Celebrity MasterChef Australia
Celebrity MasterChef Australia is an Australian competitive cooking game show. It is a spin-off of MasterChef Australia, itself an adaptation of the British show MasterChef, and features celebrity contestants.
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Celebrity MasterChef Australia logo | |
| Genre | Cooking Game show |
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| Narrated by | Nicholas McKay (2009) |
| Theme music composer | Katy Perry |
| Opening theme | Hot n Cold |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
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| Executive producers | Paul Franklin Cathie Scott |
| Production locations | Sydney, New South Wales (2009) Melbourne, Victoria (2021) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
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| Network | Network 10 |
| Release | 30 September – 25 November 2009 |
| Release | 10 October 2021 – present |
The first series began production in early September 2009, and premiered on Network Ten on 30 September 2009. Judges Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan returned from MasterChef Australia for the first series of the show, with Calombaris and Mehigan also taking over as hosts from Sarah Wilson. Former world-record holder and Olympic medallist swimmer Eamon Sullivan won the first series, taking home $50,000 for charity Swim Survive Stay Alive.
On 25 May 2021, it was announced that a second series of Celebrity MasterChef Australia had been commissioned, 12 years after the first edition had aired, it premiered on 10 October 2021 . Andy Allen, Melissa Leong and Jock Zonfrillo undertook the role of judges in the new series.