Celebrity MasterChef 2023 LIVE — Fans in hysterics at Gregg Wallace’s comment to James Buckley as Richie Anderson AXED

Celebrity Masterchef returned with a host of new stars using to the kitchen area, as the 2023 version of the annual opposition acquired underway.

From Like Island stars and soap actors, our new celebs are determined to impress judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.

Launching the 2023 sequence, Really like Island star Dani Dyer, Inbetweeners legend James Buckley and Mica Ven ended up all in the kitchen area for Wednesday&#8217s start.

But it was Tv persona Richie Anderson who was the 1st celeb in this sequence to be brutally axed from the kitchen area following his endeavor to cook two evening meal celebration dishes fell flat

Celeb Masterchef returns to BBC 1 and BBC iPlayer tonight at 9pm.

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