Celebrity MasterChef cast revealed: A Gold Logie winner, Olympic swimming legend and AFL champion will join the new season – alongside the daughter of fearsome TV chef Gordon Ramsay
Channel 10 has announced the cast for the new season of Celebrity MasterChef.
The network unveiled the full line-up on Thursday, including an Olympic swimming legend and a pop star.
The contestants include Gordon Ramsay’s daughter Tilly, Gold Logie winner Rebecca Gibney, Offspring actor Matt Le Nevez and fashion designer Collette Dinnigan.
Big announcement: Channel 10 has finally announced the cast for the new season of Celebrity MasterChef
They will appear alongside Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe, AFL star Nick Riewoldt, singer Dami Im and comedian Dilruk Jayasinha.
Radio personality Chrissie Swan and professional football player Archie Thompson are also set to compete on the program.
Judges Melissa Leong, Andy Allen and Jock Zonfrillo will be fronting the show.
Revealed: The contestants include Gordon Ramsay’s daughter Tilly, Gold Logie winner Rebecca Gibney (left), Offspring actor Matt Le Nevez and fashion designer Collette Dinnigan (right)
Exciting: They will appear alongside Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe (pictured), AFL star Nick Riewoldt, singer Dami Im and comedian Dilruk Jayasinha
Channel 10 confirmed it was bringing back Celebrity MasterChef, 12 years after it last aired in May.
The network confirmed reports it’s reviving the 2009 celebrity format by sharing an Instagram post that read: ‘Get ready… Celebrity MasterChef is coming.’
Following the announcement, judge Jock Zonfrillo revealed a ‘sports star, a famous actor and an Australian icon’ will be among the cast.
‘Celebrity MasterChef 2021!!! A legendary sports person, an Aussie icon and a famous actor are ready to don a MasterChef apron and face the heat of the famed MasterChef kitchen,’ he wrote on Instagram.
‘Cannot WAIT for this!! Coming very soon.’
Celebrity MasterChef last aired on Network 10 back in 2009, and featured the likes of Michelle Bridges, Rachael Finch, Josh Thomas, Kirk Pengilly, Alex Perry, and winner Eamon Sullivan.
Rumours first emerged in April that 10 was planning on reviving the series, with New Idea reporting that the show had received ‘the go-ahead’.