The timing of the latest episode of Celebrity MasterChef was not lost on viewers as the remaining celebrities battled it out in the semi-final. The semi-final episode of the BBC One series aired on Thursday night (September 15) after originally being scheduled to air last week.
The BBC, as with other broadcasters, completely changed its planned programming following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last Thursday, September 8. This meant that two episodes of the cooking competition aired last night.
And while being warned that one of the episodes would feature a round centred on the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, viewers were left in shock by the celebratory nature of the episode following the historic events of the last week. The first episode saw none other than TV cooking legend Mary Berry turning up to help observes as each celebrity was given one of her recipes to replicate.
