Celebrity MasterChef 2025 has officially locked in its finalists – but one hopeful fell at the final hurdle tonight.
In a tense episode, the remaining celebs faced two major challenges designed to push their skills to the limit. While several rose to the occasion, one contestant just couldn’t win over John Torode and Grace Dent, narrowly missing out on a coveted spot in Finals Week.
Only five stars could progress, leaving one apron on the chopping block. Here’s the contestant who left Celebrity MasterChef tonight – and what ultimately cost them their place in the competition.
Celebrity MasterChef judge’s John Torode and Grace Dent have sent someone home and picked their finalists (Credit: BBC)
Celebrity MasterChef 2025: Invention relay
Tonight’s episode was the last of the Celebrity MasterChef semi-finals. The cooks were Jamie Lomas, Dawn O’Porter, Katie McGlynn, Ginger Johnson, Alun Wyn Jones and Alfie Boe.
Hollyoaks actor Jamie was already riding high, having been declared as Cook of the Day in Wednesday’s semi-final.
For their first challenge, they were given the famous Invention Test. But this time, it had to be done in relay.
Dawn, Alfie and Jamie were put on the blue team, while Ginger, Katie and Alun Wyn were the red team. Each contestant had 25 minutes in the kitchen and they had to come up with a main course and a dessert.
One person had to start, someone else had to do the middle and the last person had to finish. And to make things really tough, whoever started the relay could only leave “clues” to their other team members about what the dishes were going to be. They couldn’t talk!
‘Worst nightmare’
Alun Wyn kicked things off for the reds in a chicken wrapped in pancetta. He halved some plums and nectarines and poached them in sugar. Ginger then came in and made some sweet pastry.
Dawn started the challenge for the blue team with the beginnings of a chicken and mushroom pie. But she didn’t even come up with a dessert. Alfie attempted to make a sponge cake – which he said was his “worst nightmare”.
Katie finished off the red team’s main and dessert. She served up the chicken with butternut squash. The puff pastry was plated with poached nectarines, roasted almonds and vanilla cream. Both dishes got the thumbs up from John and Grace.
Jamie, meanwhile, dished up chicken and mushroom pie. One the side was spinach and an onion and mushroom sauce. The sponge cake soaked in syrup and plated with custard and stewed nectarines. The judges were pleased with this, too.
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