Celebrity Masterchef 2021 judges confirm big change to this year’s format

Celebrity Masterchef 2021 starts next week but there’ll be a big change to the show’s format when it does air on BBC One.

Chefs Gregg Wallace and John Torode will return to the competition to judge the plates from stars such as Katie Price, Megan McKenna, Joe Swash, Kem Cetinay and more. You can read more about the line-up here.

And now the judges have revealed the one difference viewers will see due to Covid-19, and they’re pretty happy about it.

During filming this February in the middle of lockdown, John was no longer allowed to share a dish with Gregg while tasting the celebs’ grub, which delighted them both, reports The Mirror.

“No more plate-sharing was just brilliant,” Gregg said.

“Masterchef is now as mainstream as the shipping forecast on Radio 4, but all I care about is having my own plate of food.”

Celebrity Masterchef 2021 starts on Monday, August 9 and will see 20 celebrities go head to head over five weeks.

Celebrity Masterchef 2021 line-up

Presenter Joe Swash

TV personality Katie Price

Happy Mondays star Bez

Strictly’s Johannes Radebe

Actress and singer Su Pollard

Blue singer Duncan James

Comedian Nabil Abdulrashid

The Great British Sewing Bee’s Patrick Grant

Former TOWIE star and singer Megan McKenna

Love Island’s Kem Cetinay

Presenter Melanie Sykes

Comedian Munya Chawawa

Former EastEnders actress Rita Simons

Loose Women’s Penny Lancaster

The Repair Shop’s Will Kirk

Ex-England footballer and presenter Dion Dublin

Journalist and author Gavin Esler

Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox

Actress Melissa Johns

Actress Michelle Collins

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