Carrie Bickmore raises eyebrows with laid-back dinner hack

News.com.au

27-05-2025

Italian Australians are up in arms after radio star and former The Project host Carrie Bickmore shared a seemingly innocent dinner hack to Instagram.
The mother-of-three posted a video of herself this week recreating a 'fun mum' dinner idea where she served a spag bol directly onto her kitchen bench.
Using a couple of pieces of baking paper in lieu of plates or bowls, she spread out the pasta and encouraged everyone to dig in.
'Thought I'd be a fun mum and let the kids just eat in a more relaxed manner,' she said alongside a video of herself preparing the meal, 'they loved it (thought it was so weird!) but loved it.'
The idea wasn't as loved by a couple of prominent Italian Australians who had a laugh expressing their concern with her treatment of a traditional Italian staple.
The comedians behind Sooshi Mango said, 'The souls of our nonnas just entered our bodies and screeched in deep pain and agony!'
Meanwhile television chef Silvia Colloca exclaimed, 'I can hear my Nonnas and their Nonnas writhing in agony in this new circle of hell designed for Italians!'
Other Italian Australians got in on the joke with one person saying, 'Oh dear my little Italian self is cringing.'
'My nonna just re-alived and gasped,' wrote another, and a third confessed, 'I see the fun. I do. I'm Italian and we love the fun but this is pushing us to the brink.'
Social media being the natural home of critics, others who were unoffended by the lack of bowls narrowed in on Bickmore's choice of parmesan cheese.
One person remarked that a Grana Padano would have really elevated the meal, while another added a little more snark, saying, 'The fact that you are rich and famous but still use the weird dry Parmesan cheese makes me feel so validated.'
Bickmore, who has raised over $25 million for brain cancer research with her Beanies 4 Brain Cancer, was
Of course it was all just a bit of fun and sure to spawn many more bowl-less family dinners around the country this week.