Celebrity MasterChef 2025: What time it is on tonight amid schedule shake up and when the final is
We are in spitting distance of the winner being crowned now!Celebrity MasterChef 2025‘s Finals Week is now underway but tonight’s show is the victim of a schedule shake up – so what time is it on?
There are just four wannabe chefs left in the competition and they are pulling out all the stops as tension mounts.
All the famous contestants are desperate to be crowned Celebrity MasterChef champion 2025.
But only one will win the title… and the giant trophy!
Read on to find out what time Celebrity MasterChef is on tonight – and when the final episode of the 2025 series is.
Celebrity MasterChef 2025: Who is left?
There are now just four contestants left in Celebrity MasterChef 2025. Monday night’s show lost its first finalist after several difficult challenges.
Dawn O’Porter, Jamie Lomas, Alfie Boe, Alun Wyn Jones and Ginger Johnson were taken to the Wedgwood pottery headquarters and told to prepare an afternoon tea with a twist.
They were introduced to world-class pastry expert, Cherish Finden, and they each had to make one of her recipes for the tea. And, boy, it was tough.
The gang then returned to the MasterChef kitchen, where John and Grace instructed them to make a ‘Showstopper dish’. There was all sorts going on, including edible beards, six-course tasting menus and even jelly and ice-cream laced with alcohol!
Sadly, it resulted in the end of Jamie’s journey in the show. Grace and John chose to send the Hollyoaks actor home over his Treasure Island-themed dish. He had crushed nachos to smithereens to make sand, which appeared too much for the judges…
Grace also accused Jamie of ‘not doing much cooking’ during the challenge. John said his flatbread was “dry”.
This leaves Dawn, Alun, Ginger and Alfie left in Celebrity MasterChef 2025.
Tonight’s episode: What time?
The final four will be asked by John and Grace tonight to make a dish that is dedicated to someone special. The judges want to ‘feel the emotion’ behind the story while sampling the food. The budding chefs have been told to “wear their hearts on their sleeves”.
There is a lot riding on this, as John and Grace will send the next celebrity home at the end of the first challenge. The elimination will come midway through the episode.
The final three will then have to take on the show’s infamous Chef’s Table challenge. They will each be expected to serve out-of-this-world dishes at The Boat, a three-rosette restaurant led by chef patron Liam Dillon in Staffordshire.
Liam will be overseeing the cooking as they all prepare one of his incredible recipes. Top chefs Lisa Goodwin-Allen, Sat Bains, Paul Ainsworth, Chet Sharma, David Taylor and Chantelle Nicholson are the critics.
Tonight’s episode of Celebrity MasterChef (Tuesday December 16, 2025) will air at the earlier time of 8pm, rather than 9pm. You can watch it on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
As usual, it is one for one hour and will end at 9pm. Make sure you don’t get caught out by the schedule change!
When is the Celebrity MasterChef 2025 Final?
The Celebrity MasterChef Final has been running across this week – but it’s now time for the big one.
Following tonight’s episode, the show will return on Friday with the one you’ve been waiting for, The Celebrity MasterChef 2025 Final.
The three remaining contestants from tonight’s episode will be put through their paces by John and Grace one last time. The winner will then be declared.
The Celebrity MasterChef 2025 Final (final!) is on at 8pm on Friday 19 December. It is on for an hour, finishing at 9pm.
We can’t wait to find out who will be joining last year’s winner, Vito Coppola, in the Celebrity MasterChef hall of fame!
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