Turning on the oven to cook Sunday roast to cost £5 as energy bills soar

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Brits will be forking out more than £5 just to have the oven on to cook a Sunday roast as the cost of energy soars. The shocking rise in bills is set to make some people question whether the Sunday ritual is sustainable.

In 2019, the price of keeping a 3kw oven on for two hours was just over £1. But with the latest energy price cap announcement, that will rise to £3.12 in October this year. By January 2022, when the price cap is reviewed, experts predict that the cost of running an oven will reach £5.16.

Brits eat 1.28 billion roasts a year, with one in five saying that they sit down with friends and family to have a meal on Sundays. The cost of cooking a Christmas dinner is also set to soar, with experts predicting that families will be set back £10 based on a 5kg turkey, the Mirror reports.

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TV chef Dave Myers, of the Hairy Bikers, said the situation with rising bills is now "out of control". Speaking to the Mirror, he said: “We’ve never really had to factor in the energy required to cook before we even think of the price of the dish. We’re a top 10 world economy, we shouldn’t be having these problems when we worry about heating our house in the winter."

Dave, who has hosted a number of cooking shows alongside Si King, said the Sunday roast has been a staple of family life since his childhood. He said: “When I was little you could smell the chicken cooking all morning, while Junior Choice was on and Family Favourites was on the radio. It was such an event.

“There’s something about the Sunday roast, the predictability. Not only do you know you’ll like it but you know what goes with it. Even though my wife’s Romanian and I have stepchildren, my