boiling Point: The Return, Warner admitted: “I’m going to go in there and think about food. I reckon I’ll do it in less than a minute with that mindset.”

Hancock also put himself forward for the trial,

but conceded to Warner saying: “I’m keen to do it but I’ve done one like this before and Owen hasn’t.”

Warner blitzed through the trial and secured all nine stars available, finishing with time to spare.

I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! continues on ITV 1.

TEST: Viewers have kept Hancock in the jungle so far.