An Edinburgh celebrity chef will be appearing on our television screens this year, as the season two cast has been announced for ITV's Cooking With The Stars.
Hosted by Emma Willis and Tom Allen, Cooking With The Stars will see eight celebrities paired with a professional chef who will mentor, teach and take them from passionate amateur to restaurant level chefs.
And in this year's line-up, Edinburgh chef and restauranteur Tony Singh MBE will link up with ITV's This Morning presenter on the show.
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The celebrity chef, best known for combining Scottish produce with an arty, eclectic and accessible style of cooking.
Given that Leith-born Tony has the accolade of all of Edinburgh, his partnership with Josie looks to be an exciting and successful one.
As per the rules, the celebrities will be trained by their mentor chefs to produce delicious dishes that will be judged by the remaining professionals.
The bottom two will then have to fight for their place in the competition, creating a dish without any help from their mentor.
The result of this eliminator will be decided by a blind tasting judgement from the professional chefs.
Unaware of whose food they are tasting, their greatest supporter could swiftly and unwittingly become their worst critic and vote for their protégé to leave the competition.
The other contestants include Chaser Anne Hegerty, Love Island's Maura Higgins, and Strictly's Anton Du Beke.
Host Emma Willis said of the new series: "Tom and I had so much fun last series and I’m looking forward to getting back into the kitchen.
"The pressure the celebs are under is real and once the competition starts heating up everybody wants to win, but I’m hoping there isn’t as much blood as last series!”
Co-host Tom Allen said: “Last series was so exciting! Emma Willis and I have been polishing our frying pans in preparation – we have so much fun working together.
"The celebrities are being trained by some of the best chefs in the business and with the clock ticking it’s always tense to see if they’ll improve their cooking enough each week to measure up to the judges’ high standards.”
You will be able to watch Cooking With The Stars on ITV in 2022, with the release date yet to be confirmed.
