Who’s on Celebrity MasterChef 2022? Full line up of celebrity contestants revealed!

Celebrity MasterChef 2022 has arrived on BBC One – who’s on the line up for the new series?

A brand new line up of celebrity contestants has been revealed for the upcoming new series of Celebrity MasterChef.

Celebrity MasterChef 2022 – the 17th series so far – starts on BBC One and iPlayer tonight (10 August) with John Torode MBE and Gregg Wallace MBE once again putting 20 well-known faces to the test across six weeks.

Meet the full line up of contestants below!

Celebrity MasterChef 2022 line up

Paul Chuckle

Actor, comedian and TV star.

 

Faye Winter

Love Island and reality TV star.

 

Danny Jones

McFly musician and The Voice Kids coach.

 

Cliff Parisi

Actor and Call The Midwife star.

 

Lisa Snowdon

TV presenter.

 

Ryan Thomas

Actor.

 

Kitty Scott-Claus

Drag performer.

 

Katya Jones

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer.

 

Jimmy Bullard

Former pro-footballer.

 

Kirsty Gallacher

TV presenter.

 

Lesley Joseph

Actor.

 

Mel Blatt

Musician and All Saints star.

 

Nancy Dell’Olio

Media personality.

 

Queen Mojo

Reality star.

 

Richard Blackwood

Actor and comedian.

 

Chris Eubank

Former World Boxing champion.

 

Clarke Peters

Actor.

 

Adam Pearson

TV presenter and actor.

 

Kae Kurd

Comedian.

 

Gareth Malone

TV presenter and musician.

 

The full list of celebs on the 2022 lineup will be split into four groups of five who will take part in the heats each week.

Those that avoid elimination in the heats will go forward to the semi-final week in a bid to make it through to the grand final where one will take the Celebrity MasterChef 2022 title.

The winner will follow in the footsteps of previous Celebrity MasterChef champions, Kadeena Cox, Riyadh Khalaf, Greg Rutherford MBE, John Partridge, Angellica Bell, Alexis Conran, Kimberly Wyatt, Sophie Thompson, Ade Edmondson, Emma Kennedy, Phil Vickery, Lisa Faulkner, Jayne Middlemiss, Liz McClarnon, Nadia Sawalha and Matt Dawson.

Katie Attwood, MasterChef Series Editor, said: “Celebrity MasterChef is a firm favourite in the television must-see calendar and this series is as funny, engaging and nail-biting as ever. John and Gregg are in for a treat, as are our viewers.”

Sarah Clay, Commissioning Editor for the BBC, added: “This line up will absolutely cement Celebrity MasterChef as one of the nation’s most loved cookery programmes, with a lot of laughter alongside fierce competition guaranteed. The level of cooking is fantastic this year and you can really see how much it means to them all.”

Celebrity MasterChef 2022 airs on BBC One.