MasterChef: The Professionals

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Season 18, Episode 3

It's the first quarter-final, for which judges Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti set an invention test in which the professionals must make a dish using king prawns - an ingredient whose delicate flavour is easy to destroy without keeping a steady hand and an eye on the timings. After that, they serve up a two-course meal for critics Tom Parker Bowles, Leyla Kazim and Jimi Famurewa, before the judges decide who deserves a place in knockout week

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Marcus Wareing (Judge)

Monica Galetti (Judge)

Tom Parker Bowles (Guest)

Leyla Kazim (Guest)

Jimi Famurewa (Guest)

David Ambler (Executive editor)

Genevieve Welch (Series editor)

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Marcus Wareing (Judge)

Born: June 29, 1970 in Southport

Best Known For: Being a judge on MasterChef: The Professionals.

Early-life: Marcus was born in Southport on June 29, 1970. He has a brother called Brian. From the age of 11, Marcus began working with his father, who was a fruit and potato merchant. At school, Marcus discovered he had a talent for cooking and he went on to complete a City & Guilds course in catering at Southport College.

Career: At the age of 18, Wareing worked as a commis chef at the Savoy Hotel under chef Anton Edelmann. In 1993, he joined Albert Roux at Michelin-starred Le Gavroche. In the same year, he worked with Gordon Ramsay at Ramsay's Aubergine. They worked alongside each other for the next 15 years before they had a falling out. In 2008, Wareing opened his own restaurant, Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley. It was awarded two Michelin stars in 2009. Two years later, he opened his second restaurant, The Gilbert Scott, in the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. On TV, he succeeded Michel Roux Jr on the seventh series of MasterChef: The Professionals.

Quote: On being appointed a judge on MasterChef: The Professionals: "I thought I'd won the lottery. It was the only show I'd ever wanted to do."

Trivia: In 2009, GQ named Wareing their chef of the year.

Monica Galetti (Judge)

Best Known For: MasterChef: The Professionals.

Early-life: Monica was born in the mid-1970s in Samoa, and raised in New Zealand. She has four brothers and a sister. Monica trained to be a chef in New Zealand and in 1999 she moved to London to work with two-star Michelin chef Michel Roux Jr at his restaurant Le Gavroche.

Career: Galetti worked her way through the kitchen ranks at Le Gavroche to become Michel's sous chef. In 2009, she began assisting Michel on MasterChef: The Professionals, and in 2011, she was elevated to a permanent position on the judging panel. She has a reputation on the show for being firm but fair.

Quote: "I'm a very different Monica when I'm in work mode: a chef's job is very demanding."

Trivia: Galetti released her first cookbook, Monica's Kitchen, in 2012.