{"id":131504,"date":"2025-09-12T05:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/131504\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T05:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:14:10","slug":"first-look-at-new-kitchen-as-show-relocates-to-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/131504\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRST LOOK AT NEW KITCHEN AS SHOW RELOCATES TO BIRMINGHAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-8h9ut1403\">MasterChef, has announced Grace Dent and Anna Haugh as the new judges for the forthcoming 22nd amateur series on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d56877_03735109275b49b8938aea953f30b9c0~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"ree\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvzoneuk.com\/post\/masterchef-first-look-at-new-kitchen-as-show-relocates-to-birmingham\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/d56877_03735109275b49b8938aea953f30b9c0~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1888,h_1062,al_c,q_90\/d56877_03735109275b49b8938aea953f30b9c0~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-uci6e1578\">Award-winning restaurant critic and journalist, Grace Dent, and Chef Patron of Myrtle Restaurant and TV presenter, Anna Haugh, are both experienced MasterChef judges across various series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-569141580\">Grace has been a regular guest critic on MasterChef for over a decade, and was a contestant herself competing on MasterChef: Battle of the Critics 2023. She is also a judge in the next series of Celebrity MasterChef.<\/p>\n<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-8yp9l1582\">Meanwhile Anna Haugh was a judge on MasterChef: The Professionals in 2022 and will be a judge in the final week of this year\u2019s MasterChef, which is currently airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d56877_763f5f71368f4795bca35a78b5853c31~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"ree\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvzoneuk.com\/post\/masterchef-first-look-at-new-kitchen-as-show-relocates-to-birmingham\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/d56877_763f5f71368f4795bca35a78b5853c31~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1888,h_1062,al_c,q_90\/d56877_763f5f71368f4795bca35a78b5853c31~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-fvt891584\">MasterChef Executive Editor, David Ambler, said: \u201cA big welcome to Grace and Anna to the MasterChef judging team. Both are enormously respected in the hospitality industry and we can\u2019t wait for them to uncover some more great cooking talent &#8211; from home kitchens across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-aoukv1586\">Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning:\u00a0&#8220;Grace and Anna are already part of the MasterChef family and together have culinary credentials that are second to none. Both viewers watching the series and the amateur cooks taking part can be assured that in the search for the next MasterChef UK Champion, Grace and Anna know exactly what is needed in order to rise to the top!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-s7f2x1588\">Grace Dent says: &#8220;I\u2019m over the moon to be coming back to the MasterChef kitchen and unearthing what culinary skills people have been cooking up behind closed doors. It\u2019s a joy to be working with Anna, who brings all her incredible experience to the table. I am in for such a treat with this series, I can\u2019t wait to get started.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/d56877_940d974e10e44218a79a9445f3baa506~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"ree\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%;max-width:100%\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvzoneuk.com\/post\/masterchef-first-look-at-new-kitchen-as-show-relocates-to-birmingham\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/d56877_940d974e10e44218a79a9445f3baa506~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1888,h_1062,al_c,q_90\/d56877_940d974e10e44218a79a9445f3baa506~mv2.jpg\" draggable=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-np9ft1590\">Anna Haugh says: &#8220;I\u2019m delighted to be back on MasterChef and judging alongside the wonderful Grace Dent, whose writing and wit I\u2019ve admired for years. MasterChef has long inspired and resonated with cooks in home kitchens and of course in my industry. I can\u2019t wait to get into the studio for what will be a great competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"YkmxR FKZMr Fxj77 MaBN2\" dir=\"auto\" id=\"viewer-soggx1592\">MasterChef (21 x 60\u2019) is a Shine TV (part of Banijay UK) production for BBC One and iPlayer, commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning for the BBC. The Executive Editor is David Ambler and the Series Editor, Katie Attwood. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Sarah Clay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MasterChef, has announced Grace Dent and Anna Haugh as the new judges for the forthcoming 22nd amateur series&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-131504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}