BBC One have revealed the Celebrity MasterChef line-up for 2022.
Celebrity MasterChef returns to BBC One on Wednesday 10th August with an all-star line-up of comedy legends, world champion sporting heroes, multi-award-winning musicians and stars of screen and stage who will be battling it out for the coveted Celebrity MasterChef 2022 title.
John Torode MBE and Gregg Wallace MBE will be once again putting 20 well-known faces to the test across six weeks. They’ll discover who has the palate and skill to chop, slice and sizzle their way to lifting the iconic Celebrity MasterChef trophy and following in the footsteps of last year's champion Kadeena Cox MBE.
The 20 celebrities hoping to tickle John and Gregg's tastebuds are:
Adam Pearson
TV Presenter and Actor
Chris Eubank
Former World Boxing Champion
Clarke Peters
Actor
Cliff Parisi
Actor
Danny Jones
McFly member and The Voice Kids judge
Faye Winter
Love Island star
Gareth Malone OBE
TV presenter and musician
Jimmy Bullard
Former Pro-Footballer
Kae Kurd
Comedian
Katya Jones
Strictly star
Kirsty Gallacher
TV Presenter
Kitty Scott-Claus
Drag Performer and RuPaul's Drag Race UK star
Lesley Joseph
Actor
Lisa Snowdon
TV Presenter
Mel Blatt
Musician
Nancy Dell'Olio
Media personality
Paul Chuckle
ChuckleVision legend
Queen Mojo
Reality TV star
Richard Blackwood
Actor and Comedian
Ryan Thomas
Actor
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. Post pandemic, this series sees our Semi-Finalists and Finalists face challenges cooking for large numbers of people including a special centenary challenge to mark 100 years of the BBC.
Celebrity MasterChef returns Wednesday 10th August to BBC One