text: Ed Miliband’s son has inadvertently waded into the row about the Labour leader’s kitchen as he declared it ‘the best’ in his house. The unwitting admission from five-year-old Daniel, to be broadcast tonight, came as Mr Miliband yet again wheeled out his children for the cameras. It is the fourth time they have appeared on screen during the campaign – once for a BBC profile, again for an interview on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, a third time for a campaign visit in Blackpool over Easter, and again this evening on ITV. Scroll down for video . Kitchen sink dramas: Ed Miliband and his family in the kitchen that has caused so much controversy . Child's play: Mr Miliband's son Daniel (left) has inadvertently waded into the row about 'two kitchens' Ed. The comment was made during an ITV interview in which the Milibands, including wife Justine (right), cook eggs . But the move somewhat backfires as his eldest son tells the camera the spartan kitchen – that last month sparked such controversy for Mr Miliband – is the ‘best’ in the £2.7million home. And it led to accusations that Mr Miliband lives an ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ lifestyle last night as he was forced to admit that he needs two kitchens because the family nanny lives in the basement of his London ‘mansion’. However, Mr Miliband, who is filmed attempting to make scrambled eggs, claims controversy about his kitchen ‘makes me laugh’. He tells ITV’s political editor Tom Bradby: ‘This is the kitchen we use, I mean there’s a kitchen downstairs. Our nanny lives downstairs and it’s sort of a basement area, a basement flat. She uses the kitchen downstairs and we use this kitchen.’ But the revelation that he keeps the help downstairs will do little to bolster Mr Miliband’s claim that he is in touch with struggling families. Tory MP Julian Smith: ‘This exposes Ed Miliband for the hypocrite and champagne socialist that he is. He claims he is on the side of working people but the reality is his home life is like a scene from Upstairs, Downstairs.’ Daniel, Miliband's eldest son, tells the camera the spartan kitchen – that last month sparked such controversy for Mr Miliband – is the ‘best’ in the £2.7million home . In a personal interview with ITV’s Tonight programme, Mr Miliband also brushes aside controversy about embarrassing pictures last year of him struggling to eat a bacon sandwich. But Mr Bradby reveals he has been asked not to film Mrs Miliband eating the eggs her husband has cooked. The Labour leader indicates that spin chiefs have also told him not to be filmed eating, saying: ‘Apparently I’m not allowed to eat them.’ Mr Miliband’s kitchen hit the headlines last month when he was filmed in it by the BBC. In the personal interview, Mr Miliband also brushes aside controversy about embarrassing pictures last year of him struggling to eat a bacon sandwich (pictured) Critics questioned whether the small, utilitarian room could really be the main kitchen in a large North London home that will qualify as a ‘mansion’ for the purposes of Labour’s proposed Mansion Tax. Times columnist and Miliband family friend Jenni Russell then intervened to say that the home’s real kitchen is ‘lovely’. She said the room in which Mr Miliband was filmed was a ‘functional kitchenette by the sitting room for tea and quick snacks’. Mr Miliband’s decision to again make prominent use of his sons Daniel and Samuel, four, to bolster his image is also likely to raise eyebrows. The boys are seen playing in a park and heard chatting with their parents. David and Samantha Cameron have allowed much more limited media access to their children. A Labour source said: ‘Justine and the children are the most important people in Ed’s life and it is right that the public see he is a father and a family man.’
target: Miliband came under fire last month for having two kitchens in £2.7m home .
  In an ITV interview, he admits that he has a second kitchen for his nanny .
  Comment led to accusations Miliband lives 'Upstairs, Downstairs' lifestyle .
  Daniel, five, added to row by saying spartan kitchen was 'best' in the house .