Chris Hughes signs up for HUGE BBC reality show after dropping out of Celebs Go Dating
CHRIS Hughes has signed up for another major reality show after dropping out of Celebs Go Dating.
The Love Island hunk was all set to search for love on the E4 show before talks broke down and he pulled out after his friendship with JoJo Siwa.
He failed to show off his culinary skills while living in the ITV reality show house, but The Sun can reveal that Chris Hughes has signed up for Celebrity MasterChef.
The former Love Island star, 32, will appear alongside Blue singer Antony Costa, Corrie actress Katie McGlynn and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Ginger Johnson when the hit BBC One show returns later this year.
A TV source said: “Chris filmed the celebrity version of Masterchef before he went into the Big Brother house.
“And there were certainly no signs of his cooking expertise while taking part in the ITV reality show as he was hardly in the kitchen.”
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Last week we revealed how Coronation Street star Katie McGlynn is set to cook up a storm in the kitchen on the show.
The actress - who played Sinead Tinker in the ITV soap - 31, who started getting into food after leaving the famous cobbles, will also appear alongside Love Island beauty Uma Jammeh when the hit BBC One show returns later this year.
The actress, who also appeared on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, jumped at the chance to show off her culinary skills when approached to take part earlier this year.
A TV source said: “The celebrity version of Masterchef has already been filmed and there’s a great mix of people this year including Katie.
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“She brings a bit of glamour as well as that northern sense of humour.
“Viewers are going to be really impressed with the standard this year.”
After leaving Corrie back in 2019, Katie admitted that she struggled with comfort eating following her character Sinead Tinker's harrowing death.
The following year she won the NTA for Serial Drama Performance and embarked on a health and fitness programme and started cooking meals from scratch.
The source added: “Katie is all about making healthy, balanced meals and wanted to see how far she could push her cooking skills on a show like Masterchef.”
Celebrity Masterchef Previous Winners
The previous Celebrity Masterchef winners so far in the show
2023 - Singer Wynne Evans
2022 - Radio Presenter Lisa Snowdon
2021 - Gold-medal-winning Paralympian Kadeena Cox
2020 - YouTube star Riyadh Khalaf
2019 - Olympian Greg Rutherford
2018 - Actor John Partridge
2017 - Television presenter Angellica Bell
2016 - Real Hustle star Alexis Conran
2015 - Pussycat doll Kimberly Wyatt
2014 - Actress Sophie Thompson
2013 - Comedian and actor Ade Edmondson
2012 - Actress Emma Kennedy
2011 - Former England rugby captain Phil Vickery
2010 - Actress and presenter Lisa Faulkner
2009 - Presenter Jayne Middlemiss
2008 - Singer and actress Liz McClarnon
2007 - Actress and presenter Nadia Sawalha
2006 - Rugby star Matt Dawson
Food critic Grace Dent joined John Torode to host the show after taking over from Greg Wallace.
The show is expected to air in the coming months.