Get Valentine's night right - Brits’ ‘top 5’ date night cooking faux pas revealed

What to avoid and what to get right on Valentine's Day

To coincide with Valentine’s Day, new research from Samsung Electronics UK Ltd reveals Brits’ ‘top five’ awkward and embarrassing kitchen mishaps when cooking a romantic meal for their partner.

Overcooking or undercooking food topped the list as the most common cooking ‘faux pas’ (20 per cent).

This is closely followed by messing up timings of when to cook everything (19 per cent).

Burning the food  is another common mistake (18 per cent).

Despite being in a relationship, some Brits surprisingly admitted to cooking a dish their partner doesn’t like (15 per cent).

Some even forget their loved-one is allergic to an ingredient they have used (15 per cent).

The study by Samsung, to support their innovative Dual Cook Flex™ ovens, also revealed that fillet steak is likely to feature on many dinner tables this Valentine’s Day, with one in five Brits (20 per cent) saying it’s their all-time favourite dinner date dish.

However, Gen Zs did not agree, with a veggie curry topping the list (13 per cent) for their age group.

The research highlighted the growing demand for ‘dine in for two’ style packages, with nearly one in five (17 per cent) Brits planning to purchase one of the packages to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year.

When it came to date night turn offs, talking about ex partners topped the list (33 per cent), followed by work chat (33 per cent), poor table manners (32 per cent) and cheesy music (19 per cent).

To help couples this Valentine’s Day, Samsung enlisted the help of leading dating expert, Sarah Louise Ryan, to provide her top tips on how to have a memorable Valentine’s Day dinner at home, including how to avoid common mishaps and ensure there are no kitchen or oven cooking dramas.