Celebrity Masterchef (2006)
Chef and restaurateur John Torode and food writer and ingredients expert Gregg Wallace search for the country's top celebrity chef.
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Episode 1 - Knockout rounds 1 & 2
Release Date: 2009-06-10Jayne Middlemiss, Colin Murray, Wendi Peters, Simon Shepherd, Janet Ellis, Deena Payne, Iwan Thomas, Rav Wilding, Pete Waterman, Stephen K. Amos, Gemma Bissix, Shirley Robertson, Ian Bleasdale, Paul Martin, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Brian Moore, Saira Khan, Rosie Boycott, Michael Obiora, Joel Ross, Shobna Gulati, Dennis Taylor, Siân Lloyd, Jan Leeming and Joe Swift. There was also a week of Comeback contestants featuring Joe McGann, Marie Helvin, Linda Barker, Claire Richards, Rowland Rivron, Ninia Benjamin, Steven Pinder, Wendi Peters, Helen Lederer, Tony Hadley, Martin Hancock and Jeff Green
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Episode 2 - Knockout rounds 3 & 4
Release Date: 2009-06-11This show features two heats. In the first, Shobna Gulati, Sian Lloyd and Dennis Taylor cook for paying restaurant customers at the Howard, and in the second Tracy-Ann Oberman, Saira Khan and Brian Moore cook at the Albion. Only two of these contestants will get through to the quarter-final stage, which will take them one step closer to becoming the next Celebrity MasterChef...
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Episode 3 - Quarterfinal one
Release Date: 2009-06-12In this quarter-final the winning celebrity chefs from the first four heats battle it out for two semi-final places.
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Episode 4 - Knockout rounds 5 & 6
Release Date: 2009-06-17This show features two heats. In the first, Rav Wilding, Deena Payne and Iwan Thomas cook for paying restaurant customers at Gilgamesh, and in the second Colin Murray, Janet Ellis and Simon Shepherd cook at Manicomio. Only two of them will get through to the week's quarter-final, taking them one step closer to becoming the next Celebrity MasterChef...
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Episode 5 - Knockout rounds 7 & 8
Release Date: 2009-06-18This show features two heats. In the first, Ian Bleasdale, Shirley Robertson and Paul Martin cook for paying restaurant customers at Skylon, and in the second Pete Waterman, Gemma Bissix and Stephen K Amos cook at Just St James. Only two of these contestants will get through to the quarter-final stage, which will take them one step closer to becoming the next Celebrity MasterChef...
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Episode 6 - Quarterfinal two
Release Date: 2009-06-19In this quarter-final, the winning celebrity chefs from the week's four heats battle it out for two semi-final places.
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Episode 7 - Knockout rounds 9 & 10
Release Date: 2009-06-24This show features two heats. In the first, Joe McGann, Linda Barker and Ninia Benjamin cook for paying restaurant customers at Kazan; and in the second, Wendi Peters, Steven Pinder and Jeff Green cook at Cantina Del Ponte. Only two of them will get through to the week's quarter-final, taking them a step closer to becoming the next Celebrity MasterChef.
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Episode 8 - Knockout rounds 11 & 12
Release Date: 2009-06-25This show features two heats. In the first, Tony Hadley, Marie Helvin and Helen Lederer cook for paying restaurant customers at St Pancras Grand; and in the second, Claire Richards, Rowland Rivron and Martin Hancock cook at Goodman Steakhouse. Only two of these contestants will get through to the quarter-final stage, which will take them one step closer to becoming the next Celebrity MasterChef.
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Episode 9 - Quarterfinal three
Release Date: 2009-06-26In this quarter-final, the winning celebrity chefs from the week's four heats battle it out for two semi-final places.
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Episode 10 - Quarterfinal four
Release Date: 2009-07-01The six best celebrity cooks remain, but at the end of the day two will be sent home for good. They must cook a two-course meal for 30 schoolchildren, and then make the perfect roast dinner to show judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace that they deserve to stay in the competition.
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Episode 11 - Semifinal day one
Release Date: 2009-07-02The four semi-finalists are sent to some of London's best restaurants to fine tune their individual cooking styles - before coming back to the studio to show judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace exactly what they've learnt. And they must then take on the challenge of being the sole caterers at an exclusive society dinner.
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Episode 12 - Semifinal day two
Release Date: 2009-07-03The four semi-finalists must cook their best two-course meal to impress three of the country's most respected food critics. And the pressure is really on as at the end of the show, judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace decide which one of the celebrities must leave the competition.
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Episode 13 - Final day one
Release Date: 2009-07-08The three finalists are faced with their toughest challenges yet - from feeding 90 crew members of the hit drama Ashes to Ashes to producing fine dining at a charity fundraising dinner at the top of the BT Tower.
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Episode 14 - Final day two
Release Date: 2009-07-09The three finalists are flown to North Africa and have to master traditional cooking techniques as well as exquisite fine dining. Their final challenge is to cook a three course meal at Theo Randall's renowned Italian restaurant for five of the Godfathers of French cooking - including Michel Roux and Michel Roux Jr.
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Episode 15 - Series 4, Episode 15
Release Date: 2009-07-10It's the grand final of Celebrity MasterChef. The three finalists have to cook their best three-course meal for one final judgment from John Torode and Gregg Wallace. Only one of them can be crowned Celebrity MasterChef Champion.