It puts home cooks through their paces in the ultimate TV test of culinary prowess.
And MasterChef returns for its 19th series tonight to put a new batch of budding chefs through their paces.
Over eight weeks, judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace will taste dishes made by the 45 hopefuls, who include a circus performer, a tree surgeon, an NHS Worker, a coffee shop owner, an engineer, a supermarket manager and a delivery driver.
