Episode guide
Celebrity Masterchef: Series 20
15 episodes · premiered Nov 17, 2025
Celebrities scramble to compete in the kitchen. What culinary triumphs will they whisk up?
- Episode 1: Episode 1 Nov 17, 2025 · 58m Antony Costa, Gaz Choudhry MBE, Ginger Johnson, Katie McGlynn and Uma Jammeh don their aprons and take on the challenge of out-cooking each other in the MasterChef kitchen.
- Episode 2: Episode 2 Nov 18, 2025 · 58m The celebrity chefs are first challenged to serve up restaurant-quality dishes inspired by the flavours of south India and Sri Lanka, and then have to recreate their own dinner party…
- Episode 3: Episode 3 Nov 20, 2025 · 58m The remaining celebrities in the first week of the competition must work in pairs to progress to the semi-finals, but only one member of each duo knows the recipe.
- Episode 4: Episode 4 Nov 25, 2025 · 58m Dawn O’Porter, Chris Hughes, Jaki Graham, Jamie Lomas and Michelle Heaton are the celebrities hoping to make it into the second quarter-final of the series.
- Episode 5: Episode 5 Nov 26, 2025 · 58m The celebrities take on a challenge set by guest judge and potato champion Poppy O'Toole, followed by a two-course dinner party.
- Episode 6: Episode 6 Nov 27, 2025 · 58m The celebrities take on the pairs challenge. They will need to deliver two identical desserts, but they will be working on separate benches, and only one of them has access to the recipe.
- Episode 7: Episode 7 Dec 2, 2025 · 58m It’s pot luck as the celebs play 'under the cloche', lifting their cloche to reveal a mystery ingredient. Can they pimp up a prawn or celebrate some salmon?
- Episode 8: Episode 8 Dec 3, 2025 · 58m The celebrities are challenged to prepare a dish that celebrates bitterness, ensuring every element works in harmony. One mistake could leave a bitter taste in everyone’s mouth.
- Episode 9: Episode 9 Dec 4, 2025 · 58m In the pairs challenge, each team must deliver two identical portions of a dish, but only one has access to the recipe.
- Episode 10: Episode 10 Dec 8, 2025 · 58m The semi-finals are here, and the celebs head back to medieval England for their first task, before returning to the MasterChef kitchen for a truly tasty cook-off.
- Episode 11: Episode 11 Dec 10, 2025 · 58m The semi-finals continue, and two stars have already been sent home, leaving the best seven still in with a shot at glory. Grace Dent and John Torode set two challenges inspired by passion…
- Episode 12: Episode 12 Dec 11, 2025 · 58m The remaining celebrities will need to impress not just one, not two, but three of Grace Dent's fellow restaurant critics if they want to make it through to finals week.
- Episode 13: Episode 13 Dec 15, 2025 · 58m Finals week kicks off for the remaining five celebrities, and things take a sweet turn, as pastry skills and spectacular creations come to the fore.
- Episode 14: Episode 14 Dec 16, 2025 · 58m The final four celebrities cook a dish dedicated to someone special, after which four become three and the remaining finalists are challenged with serving out-of-this-world cuisine at…
- Episode 15: The Final Dec 19, 2025 · 58m The three remaining celebrity chefs compete to be crowned the 2025 champion. The challenge is to execute a three-course meal that shows just how far they have come in the competition.