It’s the dawn of a new (ish) era: Sleb Masterchef is back

[Halsall]

This has crept up on me and no mistake! It starts tomorrow with Grace Dent in situ as new host with soon-to-depart JT. I haven’t heard of any of the slebs so that’s a great start.

Sounding the 🔊🔊🔊🔊for:

@fourquenelles
@EsmaCannonball
@Sunbird24
@littlbrowndog
@TheDogsMother
@jay55
@viques
@RomainingCalm
@GrandTheftWalrus
@Piggywaspushed
@PotterHead1985
@Davros
@LaMarschallin
@lettingthedaysgoby
@SwedishEdith

With apologies to the (many) I've missed or who have name-changed - I tried names I knew but couldn’t post as some weren’t current and had to randomly remove, so please pass it on!

🤓🤓🤓🤓🤣

@EsmaCannonball i found a mint humbug and some leftover unsalted cashews. Deeply unsatisfying.

If you lot weren't here I'm not at all sure I could stick with this. See you tomorrow.

Maybe there were 6 ‘celebs’ and someone pulled out cos of John

Ooh, good theory.

Should've had him on...

Deep fry them ,wrap them in a flatbread with some aqua da faba dab a doo and John will eat it.

Mirror Mirror Mon Amour 🎶

Thanks for your company all. Let’s hope they are advised to cut out the cackling next time.

The cackling was driving me nuts! Might miss tomorrow night.. will catch up on here

Is tomorrow the same but different celebs?

Yes, I think it’s the usual format of the same lot for a week (3 eps) and they end up by the end of Friday with 2, I think (?) who go through to the next round. Then a fresh lot of hopefuls next week.

I think John said someone goes home tomorrow.

Im just watching now. It was girl walrus birthday today so we were out for dinner and came back late

I hope Grace aviods the word 'homage' - the way she says it on her podcast makes my teeth itch... spent the whole episode thinking about it.

No - there are 15, in three lots of five:

Week one

• Antony Costa
• Gaz Choudhry
• Ginger Johnson
• Katie McGlynn
• Uma Jammeh

Week two

• Chris Hughes
• Dawn O'Porter
• Jaki Graham
• Jamie Lomas
• Michelle Heaton

Week three

• Alfie Boe
• Alun Wyn Jones
• Ashley Cain
• Jodie Ounsley
• Noreen Khan

I've heard of some of them....

I know 1 out of the first group, 3 out of the second group, 2 out of the last group. I wouldn’t post without call that pretty shite but I am an old gimmer

Seems to Feature ghastly annoying people I have never heard of. The drag queen looks like a cross between Ronald McDonald and It (Steven King).

I watched this during an online parents' evening. All the tech failed so I managed it all. It was not good.

Katie was on Strictly, wasn't she?

Ginger has a lovely accent. That's the highest accolade I can come up with for any of them.

Anthony Costa was really annoying , so up himself . The influencer lady seems lovely . None of it was enough to make me watch anymore though .

I find Grace makes me tense-I worry about her too much!
Obligatory drag queen, I notice.

Didn't David Van Day become a Tory councillor in Essex?

So didn't see last night's at all. And am running late tonight. I also have strep throat, tonsillitis and a chest infection!!

I really wanted to like Antony Costa - thought he was the Ringo of Blue. Can't get over how different he looks.

@PotterHead1985that is not good. You missed nothing worth seeing yesterday. Hope the illness fucks off quickly.