Celebrity MasterChef 2024 is here at last putting a new batch of famous faces through their paces and see who has what it takes to impress the judges with their culinary skills. And a string of stars have already gone out — we have a section in the article we've who's gone out!
This year we have got 20 new celebrities from the world of entertainment including pop stars, athletes, actors and comedians, all hoping to make it through to the final as they're put through six weeks of increasingly intense challenges.
Friday will see the third heat come to a close as the week's best three celebrities try to win a place in the semi-finals. In their attempt to make it through, they each prepare a two-course menu for 2021 semi-finalist Su Pollard, 2019 finalist Vicky Pattison and 2017 champion Angellica Bell.
But who has got what it takes to join the Celebrity MasterChef winners list? Here is everything we know about Celebrity MasterChef 2024, including this year's star-studded line-up...
Celebrity MasterChef 2024 release date
Celebrity MasterChef 2024 began on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Tuesday, August 13 at 8 pm.
The seventh episode airs on Tuesday, August 27, on BBC One at 8 pm, while episode eight airs on Thursday, August 29, on BBC One at 8 pm and episode nine airs on Friday, August 30 at 9 pm on BBC One.
All episodes that have already aired are available to watch now on iPlayer.
Celebrity MasterChef 2024 contestants
Let's meet the famous faces trying to whip up a storm in the kitchen...
In the MasterChef kitchen are reality stars Charlotte Crosby and Chloe Burrows, model and TV personality Christine McGuinness, TV and radio presenter, Craig Doyle, former EastEnders star Danielle Harold, TV personality Diane Carson, make-up artist and TV judge Dominic Skinner, TV and radio presenter Edith Bowman, model and TV personality Emma Thynn, comedian and actor Eshaan Akbar and Gladiators star and Team GB Sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.
Joining them are pop star Ian ‘H’ Watkins, singer, actor and presenter Jake Quickenden, comedian Jamie MacDonald, pop star Mutya Buena, BBC Radio 2 presenter OJ Borg, actor Rochenda Sandall, TV and radio presenter Snoochie Shy, actor Tamer Hassan and Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer and choreographer Vito Coppola.
Who's been eliminated from Celebrity MasterChef 2024?
Snoochie Shy was first out, exiting at the end of the first episode. "Obviously it's a little bit sad to be going home, but a lot of disasters happened in that kitchen so to be fair I was actually expecting it."
Charlotte Crosby went out in episode two. "This experience is definitely one I will remember until the day I die. I've met some really good people and I've learned some new skills."
Edith Bowman went out at the end of episode three. Chloe Burrows exited in episode four. Eshaan Akbar went in episode five. Danielle Harold went in episode six. "I'm gutted to go home because it's been such a laugh, I've had the best time," she said.
Despite her best culinary efforts, episode 7 saw Christine sent home after creating dishes that were deemed too simple. Epsiode eight saw Emma Thynn eliminated after her food truck snack failed to impress the judges.
Celebrity MasterChef 2024 judges
Once again MasterChef judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace will be keeping a close eye on the culinary efforts of the 20 celebrities as they put them through six weeks of increasingly intense challenges.
How does Celebrity MasterChef work?
Celebrity MasterChef 2024 kicks off with four heat weeks of three episodes aimed at testing the celebrities’ skills in the kitchen. The challenges then take the cream of the crop towards the sharp end of the competition, as only the most talented cooks continue through to the final stages.
The first heat episodes will see five new celebs each week face their first daunting task - the notorious Under The Cloche challenge - creating a dish from scratch that shows off what they can do.
Next, they will need to deliver a two-course Dinner Party Menu. The successful cooks will then get the chance to enter the professional world of restaurants and develop their own food truck dishes.
Then, in the quarter-finals, they will face an all-important critique from returning champions and finalists.
After the initial heats, eight successful celebrities will face up to what semi and final week have in store for them, from the brand-new Pizza round and a task requiring them to stay on track as they help create an opulent dining experience on the British Pullman Train, to the hotly anticipated Chef’s Table and an impossibly tricky brief of cooking something they don’t like to eat.
Is there a trailer for Celebrity MasterChef 2024?
Yes, here you go!
Who won Celebrity MasterChef 2023?
Last year we saw singer Wynne Evans cook his way to victory and become the 18th Celebrity MasterChef winner - and the first one from Wales. "There are certain things we do in Wales brilliantly like cockles, oysters, lamb, chorizo and Welsh whisky - and they signposted me to dishes I could try or ingredients I could use in dishes," he said after his win.
This year's winner will follow in the footsteps of other previous champions including Lisa Snowdon, Kadeena Cox, Riyadh Khalaf, Greg Rutherford, John Partridge, Angellica Bell, Alexis Conran, Kimberly Wyatt, Sophie Thompson, Ade Edmondson, Emma Kennedy, Phil Vickery, Lisa Faulkner, Jayne Middlemiss, Liz McClarnon, Nadia Sawalha and Matt Dawson.
