James Martin’s popular ITV cooking show Saturday Morning has been on our screens since 2017, with the celebrity chef filming from an unexpected location
James Martin’s popular ITV cooking show Saturday Morning has been on our screens since 2017(Image: ITV)
James Martin has been presenting his popular Saturday Morning ITV culinary programme since 2017.
The 53 year old chef launches weekend mornings with mouth-watering recipes whilst welcoming fellow culinary experts and famous faces to his Hampshire residence.
This Saturday’s episode features chefs Monica Galetti and Atul Kochhar preparing a selection of seasonal dishes for former England rugby union legend Matt Dawson, whilst Nicola Lando presents Christmas present suggestions for food enthusiasts.
Recently, whilst appearing on Loose Women, James emphasised how the programme is recorded at his actual residence – a fact that might astonish some viewers.
James remarked: “It’s just a great fun show”, before noting: “It’s the only cookery show where you’ve got dogs running around everywhere!”, reports the Express.
He went on: “We shoot it as live, not live as you guys [Loose Women] are, but we don’t have any rehearsal. A lot of people don’t know but I’ve never cooked any of the dishes for 20 years until we press record.”
James Martin has hosted his hit Saturday Morning ITV cooking show since 2017(Image: ITV)
James then lauded his “amazing” production team, explaining: “The nature of it is, we film it in the garage, it’s not a fancy studio, it’s a garage, that’s what it is.”
This prompted Loose Women presenter Sue Cleaver to observe: “I think a lot of people who watch it, I’ve been on your show, they do think ‘oh it’s not really at his house, is it?’ and I’m like ‘it really is, it really is!'”.
The 62 year old Sue continued: “It’s such a lovely environment there and the crew you’ve obviously worked with each other for years.”
James Martin’s Saturday Morning is shot at his Hampshire residence, featuring a custom-built kitchen in a converted garage and an outdoor cooking area.
James Martin’s Saturday Morning is shot at his Hampshire residence(Image: ITV)
He previously told HELLO! why he prefers filming from his home, admitting: “People say do you ever miss the live thing? I did live for 25 years. I don’t know whether it’s my age? I think I’m ok at live, but I’ve proved a point.
“Do I want to do live from my house every Saturday? No, because it’s my house. I can film it when I want to film it, when the guests are free, when they want to come down.
“The guests seem to love it. They don’t seem to realise until they get there that it’s at your house. We had Ben Miller down… he didn’t want to leave! Rob Rinder… he came down, didn’t want to go. They love it because it’s different and it’s much more relaxed. I remember kicking Boyzone out at 2am, something like that. It’s a chilled out show.”
James Martin’s Saturday Morning at Christmas airs this Saturday at 9:30am on ITV and ITV X.
