02 Sep Bake Off-related insurance claims

Bake Off-related insurance claims

It may have just aired its final show on the BBC, much to the disappointment of many fans, but the last series of The Great British Bake Off seems to be having much more of an impact in people’s homes than just a few teary eyes.

Data collected by insurance provider Ageas shows that the number of insurance claims for oven and cooker incidents tends to rise during the programme’s annual ten-week run. The insurer looked at the statistics of kitchen-related claims over the last three years and found that despite there being an overall drop, there was a significant rise during the weeks in which the show was on air. The data showed a 15 per cent rise, with claims involving cooking mishaps such as fires, dropping hot dishes on ceramic hobs, and ruined kitchen floors and oven doors.

While it’s great that a TV show inspires its viewers to take up a new hobby, the research suggests that quite a few of them may not be up to the standard of the show’s contestants.

It seems that when the eager, newly-inspired viewers took to their kitchens in the hopes of recreating some of the mouth-watering marvels they saw on screen, they had much more serious matters to worry about than a simple soggy bottom – namely, burning the house down. Ageas said the most alarming find was that 38 per cent of the fire claims they received in 2015 were started in the kitchen, and almost a third of those fires began in a cooking pan.

Whether it’s for your home or for your food and hospitality business – perhaps you run a pizzeria, bakers, or chippy – having the right insurance in place will help protect your kitchen if your culinary creation, be it good ole’ fish and chips or a Victoria sponge good enough for the Queen of Cakes herself, gets out of hand.

Tredstone can help businesses find a competitively priced quote for an insurance policy that has been tailored to all of their needs. It may be that you’re an oven or kitchen fitter and need protection in the event that your customer blames their cooking disaster on a faulty appliance you supplied them with. Then you will need products liability insurance and public liability insurance to cover yourself against any serious claims against your handiwork. Protect your business today with a quote from Tredstone.