EIGHT celebrities will be donning their aprons for the 2022 Celebrity MasterChef festive treat.
The familiar faces of judges John Torode e Gregg Wallace will welcome us as they look to sample the celebrities’ offerings, hoping for mainly edible food with the occasional stand-out dish, Enquanto o show returns to our screens.
Who is appearing in the Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Cook Off?
Bez aka Mark Berry
Happy Mondays legend Bez will be joining the other celebrities in the kitchen for this Christmas special.
More well known for his stints on Celebrity Gogglebox e Dançando no Gelo, he will be looking to show a different side as he tries to win the Celebrity MasterChef coroa.
Bez often appears with fellow band-member Shaun Ryder on Celebrity Gogglebox show but will have to go it alone on this one as he tries to impress judges with his cooking skills.
No 2021 edição, Bez was eliminated in the semi-finals, leaving viewers gutted as many were calling for him to win.
Iwan Thomas
Thomas will be looking to draw on his experiences of finishing runner-up in Celebrity MasterChef no 2009.
Since retiring from athletics, Thomas has been on numerous shows on TV, gaining him celebrity status.
Look Through the Keyhole, Hole in the Wall, Strictly Come Dancing, Contagem regressiva and Celebrity Hunted are just some of the appearances Thomas has made.
Having finished second to Jayne Middlemiss on the show in 2009, Thomas will be fancied as a front-runner for this edition.
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Josh Cuthbert
Finding fame in 2012, Josh appeared on The X Factor with his band Union J.
They finished fourth and were signed to Sony Music and RCA Records.
Their debut single Carry You was released in 2013 and their self-titled album reached number six in the UK charts.
Appearing in the 2018 edition of Celebrity MasterChef, the singer made it to the semi-finals before it was time for him to make his exit and will be looking to impress the judges more this time around.
Lesley Garrett
Having appeared on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, Lesley Garrett was partnered with Anton Du Beke and managed to finish third in the show.
Como um resultado, she will be used to being critiqued by judges and will be hoping she can impress John Torode e Gregg Wallace.
Having fallen short when she appeared on the show before, Garrett will be looking to put things right this time around with a chance to impress the judges once again after exiting at the semi-final stage last time out.
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Having appeared on Britain’s Got Talent in 2013, AJ Pritchard managed to wow judges as he and dance partner Chloe Hewitt made it all the way to the semi-finals of the live show.
Since then he has appeared in RuPauls Drag Race UK, I’m a Celeb and a special edition of Hunted for Stand up to Cancer.
He is best known for being a professional dancer on Strictly Come Dancing a partir de 2016-2020.
No 2021 it was announced that he would make his acting debut on Channel 4 as he appeared in Hollyoaks.
Known for his posh-custard last time out, he failed to make it to the semi-final stage.
Chizzy Akudolu
Chizzy Akudolu is best known as an actress who starred as Mo Effanga in BBC 1 mostrar Acidente.
The 49-year-old began her career in the early noughties after winning BBC comedy contest The Urban Sketch Showcase.
No 2004 Chizzy bagged parts in Sean Lock’s sitcom 15 Storeys High and soap EastEnders.
Over the next few years she took roles in shows such as Green Wing, Dead Set, Roman’s Empire, The Inbetweeners, Twenty Twelve and the movie In The Loop.
Mais recentemente, she can be found as a panellist on Mulheres Soltas.
Chizzy will be hoping for a better performance this time around as she felt she didn’t perform to her abilities previously, which saw her fail to make the semi-finals.
Kitty Scott-Claus
Kitty Scott-Claus is best known for competing in the third season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK – where she finished runner-up behind Krystal Versace.
Other TV appearances include Sem sentido Celebrities and Ilha do amor Depois do sol.
She appeared in Celebrity MasterChef in August 2022 but finished fifth in the competition.
Megan McKenna
Megan McKenna first came to our screens in 2009 when she appeared on Britain’s Got Talent.
No 2016 she joined the cast of Grande Irmão Celebridade where she became a household name,
She then become a regular in Sabe no 2016 before deciding to have some time off from the show by late 2017.
Megan appeared on Celebrity MasterChef in 2021 where she managed to reach the final.
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When is Celebrity MasterChef Christmas Cook Off na BBC?
The festive Cook-Off will air on BBC One on Friday 23rd December.
You can catch it at 8pm or at a later date on the BBC iPlayer.