Celebrity Masterchef viewers slam ‘worst ever’ contestants and reveal ‘fears’ for John Torode and Gregg Wallace

Celebrity Masterchef viewers served up a damning verdict on this week’s heat three contestants, branding them the ‘worst ever’.

Tuesday’s instalment of the BBC hit saw the third week of heats kick off with presenter Kirsty Gallacher, soap star Richard Blackwood, actress Lesley Joseph, footballer Jimmy Bullard and US actor Clarke Peters step into the kitchen.

And fans quickly gave them an almighty thumbs-down after a series of howlers.

This included when sports expert Kirsty decided not to bother cooking for the first round and served up a salad with a lemon dressing instead.

And things went from bad to worse in the second round for the brunette beauty when she tried her head at a Japanese pancake and wound up torching the underside of it.

This prompted Gregg Wallace and John Torode to have a lot of fun making cheeky references to her “burnt bottom” during the segment.

Birds of A Feather star Lesley Joseph also failed to impress when she created a health hazard by chopping tomatoes on the same board that she had placed raw fish.

Unaware of her mistake, she gasped when John informed her he wouldn’t be eating her “fishy tomatoes” due to the contamination.

Needless to say, viewers were unimpressed at the calibre of cooking on display, and branded them the “worst” the long-running spin-off show has seen.

“Have there been five worse contestants than these on celebrity masterchef?” asked one avid watcher.

“What a load of rubbish this week,” chimed in another. “One of them seems surprised they are expecting her to up her game and actually cook something! Where do they get these people?”

A third said: “Don’t think we are looking at the winner in this group.”

A fourth agreed, adding: “This lot are rubbish compared to last week’s contestants. None of them know what they’re doing actually feel sorry for John and Gregg having to eat their awful food.”

And viewers worrying about John and Gregg’s fate after eating the dishes the celebs served up was a running theme on social media.

“John and Gregg must have spent a week on the sh***er after this lot,” one laughed.

Another seconded that sentiment: “Shame Gregg’ll be hitting the toilet running (in both senses of the word)”

In the final battle, ultimately Gregg and John decided one of the latest bunch was worst than the others – and Lesley and Kirsty escape the chop.

It was The Wire actor Clarke who was sent packing at the end of the episode, leaving the remaining four to fight it out again on Thursday night.