Celebrity MasterChef fans slam the 'most pathetic judges ever' as Ian H Watkins and Craig Doyle reach the semi-finals
Celebrity MasterChef fans slammed the 'most pathetic judges ever' following Friday's episode, complaining they failed to recognise any of them.
The BBC culinary featured Drag Race contestant Kitty Scott-Claus, EastEnders actor Joe Swash and broadcaster Riyadh Khalaf assisting regular judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
All three of them had appeared on the show as contestants, but viewers were quick to slam their guest appearances.
One wrote on X; 'That's the most pathetic panel of judges ever. #CelebrityMasterChef.
Another said: 'Who is the ''celebrity'' in the middle of the 'judges'
Celebrity MasterChef fans slammed the 'most pathetic judges ever' following Friday's episode, complaining they failed to recognise any of them
The BBC show featured Drag Race contestant Kitty Scott-Claus, former EastEnders actor Joe Swash and broadcaster Riyadh Khalaf assisting regular judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace
And a third joked: 'Next episode has five 'who are theys' #CelebrityMasterchef'
The three guest judges were quick to give their opinions on the dishes whipped up by This Morning star Craig Doyle, with his venison steak in plum sauce winning praise from them all.
Kitty called his dish 'perfection', whilst Joe labelled the cabbage and bacon stunning as 'stunning' and Riyadh said he would be 'happy' to be served the same dish by a chef.
Meanwhile, Steps star Ian H Watkins did not receive such universal acclaim from the panel.
Kitty was impressed with the way he had prepared the sirloin steak, but both she and Riyadh complained that the fat needed to be crispier.
Joe joked that he had been 'punched' by a load of different flavours at once after tasting the garlic mushrooms.
But the Tragedy singer managed to win them over with his chocolate marmalade pudding, in a nod to the dish his twins Macsen and Cybi, eight, like at home.
All three of them had appeared on the show as contestants, but viewers were quick to slam their guest appearances
This Morning's Craig Doyle 'absolutely shone' throughout the heat and sailed through to the semi final
Steps star Ian 'H' Watkins struggled a little bit to impress with his steak but won the judges over with his dessert
But Edith Bowman failed to make it through with her carpaccio dish and it was felt that her aubergine parmigiana 'lacked ambition'
In the end, both H and Craig went through to the semi-final, whilst Edith Bowman failed to make it through with her carpaccio dish.
In the end, it was felt that her aubergine parmigiana 'lacked ambition' and so she vowed to 'cheer' for her former costars as she bowed out of the episode.
She hugged both men on the way out and admitted she had had 'a ball' on the programme even though she was 'gutted' to have been eliminated.
H said: 'I thought I was a goner, I'm lost for words!' whilst Craig remained humble and thanked the judges.
