Keira Knightley has confessed she is a hopeless cook.

And the actress has decided to stay away from kitchen this Christmas.

“I am not the best cook in the world. I have tried, but I really am hopeless. I can cook maybe one dish. But even then, if you ate it, you”d probably end up with food poisoning,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying.

She added: “Recently, a friend explained how to make an eggplant bake. I brought it out of the oven in this beautiful bowl – and dropped it.

“It smashed all over the kitchen, and I burst into tears. Which is why I will ask Santa for some easy-to-understand cook books.”