When is Celebrity MasterChef 2017 on BBC One, who’s in the line-up and who are the presenters?
CELEBRITY MasterChef continues tonight as the competition presses on with first round of the finals.
Here is everything you need to know about the BBC One show. Who's presenting, who's competing and what time does it start?
What is Celebrity MasterChef? When can I watch the new series?
The next episode of Celebrity MasterChef airs tonight (Friday September 22) at 8pm on BBC One.
Episode 11 goes head-to-head with Only Connect on BBC Two, Coronation Street on ITV and The Crystal Maze on Channel 4.
Celebrity MasterChef is a star version of the original MasterChef.
The shows sees famous faces compete against one another to win in the ultimate cooking competition.
Like the original version, it's judged by John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
The first celebrity series aired in 2006 and was won by rugby star Matt Dawson.
Other previous winners include comedian Ade Edmonson, actress Sophie Thompson, Loose Women's Nadia Sawalha and Torode's girlfriend Lisa Faulkner.
Who on this series of Celebrity MasterChef?
20 celebrities are taking part in the new series but sadly we have already had to say goodbye to some of them.
Here is the FULL official lineup:
Left the competition
- Barney Harwood
- Nick Moran
- Aasmah Mir
- Tyger Drew-Honey
- Vic Reeves
- Julia Somerville
- Stephen Hendry
- Patti Boulaye
- Abdullah Afzal
- Jaymi Hensley
- Debbie McGee
- Rachel Stevens
- Henri Leconte
- Brian Bovell
- Kate Bottley
- Lesley Garrett
- Rebecca Adlington
Who is Gregg Wallace from MasterChef?
Gregg Wallace is a British TV presenter, writer and entrepreneur born on 17 October 1964 in London, England, and one of the judges of MasterChef.
His past work includes running a vegetable stall in Covent Garden before starting a greengrocers company.
He has presented and produced cooking related radio and TV shows including Veg Talk on BBC Radio 4, and Saturday Kitchen on BBC One.
Who is John Torode from MasterChef?
John Torode is an Australian celebrity chef and TV presenter born in Melbourne, Australia, on 23 July 1965, and one of the judges of MasterChef.
He began his cooking career aged 16 and moved to the UK in 1991 aged 26 when he worked as a sous chef under restaurateur Sir Terence Conran.
He has presented Saturday Kitchen on the BBC and has appeared on MasterChef Australia as well as various versions of the show in the UK.
