Family Found Live Maggots Crawl Out Of Their Bucket Of KFC Chicken

For a treat after a long day, Jay Jones [pictured] and her partner Ben Adamson stopped at the Nene Park Sixfields branch of KFC in Northampton. The duo picked up a £15.29 six-piece Wicked Variety Bucket to share with Jay’s mum Catherine Thompson, 54. But as they dived into the treat, Jay claims Catherine hurried to their room & warned them to stop eating. 

Ben had scoffed four boneless fillets before Catherine bashed in & said she found five maggots on a hot wing. 

27-Year-Old Jay said she believes the wing could have been left somewhere for some time in error after being cooked before ending up in their box. “We went to the drive-thru on Sunday night at 10.08pm. It had been a long day. We had just come back from my partner’s mum’s house, so nipped in on the way back. It was a treat, and we normally travel to that KFC because it’s normally nice food,” Jay, according to DailyMail, said. 

She added: “We ordered the Wicked Varity Bucket with six pieces to share. Me and my partner were eating and mum was eating it in the other room.”

“She ate one piece and came through to the bedroom where me and Ben were eating. She came in and told us to stop eating it because she’d found maggots in her food. We were gagging on our food. We were in shock. There were five live maggots wriggling. She’d eaten a whole piece of chicken, started the other, then found the maggots. My partner had the fillets because he doesn’t like chicken on the bone, and he’d eaten all four, but I’d just had one piece of chicken.” 

So far, the experience has put the family off ever having another KFC, and Jay doubts she will even have a takeaway again. 

Notably, Jay had filmed the maggots, and although they couldn’t find any more, they binned the rest of the meal. The video showed the hot wing pulled to pieces, surrounded by the maggots wriggling around on the plate. The branch had closed when the maggots were found, but Jay said she got in touch with the head office, who then asked her to supply more details. She’s yet to get feedback. 

But as always, a KFC spokesperson has insisted their chicken is freshly prepared & cooked at 365 degrees, so it’d be quite something to survive that. 

The spokesperson added: “We must admit we were surprised by this footage. We’ve not had any similar complaints, but the restaurant team have done a thorough check just to be sure that everything is in tip-top condition. We’d always encourage guests to contact our Care Squad if they have any concerns so we can look into it with the restaurant.”