TV chef James Martin has issued a warning to everyone keeping a common grocery item in the fridge.

The celebrity chef, who features regularly on ITV’s This Morning, has told people not to keep their eggs in the ridge.

He advised everybody to store their eggs in cupboards, warning that “all eggs are porous” and if they are kept in fridges they will “absorb the flavours” of items around them.

The ITV chef said: “So if you have truffle for instance, in the restaurant we use fresh truffle, you put that in a bowl with rice and put eggs on the top, cling film over the top and put in in the fridge overnight.

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“When you break the eggs in the morning for breakfast for customers, truffle and scrambled eggs, there's no truffle in it. The flavours have gone into the egg itself.”

However, advice from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) says to store eggs “ideally” in the fridge, keeping them at a cool temperature to keep them safe.

The FSA say: “Store whole eggs in a cool dry place, ideally in the fridge, until you use them.

“Storing eggs at a constant cool temperature will help to keep them safe.”

Following a sell-out 2022 tour, James Martin Live will visit 20 towns and cities and entertain audiences with live demonstrations and cooking tasks.

James has been entertaining and educating the nation for almost three decades with his expert culinary skills both on screen and through his best-selling cookbooks.

He said: “If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. I love the heat so this is going to be a brilliant tour.

“We all had an amazing time on the 2022 tour so I am delighted we get to do it all over again in 2023.

“I’ll be cooking live on stage and hopefully you’ll pick up some tips and tricks along the way but above all else we will have a laugh so get ready to enjoy a great night out.”