As ever, five contestants<\/a> will take part in a series of cooking challenges designed to show off their culinary talents (or, in some cases, expose their total lack thereof\u2026), and at the end of each episode, judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace must decide which star will be sent home. <\/span><\/p>\n Among them will be Emmerdale<\/a> star Amy Walsh. Here\u2019s what you need to know about the soap star\u2026<\/p>\n Age: <\/strong>37<\/p>\n Job: <\/strong>Actor<\/p>\n Instagram: <\/strong>@amyvwalsh<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter: <\/strong>@amywalsh27<\/a><\/p>\n The younger sister of Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh, Amy has been acting from a young age, appearing in the short film Past Memoirs when she was eight.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Her first TV role came in 2011, when she played Jennifique McQueen in Hollyoaks spin-off Hollyoaks Later.<\/span><\/p>\n Then in 2014, she joined the cast of Emmerdale as Tracy Metcalfe. She\u2019s been a regular fixture on the soap ever since, and has also appeared on quiz shows like Celebrity Chase and All Star Family Fortunes, appearing on the latter with her older sister.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n She welcomed a daughter with former EastEnders star Toby-Alexander Smith in 2021, and the couple announced their engagement the following summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier this year, she revealed that she has lobbied Emmerdale bosses to give daughter Bonnie a role in the show, especially now that her character Tracy has decided to open up a nursery.<\/p> \u201cI\u2019ve actually asked if Bonnie can be an extra,\u201d she told The Mirror<\/a>. \u201cThen I could see her a bit more! I don\u2019t think that would be wise, though.\u201d<\/p>\n Amy\u2019s former on-screen father Michael Praed, who played Tracy\u2019s dad Frank on Emmerdale between 2016 and 2019, will also be appearing on Celebrity MasterChef 2023.<\/p>\n The fourth heat of the star-studded cooking contest kicks off on Wednesday 23rd August, with two further episodes then airing on consecutive nights.<\/p>\n Amy will be up against the likes of Love Island\u2019s Luca Bish, Black Eyed Peas star apl.de.ap<\/a> and Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> professional Dianne Buswell.<\/p>\n After that, it\u2019ll be time for the semi-finals to air the following week, with two celebrities from each heat taking part in some challenges designed to test their gastronomic talents to the limit.<\/p>\n Celebrity MasterChef 2023 airs from Wednesday to Friday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n To find out what else is on TV, check out our<\/strong> TV Guide<\/strong><\/a> or visit our hub for more <\/strong>Entertainment<\/strong><\/a> news.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310, PLUS a \u00a310 John Lewis and Partners voucher delivered to your home \u2013 subscribe now<\/a>. <\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Meet the soap star hoping to impress the judges with her culinary skills. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":36062,"template":"","categories":[6,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/who-is-amy-walsh-celebrity-masterchef-2023-contestant-and-emmerdale-star-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/who-is-amy-walsh-celebrity-masterchef-2023-contestant-and-emmerdale-star-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/who-is-amy-walsh-celebrity-masterchef-2023-contestant-and-emmerdale-star-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/who-is-amy-walsh-celebrity-masterchef-2023-contestant-and-emmerdale-star-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/who-is-amy-walsh-celebrity-masterchef-2023-contestant-and-emmerdale-star-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/who-is-amy-walsh-celebrity-masterchef-2023-contestant-and-emmerdale-star-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/08\/who-is-amy-walsh-celebrity-masterchef-2023-contestant-and-emmerdale-star-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Meet the soap star hoping to impress the judges with her culinary skills.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/36061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Who is Amy Walsh?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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