Apparently there is more to domestic goddess Nigella Lawson then hotting up the kitchen. In this new chat show she brings together the ingredients of cooking, agony aunt dilemmas, and of course the draw-card celebrity line-up. I wouldn’t normally draw attention to the fact that Nigella has a new show except for the fact that I had the chance to be part of the studio audience. It was my first time at one of these things and it was strangely fascinating.

Guest star for the episode was the lovely Brooke Shields. On the set she seemed different from how I saw her in Chicago. Although she genuinely seemed the friendly sort, Nigella and her seemed to have an awkward chemistry together – maybe it was the way Nigella seemed a little frozen and uptight. Perhaps she couldn’t relax as she was conscious of her children in the audience (whom I had the pleasure of sitting next to) though the love between them was obvious and the kids just seemed excited to be there.

I won’t otherwise comment on the show too much. I was just happy to be in the audience experiencing it. I must say I loved the way Nigella kicks off her shoes for the last segment of the show and walks around the “kitchen” in her bare feet (though I’m sure you won’t see that onscreen!)