Disturbing footage captures live worms wriggle out of a piece of monkfish bought from Tesco. Louis Yssel was disgusted to find the bright red bugs slither out of fleshy fillet he had purchased from the fresh fish counter.
The 32-year-old singer only noticed the worms, which were up to one-and-a-half inches long, when he was midway through making a curry."I began marinating the fish with lemon juice and some Lebanese spices and popped it in the fridge for an hour."It wasn't until I had left it sitting on the side for 20 minutes that I saw this worm wriggling out It was absolutely disgusting," Louis said.
Louis, who bought the monkfish from the Tesco Extra store in Doncaster, South Yorks., for £7.50, added: "If I wasn’t paying attention I could have easily added it to the dish and eaten it."I had already put the bone in the sauce and I love to cook so I was having a taste as I was going along."The singer, who lives with firefighter boyfriend Christopher Jones, 33, in Doncaster, immediately phoned the supermarket to complain and was offered a refund as well as a £10 voucher.
But he declined this and instead returned the fish to the shop, where he was given a refund of £57 the total cost of his shopping bill on the day. He continued: "We had spent all that money on ingredients and had to get a takeaway after."But when I spoke to the manager he didn’t seem that bothered."He said it might be a parasitic worm."It didn’t fill me with assurances that it wouldn’t happen again. It was a half-hearted apology."I’m not great with fish at the best of times but this has put me off for life."A spokesman for Tesco said: "We are really sorry to hear about this incident and are grateful to Christopher and Louis for returning the monkfish to our Doncaster Extra store."We are now carrying out a full investigation and will be in touch with Christopher and Louis to let them know of our findings."