Matt Tebbutt welcomes co-star back to Saturday Kitchen after lengthy absence

BBC's Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt was thrilled to have his colleague back on the show. In the latest episode, viewers were treated to the return of wine connoisseur Olly Smith.

Before the show kicked off, Breakfast's and were eager to hear what was in store for the upcoming edition of Saturday Kitchen.

Matt revealed that their special guest would be Silent Witness actress Liz Carr and then turned to welcome Olly Smith back.

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He commented: "Olly, back in my life, I haven't seen you in a while." Olly cheerfully responded: "I'm back, delighted to be back!".

Inquiring about how Olly has been, he replied: "Very well, thanks." He then playfully remarked on Matt's shirt, which Naga had jokingly associated with the Grim Reaper's summer attire.

He said: "I'm quite liking the shirt, it says to me cocktail party and special ops, which is it going to be? never quite know with you."

While the show typically alternates between Olly and Helen McGinn for wine expertise, it had been some weeks since Olly graced the set, reports .

As the episode commenced, Matt noted Olly's absence, to which he jovially said: "I've been alright, I've been gallivanting and glad to be back!"

Throughout the episode, Olly was on a mission to find a non-alcoholic gin that would suit Liz's palate, and she didn't shy away from giving her honest opinion on the matter.

She mentioned: "I mean, it's nice, but this is my baseline for today. If I'd rather just have the tonic water with a squeeze of lime, which quite a lot of them I think the tonic is just nicer. It's the botanical malarkey, I'm not reall-"

Olly tried to add his two cents: "This botanical, the juniper, lemon-" but Liz wasn't impressed and shot back: "You can say juniper so many times, but it's still not, I get it, it's lovely."

Matt couldn't help but chuckle at her candour as he joked: "What we like here is honesty!"

Saturday Kitchen is available to watch on BBC .