When it comes to Christmas dinner, the decision of what to have and what not to have is always a tricky one.

Whether it’s opting for turkey, chicken, roast potatoes or pigs in blankets (or all of the above), whittling down the Christmas dinner menu is never an easy task – and Nigella Lawson has just revealed that there is one thing she never includes on her Christmas dinner menu.

Appearing on The News Agents podcast, the TV cook shared that it is “madness” to serve starters with Christmas dinner.

“I don’t know why people do starters for Christmas lunch. I never have – that seems a madness,” she said.

Nigella Lawson just shared the one thing she doesn’t have with her Christmas dinner – and it may surprise you