Just over two years ago and after a taste of global fame as a contestant on BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals, Keelan Burton's life began to spiral. In 2018, his hopes of glory on the show were extinguished at the first heat.
By the end of 2019 his personal life was in tatters following the break-up of his relationship with the mother of his two children. As the pandemic hit, he was unemployed after working in top kitchens across the country.
He had lost his senior chef job at La Rock in Sandiacre because of drugs, and for turning up late. "That's when it all started to go a bit pear-shaped," he told Nottinghamshire Live on Wednesday (September 21). His drug habits began.
