Penelope Cruz - Hopeless Chef Penelope Cruz

Penelope Cruz can't cook.

The 'Nine' actress has taken lessons to boost her culinary skills but says although her preparation is good, her finished dishes are always disappointing.

She said: "I can cook a little bit. I can cook a few Spanish dishes but it looks, in movies, that I cook much better than I cook. The things I can make, can taste pretty bad. I am not the most organized person in the kitchen but I took a lot of lessons. But my lessons were more like to be the assistant of a chef so I could learn to cut the vegetables very fast. I can do all of those things really well but then I'm not that good at cooking."

Penelope is not the only star to confess at being a kitchen flop.

'Charlie's Angels' actress Drew Barrymore has previously said she is embarrassed about her lack of cooking talent.

She said: "I don't cook, I can't cook. It is really abominable to see me in the kitchen. My culinary skills are terrible. I can't even make toast that tastes good. I don't have that skill. I will make scrambled eggs for myself on occasions of necessity but I wouldn't even inflict that on anyone else."