When is the MasterChef: The Professional final and who is in it?-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro

It’s been an intense couple of weeks (Picture: BBC/Shine TV)

Masterchef: The Professionals has had viewers hooked for over a month and fans are already counting down to the grand finale.

After long-serving judge Monica Galetti left the series earlier this year, she was replaced by Irish chef Anna Haugh, who joined Gregg Wallace and Marcus Wareing as they tasted the dishes of working chefs who have signed up for the reality cooking show.

Viewers witnessed a fresh line-up of 32 chefs competing for the title, and now we have our final three.

But when does it air, and who will be battling for the ultimate prize?

Here’s everything you need to know.

When is the MasterChef: The Professional final?

Not long to wait now (Picture: BBC)

The finale airs tonight (Sunday, 11 December) at 6:15pm on BBC One.

The three finalists will have to cook a three-course meal for the MasterChef judges, putting together a starter, a main and a dessert within the space of three hours.

Although it sounds simple, they all have to pull out all of the stops to ensure they rise above the competition.

But who will triumph?

Who’s in the final three of MasterChef: The Professionals 2022?

Who will reign supreme? (Picture: BBC)

In Friday’s semi-final fans saw four chefs that were left in the running – Charlie Jeffreys, Sagar Massey, Nikita Pathakji and James Checkley.

The fabulous four were tasked with creating a dish that was inspired by a place close to their heart.

They then had to put on their thinking hats to create a dish in two and a half hours that was worthy of impressing some of the UK’s leading food critics, including Jay Rayner, April Jackson, Jimi Famurewa, Leyla Kazim and William Sitwell.

The critics had the power to help decide who would reach the final three… and in the end, James fell just short of a place in the final.

Nikita, who is a junior sous chef at Kitchen W8, expressed her excitement over reaching the final, revealing how her parents would share in her joy and ambition to go the whole way.

While Sagar – who is the senior sous chef at the Marine & Lawn hotel in Troon – was overwhelmed with emotion at the result, stating: ‘I can’t express what I’m feeling just now. It’s just amazing.’

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Meanwhile, Charlie, who is the senior chef De Partie at the Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, imagined being crowned the winner.

‘It would mean the world to lift that trophy. So yeah, I’d better start practising, ‘cause it’s going to be a big, big challenge,’ he said.

With Charlie, Sagar and Nikita competing for the final time, who will be crowned this year’s winners?

The MasterChef: The Professionals 2022 final airs on Sunday at 6.15pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

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