James still wasn’t so sure and added: “This is beyond the panicking point.”
He was then instructed to put a lid on the rice and put it on the “naughty step” off the hob and to one side for 10 minutes.
In this same episode, a defiant James declared he “didn’t care” and ignored the show’s producers demands to speed up his cooking demonstration.
Addressing the audience at home he said: “I’ve got the director shouting at me in my ear saying ‘we’re over time we’re over time.