text: A Michelin-starred restaurant burned its first batch of asparagus  after the drone flying it in crashed live on TV. Ronald Peijenburg, owner of the De Zwann restaurant in Etten-Leur, has previously used  a Formula 1 racing car, hot air balloon and a helicopter to deliver the first crop of the seasonal vegetable. But the drone, which had a metal can attached containing several asparagus stalks, crashed and exploded  mid-journey in the Netherlands. Scroll down to video . Crash and burn: The asparagus-delivering drone crashed part-way through its journey to the Dutch restaurant . Special delivery: The first batch of asparagus of the season was placed in a can and attached to a drone . 'You think you have a cool idea with a drone – how original can you be? Picking up asparagus with a drone,' Mr Peijenburg told Netherlands regional broadcaster Omroep Brabant. 'This is very, very sad because it was an amateur pilot, the owner of the drone, who organised this especially for me and brings his own toys. So this wasn't supposed to happen of course.' The pilot had followed the remote-controlled craft in the back of a pick-up truck while the stunt was filmed by a local TV channel. The Dutch restaurant had to settle for a more traditional method of delivery following the crash. Personal drones have surged in popularity with Amazon alone selling 10,000 of them every month. However, learning to fly a drone — flying devices that often carry cameras and can be navigated remotely by smartphones or controllers — is something that requires some time and patience say experts. In flight: The drone carrying asparagus tips was flying them to a Michelin-star restaurant in the Netherlands . Up in smoke: The drone operator looks on as the machine crashed into a field as it went to make an asparagus delivery to a top Dutch restaurant . A TGI Friday restaurant in New York launched mistletoe drone to tempt diners into kissing which backfired when a photographer, who was invited to cover the event, was struck in the face by the four-bladed machine. In February, a restaurant chain in Singapore announced that it will start using drones as waiters operating from the kitchen and bar to the dining areas.
target: Owner had used Formula 1 car and hot air balloon to deliver in the past .
  Drone was being operated from back of a truck that followed behind .
  Local TV filmed as bladed device carried several asparagus stalks in can .
  Crashed shortly after recharging mid-way through the flight .