Celebrity MasterChef 2025: What time tonight's episode is on amid schedule shake-up
You don't want to be caught out with this time change to the BBC showCelebrity MasterChef 2025 is officially underway with a new crop of famous contestants cooking up a storm in the kitchen – but what time is it on tonight?
The new series returned on Monday evening and it also marked Grace Dent’s debut as a MasterChef judge alongside John Torode.
Five of this year’s celebrity line-up donned aprons for their first round in the competition, which saw them cooking street food and testing their tastebuds.
Tonight, the stars will continue to the next stage, where they will be required to cook a technically challenging dish. But be warned, Celebrity MasterChef’s schedule has changed on the BBC, so read on to find out what time it starts.
Celebrity MasterChef 2025: Episode 1 recap
This week sees the first five celebrities from this year’s 15-strong line-up head into the kitchen. They are Blue singer Antony Costa, Paralympian and actor Gaz Choudhry MBE, RuPaul Drag Race’s Ginger Johnson, soap star Katie McGlynn and Love Island’s Uma Jammeh.
Last night, they were seen whipping up a meal with a secret ingredient hidden underneath a cloche. They ranged from haggis to peanut butter, which really put them to the test.
The fivesome then had to demonstrate the power of their tastebuds. They had to identify meat, fish and veg using taste and touch alone. The winner – Gaz – won 10 minutes extra time for their final task.
This was themed to street food. Each of the five celebrities had to prepare a dish they would sell from a street food van, all cooked in the MasterChef kitchen.
Ginger – who cooked in full drag but whose actual name is Donald Marshall – impressed with her spicy chicken wings. Uma also pleased the judges with her beef skewers. And Katie had the judges smiling with her Greek chicken gyros.
But Antony was told his pork kebabs were “just cooked” and the wraps could have been baked longer. Gaz, meanwhile, did a vegan fish dish using tofu and rice. But he was told by John that his rice was “too sticky”.
Celebrity MasterChef: First person to leave
The five budding chefs were relieved to learn that no one was going home on day one. But that will all change tonight.
John said at the end of Monday’s episode: “Right now they are all safe. But very, very soon one of them is going to be going home.” Grace replied: “Do we have to? I like them all.”
Tonight, Anthony, Gaz, Katie, Uma and Ginger will be battling it out for a place in the quarter final. One of their challenges will be set by Karan Gokani, creative director and co-founder of the successful Hoppers restaurant.
The gang will have to cook using one of Karan’s recipes – and it is not going to be easy. They have just 90 minutes to hand over a dish that packs a punch.
At the end, one of the five celebrities will be going home. The remaining four will go through to Thursday’s quarter finals.
What time is Celebrity MasterChef on tonight?
Although Celebrity MasterChef continues tonight, don’t be fooled. It is on BBC One at a different time to the launch show, which aired at 9pm last night.
Episode 2 starts an hour earlier, at 8pm. It will still run for an hour, however, with an end time of 9pm.
The I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! fans among us will be thrilled, as they can immediately switch over to ITV1 and catch up on all the antics in the jungle as soon as it finishes.
The TV gods are on our side tonight, folks!
