Celebrity MasterChef star Jake Quickenden – who is on the show tonight (Tuesday, August 27) – has been hit by several tragedies over the years.
From the deaths of his father and brother to a horror accident that he described as a “nightmare”, here’s a look at some of the star’s sadder times…

Jake lost his dad to cancer (Credit: ITV)

Celebrity MasterChef star Jake Quickenden tragedies: Death of father
At the age of 21, Celeb MasterChef star Jake was left heartbroken when his father died.
Jake’s dad, Paul, had been battling cancer before his devastating passing in 2008.
13 years later, during an appearance on GB News in 2022, Jake admitted that the grief from losing his father – and his brother – was still “raw”.
“I lost my dad 13 years ago now. And then I lost my little brother ten years ago now,” he said.
“It seems like a long time, but having gone through that kind of loss and grief it stays quite raw,” he then continued.
Jake then admitted it had been “tough” losing his dad.
“It was really tough. I was 20 or 21 when I lost my dad, so it was really tough,” he said.
“They were the kind of years where I was going out and I was finding out who I was. So to have my dad taken away, it kind of made me lose a bit of myself.”

Jake lost his brother too (Credit: SK Unmasked Podcast / YouTube)