Celebrity MasterChef 2025: Jodie Ounsley is sent home after 'freaking out' over raw meat
The Gladiator also served up a "disaster" cheesecakeJodie Ounsley is the latest budding chef to leave Celebrity MasterChef 2025.
John Torode and Grace Dent told the Gladiator – aka Fury – that her time was up at the end of the latest episode.
Jodie has just missed out on a place in the Celebrity MasterChef quarter finals. But where did it all go wrong for her?
Celebrity MasterChef: Jodie Ounsley sent home
This week’s Celebrity MasterChef is the third heat of the 2025 series. Jodie had begun the week alongside fellow competitors Alfie Boe, Noreen Khan, Ashley Cain and Alun Wyn Jones.
The celebrities were introduced to Alexina Anatole, a 2021 MasterChef finalist, on Wednesday. Alexina is known for her unusual ingredient combinations and has published two cookbooks.
The contestants were challenged with following one of Alexina’s recipes down to a tee. Jodie, who’s been branded a “fussy eater” by Grace, had to make pork and cranberry meatballs. But she really struggled with handling the raw meat.
Grace told her: “This dish really suffered from the fact that at one point, you became really frozen by everything that needed to be done.” John also described Jodie’s accompanying sauce as too “thick and claggy”.
The celebs had to whip up their best two-course meals for the next challenge. The food had to be perfect for a dinner party.
‘Freaked out by chicken’
Jodie, Alfie, Noreen, Ashley and Alun all worked up a sweat in the kitchen as they created their dinners. But Jodie’s was a “disaster”.
The professional rugby player served up pasta with spiced chicken in a tomato and chorizo sauce. Again, she had trouble preparing the raw meat.
As she cut her chicken, Jodie said: “Urgh, god.” John asked: “Do you not like touching chicken? You battle people with giant cotton buds and you’re freaked out by a bit of chicken?!”
Jodie made a lemon cheesecake for dessert. Unfortunately, there were big issues with both of her dishes.
Looking at Jodie’s pasta, Grace told her: “Jodie, there are some good things separately in this bowl but, at the moment, they are all sitting separately and not talking to each other.”
Then, as she served up her cheesecake, Jodie told John and Grace: “Absolute disaster, I tell you. Look at the state of that.” They noted that Jodie’s cheesecake was “missing the base”.
John said: “There’s simply not enough butter in your base, so the biscuit hasn’t held together.” Grace added: “I love your cheesecake topping. The one thing this cheesecake is missing is a base.”
Jodie sighed: “It’s one of those moments where everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong.”
Grace broke the news to Jodie that she was leaving. Reflecting on her time in the competition, she said: “It’s been terrifying but I’ve actually enjoyed it.
“I always encourage kids to do something that scare them. Even if it was a complete disaster at times, I’ve learned a lot and enjoyed it along the way.”
When is Celebrity MasterChef on again?
Celebrity MasterChef returns to BBC One on Thursday December 4. It starts at 9pm, unlike the previous two episodes that both started at 8pm.
The final episode of the week will see Alfie, Noreen, Ashley and Alun battle it out for a place in the semi-finals.
They will have to do the usual ‘teamwork pairs challenge;’ before cooking a two-course meal for this week’s three celebrity judges. They are 2024 finalist Craig Doyle, 2023 finalist Amy Walsh and 2021 champion Kadeena Cox.
The celebrity who doesn’t impress will go home.
Read more: Celebrity MasterChef 2025: From the comedy circuit to the kitchen; who is Noreen Khan?
