Celebrity MasterChef 2025 is deep into Finals Week, but viewers are being warned of a schedule change tonight that could easily catch people out.
With just four celebrities left in the competition, the pressure is higher than ever as they battle it out for the Celebrity MasterChef champion 2025 title – and that all-important trophy.
Celebrity MasterChef Finals Week is well underway, but tonight’s episode is airing at a different time, so here’s everything you need to know.
Celebrity MasterChef 2025: Who is left?
There are now only four contestants still standing in Celebrity MasterChef 2025, after Monday night saw the first finalist sent home following a tough set of challenges.
Dawn O’Porter, Jamie Lomas, Alfie Boe, Alun Wyn Jones and Ginger Johnson were taken out of the MasterChef kitchen and sent to the Wedgwood pottery headquarters. There, they were tasked with creating an afternoon tea with a twist.
The celebrities were introduced to world-renowned pastry chef Cherish Finden and challenged to recreate one of her recipes – a task that proved far from easy.
They then returned to the MasterChef kitchen, where judges John Torode and Grace Dent asked them to prepare a Showstopper dish. The cooks threw everything at it, producing dishes that included edible beards, six-course tasting menus and even alcohol-infused jelly and ice cream.
In the end, Jamie Lomas’ journey came to an end. The Hollyoaks actor was eliminated after his Treasure Island-themed dish failed to impress, with crushed nachos used as sand proving a step too far. Grace also said Jamie hadn’t done enough cooking, while John criticised his flatbread for being dry.
That result leaves Dawn, Alun, Ginger and Alfie still in the running.
Tonight’s episode: What time?
In tonight’s episode, the remaining four will be asked to cook a dish dedicated to someone special in their lives. John and Grace want to feel the emotion behind the story as much as taste it on the plate, with the celebrities told to wear their hearts on their sleeves.
The stakes are high, as one contestant will be eliminated midway through the episode following the first challenge.
The final three will then face the dreaded Chef’s Table challenge. They will cook at The Boat, a three-rosette restaurant in Staffordshire run by chef patron Liam Dillon, preparing one of his recipes under his watchful eye.
A panel of top chefs including Lisa Goodwin-Allen, Sat Bains, Paul Ainsworth, Chet Sharma, David Taylor and Chantelle Nicholson will be judging the dishes.
Tonight’s episode of Celebrity MasterChef, airing on Tuesday December 16, 2025, will be on at the earlier time of 8pm rather than its usual 9pm slot. It will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and run for one hour, finishing at 9pm.
Jamie Lomas was the first finalist to be sent home from Celebrity MasterChef 2025 last night (Credit: BBC)
When is the Celebrity MasterChef 2025 Final?Finals Week continues, but the biggest episode is still to come.
After tonight, Celebrity MasterChef will return on Friday for the grand final. The three remaining celebrities will be put through their final challenges by John and Grace before the 2025 winner is crowned.
The Celebrity MasterChef 2025 Final airs at 8pm on Friday December 19 on BBC One and BBC iPlayer and will finish at 9pm.
By the end of the night, one celebrity will join last year’s winner Vito Coppola in the Celebrity MasterChef hall of fame.
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Celebrity MasterChef continues at 9pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Tuesday December 16, 2025.
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