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Kitchen nightmares: never drink and cook

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Kitchen disasters – we’ve all had them. Even the best home cooks have their moments and one of those people is Bobby. He nearly burned down his house with a humble sweet potato, some olive oil and a microwave.

Kitchen disaster
Bobby’s kitchen disaster: a cremated sweet potato that nearly burned his house down

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Many items in the kitchen can become explosive devices

After Bobby’s sweet potato fiasco Cape Town tried to make him feel better with some stories of their own. Smile Breakfast listeners got in touch to tell us about how they had some disasters of their own. It turns out there are a million ways to make an explosive device in the kitchen.

Never drink and cook

Sometimes incidents in the kitchen can be blamed by the stove, an appliance, or an electrical fault. But there are times when human error can’t be ignored. Especially when it involves the bottle. Lindy has learned not to drink and cook.

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

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