Second helping of 'Cooking With The Stars' coming to ITV

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4 Apr 2022, 10:54

If you love seeing celebs get creative in the kitchen, then you'll love this.

A second series of ITV's 'Cooking With The Stars' has been confirmed.

Emma Willis and Tom Allen will return as hosts for series two.

The show sees eight celebrities pitted against each other in the kitchen.

To give them a fighting chance, each celeb is paired with an accomplished chef who will mentor and teach them.

The hope is that by the end of the competition they will be restaurant level chefs.

The dishes are judged by professional chefs, and this is the tricky part.

The bottom two celebs then must create a dish without any help from their mentor to win their place in the competiton.

To make matters worse, the winner is decided in a blind tasting from the professional chefs.

Their own mentor could unknowingly be their worst critic and send them home.

Emma Willis said: “Tom and I had so much fun last series and I’m looking forward to getting back into the kitchen. The pressure the celebs are under is real and once the competition starts heating up everybody wants to win, but I’m hoping there isn’t as much blood as last series!”

Tom Allen said: “Last series was so exciting! Emma Willis and I have been polishing our frying pans in preparation – we have so much fun working together.

"The celebrities are being trained by some of the best chefs in the business and with the clock ticking it’s always tense to see if they’ll improve their cooking enough each week to measure up to the judges’ high standards.”

Katie Rawcliffe, Head of Entertainment Commissioning at ITV said: “With the warmth of Emma and the wit of Tom I’m excited to see what culinary delights this year's cooking novices bring to the table.

"The series not only entertained but inspired our viewers to get into the kitchen and try restaurant worthy dishes from the comfort of their own homes.

"We are delighted to have some of the best chef's in the country guiding our celebrities who will be put through their paces in this intense, exciting and fast paced environment.”