Celebrity MasterChef
02:50 am - 03:50 am, Monday, December 22 on BBC Two England (2)
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Season 20, Episode 13
Fifteen familiar faces have been whittled down to five, who now face the final battle for the Celebrity MasterChef trophy. The first challenge of the week involves a visit to the Wedgwood pottery, where the contestants serve afternoon tea under the guiding hand of pastry chef - and Bake Off: The Professionals judge - Cherish Finden. Back in the studio kitchen, the hopefuls deliver a dish that includes an element of performance - knowing for one of them, this will be the last course they put in front of the judges
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Grace Dent
(Judge)
John Torode
(Judge)
Born:
July 23, 1965
in
Melbourne, Australia
Best Known For:
Being a MasterChef judge
Early-life:
Born John Douglas Torode in Melbourne, Australia, on July 23, 1965. His mother died suddenly of cardiomyopathy (a weakened heart) when he was just four. As his father had to travel a lot on business, John and his two older brothers were looked after by their grandmother near Sydney for six years, until his father was able to take them back to Melbourne. At school, John didn't enjoy sports - his asthma made him nervous about competing - but he did develop a love of cooking, and left at 16 to get a job in a kitchen.
Career:
At the age of 25, Torode moved to the UK to further his culinary career, joining the Conran group and working his way up through a series of top London restaurants. He has since owned various London restaurants. Torode got a taste for TV work when he appeared as a food expert on This Morning, but he hated being asked to demonstrate recipes for what he describes as "cheap food", so quit and vowed never to cook on TV again. It was MasterChef that really made him a household name when it relaunched in 2005. Since then it has become a huge, prime-time hit, moving from BBC Two to BBC One and spawning several spin-offs. He's also fronted John Torode's Australia, a series about cuisine in his home country.
Quote:
"I still get in the kitchen when I can. You can't do MasterChef and keep making comments like I do unless you are actually practically doing it."
Trivia:
Torode has four children from his two marriages, both of which ended in divorce. He's written nine food-related books.
Kate Drysdale
(Series producer)
