With her luxurious bakes and pin-up looks, she is the perfect domestic goddess.
Or so we thought. Because Nigella Lawson has admitted there is one household chore she will never do: ironing.
In fact, the TV chef's hatred for this task is so great: she doesn't even have an ironing board and opts for a steamer instead.
Speaking to Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 yesterday, Mrs Lawson, 63, revealed: 'I steam, I don't iron. And as you can see, in my natural state I am not exactly a blameless human being.” She added, “Plus, I seem to have bits of cake batter on my sleeve.”
Mrs. Ball was so shocked that she asked her guest three times if the confession was true.
But while ditching an iron is anathema to some, it seems to be growing in popularity among millennials. Lakeland's 2023 Trends Report shows that 30 percent of 18 to 34 year olds do not own an iron.
When asked why, a fifth said their clothes did not need to be ironed, while another fifth said the chore was simply 'not important'.
Nigella Lawson (pictured) has admitted there is one household chore she will never do: ironing
One in three millennials don't own an iron, while another fifth say the chore is simply 'not important' (file photo)
Ms Lawson also revealed that, apart from ironing, wrapping Christmas presents is 'the job I hate most', despite once selling wrapping paper with images from her cookbook How To Be A Domestic Goddess.
She said: 'It's just that I'm so incompetent that everything goes wrong. There are always bits of hair under the Sellotape, it's a nightmare.
“My late husband John always said I was the only person who could wrap a book up and make it look like it was a bottle of wine.”
While this may come as a surprise, it's not the first time the TV chef has admitted to skipping more laborious household tasks.
Earlier this year, Ms Lawson revealed she has 'lost the habit of big dinner parties'.
She told the Times: 'I have a person or a few people over very often and I continue to plan to have people with me in a real adult way, but I haven't done that yet. I have to!
“I feel a little guilty because people ate me and I didn't have them anymore.”
Ms. Lawson isn't necessarily one to stick to Christmas tradition either.
She told The Sunday Times: 'Although I love a slice of thick, moist Christmas cake, especially when eaten with a slice of strong, sharp cheese, I am surrounded by people who hate dried fruit in all its seasonal forms.
“If no one in your family likes dried fruit, there's no point in letting a Christmas cake gather dust or just be eaten by the suffering.” If chocolate cake appeals more to you, go for it.”