{"id":20321,"date":"2022-08-16T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1694272"},"modified":"2022-08-16T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:30:10","slug":"who-is-gareth-malone-meet-the-celebrity-masterchef-2022-contestant-and-choirmaster","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/who-is-gareth-malone-meet-the-celebrity-masterchef-2022-contestant-and-choirmaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Gareth Malone? Meet the Celebrity MasterChef 2022 contestant and choirmaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 16 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The 2022 series of\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/celebrity-masterchef-2022-start-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Celebrity MasterChef<\/a> continues this week, with five new famous faces tackling the ultimate cooking challenge in the competition\u2019s second lot of heats.<\/p>\n<p>While last week gave us the season\u2019s first two semi-finalists \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/love-island-2023-winter-summer-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Love Island<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/celebrity-masterchef-2022-contestant-faye-winter\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Faye Winter<\/a> and McFly\u2019s Danny Jones \u2013 there are still 15 contestants from the <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/celebrity-masterchef-2022-line-up-cast\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Celebrity MasterChef line-up<\/a> left to enter the kitchen, including choirmaster Gareth Malone.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster, who is best known for his reality franchise The Choir, will be taking on the BBC One culinary challenge alongside Chris Eubank, Cliff Parisi, Mel Blatt and MoJo.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Tuesday\u2019s episode, here\u2019s everything you need to know about Gareth Malone.<\/p> <h2><strong>Who is Gareth Malone?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/394211-bfad167.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/394211-bfad167.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/394211-bfad167.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236,\" https:=\"\" 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Choir: Military Wives and other spin-off series, as well as appearing on Never Mind the Buzzcocks, The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up 2 Cancer and Sport Relief.<\/p>\n<p>Malone was also a judge on BBC One\u2019s Pitch Battle and a presenter on Britain\u2019s Christmas Story, while the choirmaster has also written two books on the subject of choral singing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When did Celebrity MasterChef start?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The 2022 season of Celebrity MasterChef began on Wednesday 10th August on BBC One, with the show\u2019s first heat taking place across the week.<\/p>\n<p>The next episode will air on Tuesday 16th August as the second group of celebrities prepares to take part in week two of the competition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>Celebrity MasterChef returned to BBC One on Wednesday 10th August, with episodes airing three times a week on BBC One. To find out what else is on, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our hub for more\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Radio Times podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 16 August 2022 at 12:00 am The 2022 series of\u00a0Celebrity MasterChef continues this week, with five new famous faces tackling the ultimate cooking challenge in the competition\u2019s second lot of heats. 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