Celebrity MasterChef line-up revealed as Love Island and soap stars battle it out in the kitchen
CELEBRITY MasterChef returns to BBC One this summer with an all-star line-up.
From comedy legends and world champion sporting heroes to multi award-winning musicians and stars of screen and stage, there are plenty of familiar faces.
The brand new series will see 20 celebs battle it out for the coveted Celebrity MasterChef 2022 trophy.
Among them are Strictly Come Dancing's Katya Jones, former Love Islander Faye Winter, All Saints' Mel Blatt and McFly singer Danny Jones.
Chris Eubank will be swapping his boxing gloves for oven gloves, and former footballer Jimmy Bullard will also be attempting to wow the judges with his culinary expertise.
TV presenters Adam Pearson, Kirsty Gallacher and Lisa Snowdon will also take part, alongside telly choirmaster Gareth Malone OBE, comedian Kae Kurd, reality star MoJo and drag performer, Kitty Scott-Claus.
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The Wire actor Clarke Peters will join Birds Of A Feather icon Lesley Joseph and soap favourites Cliff Parisi, Richard Blackwood and Ryan Thomas in the kitchen, while Nancy Dell’Olio and kids' favourite Paul Chuckle round off the cast.
Following on from a hugely successful MasterChef final earlier this year, Celebrity MasterChef features four heat weeks concentrating on whittling down the celebrities; testing their abilities until only the best go through to the final stages.
The series will once again feature an array of cookery challenges designed to stretch the celebrities’ culinary ability to their limits including the returning challenges in the heat rounds; Under The Cloche, The Street Food Challenge and Dinner Party Dish.
Then the top celebrity cooks face the nerve-racking and exhilarating challenges during the Semi and Final Week stages.
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Post pandemic, this series sees the Semi-Finalists and Finalists face challenges cooking for large numbers of people including a special centenary challenge to mark 100 years of the BBC.
Katie Attwood, MasterChef Series Editor, said: “Celebrity MasterChef is a firm favourite in the television must-see calendar and this series is as funny, engaging and nail-biting as ever.
"John and Gregg are in for a treat, as are our viewers.”
Celebrity MasterChef returns to BBC One this summer
