Celebrity MasterChef star Noreen Khan is sent home after 'chaotic' challenge with Alfie Boe
Her soggy falafel didn't go down to well eitherNoreen Khan has been given her marching orders and is the latest contestant to be sent home from Celebrity MasterChef.
The radio presenter and stand-up comedian left the show at the end of the latest episode.
Noreen failed to impress John Torode and Grace Dent, along with three guest judges, with her cooking skills.
This means she has missed out on a place in the 2025 Celebrity MasterChef semi finals. So where did it all go wrong?
Celebrity MasterChef: Noreen Khan is sent home
This week was heat 3 of Celebrity MasterChef 2025 and Noreen was competing with Jodie Ounsley, Alfie Boe, Ashley Cain and Alun Wyn Jones. Gladiator Jodie – aka Fury – was sent home on day 2 after “freaking out” while touching raw meat.
Thursday night’s quarter final saw the remaining four take on the Pairs Challenge. As avid fans will know, the contestants are partnered up to make the same dish. Only one person has the recipe and they cannot see each other’s plates.
Communication is the key in this task, but even Alfie admits theirs “broke down”. He said he was “flying by the seat of his pants”. Grace also remarked: “It’s chaos. Noreen’s communication has gone completely down.”
The pair ended up running behind on their falafel and naan bread dish. Noreen’s falafel also failed to impress John and Grace. She was told: “There are definitely some errors, the falafel mixture was damp.”
The foursome had to cook up their best two-course meals for their second challenge. And they had some familiar faces to impress.
This week’s guest judges
The Celebrity MasterChef guest judges this week were 2024 finalist Craig Doyle, 2023 finalist Amy Walsh and 2021 champion Kadeena Cox.
Noreen went for a dinner and a pudding. Her main was courgette ravioli, filled with spinach and ricotta in a tomato and garlic sauce with croutons. But Amy was disappointed by the lack of ricotta. Craig also critiqued: “The sauce didn’t know what it was. A hot salsa or a sauce?”
Equally unimpressed, Noreen said: “It’s all feeling a bit flat, the croutons. It’s just fried toast and there’s no flavour to it. It’s not hit the mark.”
Noreen served strawberry cheesecake next. Amy said the topping reminded her of a “cream cheese topping”. Scooping up his, John added: “It’s okay. It’s not quite a cheesecake.” Grace remarked: “The base is delicious but it hasn’t set.”
‘I’m not really a cook’
Rugby star Alun dished up a sirloin steak that Craig said he “nailed”. He also impressed with his baked banana, rum and caramel biscuit trifle. Grace said it was “a glass of happiness.”
Singer Alfie’s seared tuna and chilli and mango salad packed a punch, while his whiskey cream fool went down a treat. Ashley was the only celeb to go for a starter and main.
The reality star’s prawn starter wowed everyone, as did his teriyaki salmon. Even though he put the fish in a cold oven by mistake. He won it round after chucking the fillets in a wok at the last minute.
John and Grace picked Alun and Alfie as their favourite chefs and also picked Ashley for the semis.
Heading home, Noreen insisted: “I’m going home feeling quite proud considering I’m not really a cook. To get this far was a really big deal for me. It’s been such an experience.”
When is Celebrity MasterChef on again?
Celebrity MasterChef returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer at the later tine of 9pm on Monday December 8, 2025. And it’s time for the semi-finals!
The temperature really turns up a notch as the nine successful celebrities from all three heats return and head into a professional kitchen.
The contestants will prepare a banquet for 80 guests at Coombe Abbey, a former 12th-century monastery in rural Warwickshire. John and Grace will send two home.
The series continues on Wednesday and Thursday of next week.
