Star chef Nigella Lawson poses with one of her dishes.

Gulf Today Report

Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson is once again in the limelight, this time over a phonetic gaffe.

Television views are amused by the way she has pronounced the word “microwave”.

While appearing on an episode of the current BBC cookery series Nigella’s Cook, Eat, Repeat, Lawson could be heard uttering the word for the common kitchen appliance as “mee-cro-wa-vay”.

While it was seemingly intended as a humorous mispronunciation by the chef, fans of the series took delight in the bizarre speech quirk.

One viewer described the moment as “truly iconic”, and tweeted with the hashtag “#microwavé”.

“Eternally grateful to Nigella Lawson for letting us know we've all been mispronouncing microwave for the last 50 (or so) years,” joked another.

Someone else wrote: “@Nigella_Lawson pronunciation of 'microwave' is a highlight of 2020 for me #CookEatRepeat.”

“After hearing @Nigella_Lawson pronounce the word ‘Microwave’ my life has changed,” joked someone else.

Perhaps this bloomer was her way of adding some spice to her show, who knows?