A TECHNICAL blunder on This Morning forced Sharon Marshall to call chef Phil live on air.

The ITV show is no stranger to on some occasions.

Screenshot of a television show split screen showing two hosts in a studio and a chef cooking outdoors.This Morning was faced with an unfortunate tech blunderScreenshot of a man cooking outdoors in a garden setting.It meant Phil Vickery was unable to hear Ben and Cat in the studioScreenshot of a woman holding up her phone showing a video call with a can of beans on the screen.Soaps expert Sharon Marshall rang Phil from the studio

Viewers had already seen Phil, 64, cooking up a tasty meal in This Morning’s allotment.

Presenters and ran into an unfortunate technical blunder while trying to get an update.

Ben, 46, told the audience: “Phil is cooking up a delicious dish for the whole family and he’s live from The This Morning allotment.”;

“It looks wonderful down there, Philip. We’re trying to connect up his ear – can you hear us, Phil?”;

The technical blunder saw Phil unable to hear Ben as he instead continued preparing the dish he was working.

Cat laughed as she quipped: “He could be just ignoring us”;, while Ben remarked: “Oh, dear.”;

Looking for a solution, Ben asked out loud: “Has anyone got a phone? Someone phone him. Can the cameraman hear us?”;

He added: “So, nobody can hear us at the moment. This is quite fun, we can just watch them and see what they get up to.”;

In the background, soaps expert Sharon Marshall said she was calling Phil on her phone.

After showing a contest for viewers, however, the show was soon back on track.

The presenters managed to successfully connect to Phil in the allotment this time.

Elsewhere, a This Morning star revealedon a bizarre rule amid ITV cuts.

last month to ITV Daytime shows that will impact the likes of, Loose Women and Lorraine.

as part of the shake-up — meaning almost half of the 450 employed on the four flagship shows GMB,,This Morningandwill be let go.

But amid the changes, This Morning have introduced a style change.

The show has long had an unwritten rule in place that meant presenters could not wear a specific item of clothing.

However, show staple said on TikTok: “There’s a new rule, we didn’t used to be allowed to wear jeans, did we?

“But we can wear jeans now. This is amazing news for me.”;

This Morning airs on ITV1 and .

Screenshot of two television presenters sitting at a table.The presenters had been left wondering what to do