TV Tonight: Celebrity Masterchef

theversion.co Celebrity Masterchef continues tonight at 9pm on BBC One.

It’s the second week of the heats, and the five celebrities up for the culinary challenge are TV presenter and entertainer Dave Benson Phillips, musician Max George, radio broadcaster Remi Burgz, comedian Shazia Mirza and award-winning comedian and broadcaster Terry Christian.

The first challenge for the five hopefuls is Under the Cloche. In front of each celebrity is a cloche, each concealing a different ingredient. With access to a larder, the celebrities must create one plate of food showcasing their ingredient to demonstrate to the judges they have potential. With nerves running high and just over an hour to create their dish from scratch, the contestants must think on their feet to impress the judges.

Then in the final test of culinary creativity, the celebrities are asked to prepare their Dinner Party Dishes – a main course and a dessert that they would cook to impress someone who was coming round to eat – in just one hour and 15 minutes. The celebrities work furiously in a final attempt to prove themselves to John and Gregg, because at the end of this test, one of them will be going home.

Remi says: “It is as big as it looks on TV. I liked it though. It is actually a proper kitchen. John and Gregg look exactly the same as they do on the TV, which is always good! They were both very smiley and inviting, but also there to let us know that this is real. It was like ‘welcome’ but also ‘it’s about to get real.’”

Max says: “As I don’t really cook that much, I wanted to just try something completely out of my comfort zone and learn how to cook. As I’m getting older, I’m starting to think I should do it more and I thought this would definitely be the place to get some decent tips!” 

Who can handle the pressure and show the judges they have the skills, creativity and flair to progress further in the competition?

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