A spat as bitter as the bottle of concentrated lemon juice that sparked it has erupted following the launch of the BBC's new cookery show, Daily Kitchen Live.  

Former Bake Off star

A spat as bitter as the bottle of concentrated lemon juice that sparked it has erupted following the launch of the BBC's new cookery show, Daily Kitchen Live.  

Former Bake Off star Ruby Tandoh branded Matt Tebbutt, who co-hosts the new show alongside cut-price recipe specialist Jack Monroe, a 'g**' after he was less than enthusiastic about Monroe's love of using concentrated, bottled lemon juice in recipes.

The first episode of the new 45-minute show aired on Easter Monday at 10am and saw Tebbut in the former Saturday Kitchen studio and Monroe in her kitchen in her Essex home. 

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The first episode of Daily Kitchen Live saw host Matt Tebbutt run through his co-star Jack Monroe's favourite store cupboard ingredients - but he admitted the thought of using bottled lemon juice left him 'distressed'

Store cupboard cook Jack Monroe, known as the bootstrap cook, told viewers she swears by bottled lemon juice, saying it could survive a nuclear war

Cookery writer Tandoh expressed her disappointment that the show didn't offer the 'accessible' recipes she'd hoped for, and she called co-host Matt Tebbutt 'flippant' 

After tuning in, Tandoh, who was a runner-up on the Great British Bake Off in 2013, slammed presenter Tebbutt on social media saying he'd made the cheaper ingredients sound 'second-rate'.

She wrote: 'Why is Matt Tebbutt such a g**. WHAT is the point in co-presenting a cooking show with @BootstrapCook for affordable and accessible recipes if you're gonna spend half the time ragging on bottled lemon juice and frozen spinach. honestly GROW UP.' 

Tebbutt, 46, was clearly irked by the criticism and responded: 'Wow! Are you always this angry? I didn’t know about the vitamins in frozen spinach and the jif lemon juice was also a genuine question!' 

The presenter added: 'Can I suggest you watch something else rather than allow me to wind you up. ...life’s too short ...which is more than apparent these days.' 

Ruby then retorted that she had been 'looking forward to seeing genuinely affordable and accessible food' and said the presenter came off as 'flippant' and that it 'matters if you're enthusiastic about the food or if you make it sound second-rate.'  

One viewer @beckybarnesblog said she found Tebbutt's 'middle class attitude vs Jack’s documented working class/bread line existence' 'jarring'

The exchange prompted plenty of debate with William Sitwell, the controversial former editor of Waitrose magazine, declaring: 'An enemy of @matttebbutt is my enemy' to which Tandoh replied that she had a 'deep and unbounded hatred for everything he [Sitwell] stands for.' 

Like Sitwell, many other viewers leapt to the defence of Tebbutt; @davidflatman wrote: 'I watched it and thought you were great. So that’s evens! Keep going.'   

TV presenter Kate Quilton, who presents the programme Food Unwrapped with Tebbutt, also chimed in, saying: 'I’ve been making a show with @matt_tebbutt for 8 years. He takes the p*** out of me ALL THE TIME. He is a kind man. And truly generous to all that work with him - co-presenters included. Maybe give him another watch tomorrow xx'

Tandoh pictured, far left, with Mary Berry, second from left and Paul Hollywood, far right, during her 2013 appearance on The Great British Bake Off (Also pictured: fellow contestants Kimberley Wilson, third from left, and Frances Quinn, fourth from left)

The new live formula hopes to emulate the success of Saturday Kitchen Live and will be aired weekdays at 10am on BBC One

@HedgesAlan added: 'And people honestly believe that after this crisis we are all of a sudden going to be nice too each other! Keep doing what you do @matt_tebbutt, you're a joy!'

Others agreed with Tandoh however, saying that Tebbutt's approach had appeared to ridicule cheaper ingredients to viewers. 

@beckybarnesblog penned: 'I found it all completely jarring. I was hoping it was first show jitters/settling in period. But his middle class attitude vs Jack’s documented working class/bread line existence was all too evident. Jack kept coming up with helpful alternatives. Matt was just quipping.'

@leahprit wrote: 'People also suffer and die of poverty every day, and taking the mick out of cheap and accessible ingredients and adding to a culture of shame around them isn't helping anyone.'

Daily Kitchen Live airs on weekdays at 10am on BBC One