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Celeb chef Tom Kerridge defends charging £87 for a steak amid cost of living crisis

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READ MORE: Celebrity Masterchef fans enraged over John Torode 'stealing' catchphrase from co-starKerridge has defend the decision to sell expensive meals at a time when millions of people across the country are struggling to make ends meet.He told The Times that people should not be "punished for making good money" adding that "you don't help to feed children by making successful people ashamed because I am one of those people".The chef explained: "I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you want to ride in a Bentley, it costs money.

If you’re on a budget there’s an intensely farmed Ford Focus available round the corner and that’s fine by me."He added that he is angry over the cost of living crisis, but told the publication people who make "good money" should not be "punished" in the meantime.Tom said: "It makes me angry there are more food banks than branches of McDonald’s in this country."But I also think: never punish people who are making good money, who’ve achieved a great lifestyle.

You don’t help to feed children by making successful people ashamed because I am one of those people."For more of the latest showbiz and TV news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newslettershere.He explained how the steak is form a cow which has been grass-fed for two years.

The meat is then slaughtered, butchered and hung, which takes another month.Tom then added how he will only get 10 steaks, which cost £25 per cut, before he needs to pay his waiters and Michelin-level chefs before he forks out for energy bills, cleaners, which he said will add £35 and the government take on a further £18 in VAT.The chef added that he'd be "lucky" to make a 10 per cent profit of around £9 on the dish, which he said would.

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