Celebrity MasterChef: Gareth Malone ‘gutted’ after elimination following ‘curdled’ custard catastrophe-Tori Brazier-Entertainment – Metro

Gareth couldn’t quite meet the standard of the other contestants (Picture: BBC)

Gareth Malone was eliminated in this week’s closely fought and ambitious Celebrity MasterChef quarter-final after biting off a little more than he could chew with his dishes.

The nation’s favourite choirmaster was tripped up by a lumpy vegetable mash and ‘curdled’ custard in a heat where his fellow contestant, All Saints singer Mel Blatt, didn’t put a foot wrong and sailed through to the semi-finals.

Gareth, Mel and EastEnders actor Cliff Parisi where tasked with preparing two-course dinners for judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace as well as special guests in the shape of 2019 finalists Vicky Pattison and Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock and 2018 champion, John Partridge.

TV star and music specialist Gareth went for the tough to cook bavette steak for its flavour, with a swede, celeriac and carrot mash.

Despite his meat being perfectly cooked, the cut is traditionally chewy, which didn’t go down too well with the meal’s judges.

His vegetable mash also found little praise, with Vicky calling it ‘lumpy’ and Gregg exclaiming: ‘I really do not like that veg mash at all!’

Gareth’s apple sponge was more of a hit, with everyone enjoying its flavour, but John, Gregg and Vicky could not get past the fact it had officially ‘curdled’.

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