John Torode and Gregg Wallace are welcoming 20 new celebrities to the kitchen (Picture: BBC/Shine TV)
Huge TV stars including everyone’s favourite The Traitors icon and a Strictly Come Dancing winner have been confirmed in this year’s Celebrity MasterChef line-up.
Judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace will be putting 20 celebrities through their paces as they embark on six weeks of cooking challenges to be crowned the champion.
Amongst those competing are The Traitors hun Diane Carson, Strictly star Vito Coppola (who lifted the glitterball trophy with Corrie’s Ellie Leach just last year) and Steps member Ian ‘H’ Watkins.
Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby, soap actress Danielle Harold, and Love Island’s Chloe Burrows are also among a new batch of famous faces who will cook up a storm on the BBC One series, it has been announced.
The contestants also include model and TV personality Christine McGuinness, This Morning’s Craig Doyle and Sugababes singer Mutya Buena.
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They join make-up artist and TV judge Dominic Skinner, BBC Radio 2 presenter OJ Borg, Criminal: UK star Rochenda Sandall, and Team GB sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.
The Traitors hun Diane Carson has been announced as part of the line-up (Picture: Shine TV/BBC /PA Wire)
Strictly winner Vito Coppola lifted the glitterball trophy with Ellie Leach last year (Picture: David Fisher/Shutterstock)
Christine McGuinness is also joining the line-up (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Also in the mix are comedian Jamie MacDonald, The X Factor star Jake Quickenden, broadcaster Edith Bowman, Emma Thynn Marchioness of Bath, comedian Eshaan Akbar, radio presenter Snoochie Shy and The Football Factory actor Tamer Hassan.
The series will start with four heat weeks of three episodes which will test the celebrities’ skills in the kitchen before the best cooks continue through to the final stages.
In the first task, five celebrities will face the under-the-cloche challenge where they will create a dish from scratch.
Then they will then deliver a two-course dinner party menu before the successful cooks step inside a professional restaurant and magic up their own food truck dish.
The quarter-finals will see the amateur chefs receive critique from returning champions and finalists, with other tasks including a pizza round and the famous chef’s table.
Charlotte Crosby is putting her cooking skills to the test (Picture: Shine TV/BBC /PA Wire)
Ian ‘H’ Watkins from Steps joins the reality competition (Picture: Shine TV/BBC /PA Wire)
In one challenge, the celebrities will be tasked with cooking something they do not like to eat, and in another they will create a high-class dining experience on the British Pullman train.
Katie Attwood, MasterChef series editor, said: ‘Celebrity MasterChef fans are in for a treat this summer – with a top line-up of celebrities and the ever-thrilling John and Gregg on judging duty.
‘These stars will need to pull out all the stops this year as we’re really testing their mettle. It’s one you won’t want to miss!’
Sarah Clay, commissioning editor for the BBC, said: ‘The standard of this competition gets higher every year, so expect lots of laughs and some fierce rivalry as we’re set for some of the hardest challenges yet.
‘These celebs are a brave brunch and are taking us on a brilliant ride – all in the trusty hands of our distinguished Judges, John and Gregg.’
This Morning’s Craig Doyle is also part of the line-up (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Does Sugababes’ Mutya Buena have what it takes in the MasterChef kitchen (Picture: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
Love Island’s Chloe Burrows has also been confirmed (Picture: ITV/REX)
Last year’s winner was Welsh singer Wynne Evans and other past winners have included TV and radio presenter Lisa Snowdon, Olympian Greg Rutherford, former The Pussycat Dolls member Kimberly Wyatt and soap star John Partridge.
After finding fame on Claudia Winkleman’s murder mystery gameshow, Diane revealed her future TV plans, and it’s no surprise Celebrity MasterChef is her next stint.
The 63-year-old told Metro.co.uk that after her son Ross slated her roasts on the show, she is ready to show off her cooking skills.
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After saying that she would of course be playing herself in a biopic (who else?!), Diane admitted she does have plans for her next reality TV show, revealing: ‘I think it would be great to do Sunday Roasts at Diane’s House with celebrities. How good would that be!’
She added that Strictly star Jayde Adams would be at the top of her list to invite around for her roast.
‘I’d have anybody round, that would be fine! And my roast dinners aren’t as bad as Ross says,’ she insisted.
Celebrity MasterChef returns to BBC One later this year.
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