{"id":23436,"date":"2017-08-16T18:05:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T17:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=23436"},"modified":"2017-08-16T18:05:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T17:05:25","slug":"celebrity-masterchef-2017-starts-tonight-contestants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/16\/celebrity-masterchef-2017-starts-tonight-contestants\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity MasterChef 2017 Starts Tonight: Who Are The Contestants?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Popular cooking show Celebrity MasterChef will return to our screens Wednesday evening at 8pm on BBC One.<\/h2>\n<p>The first of twelve episodes of the celebrity version of the show, in which contestants put their skills to the test to be judged by food experts, will air tonight but just who will line-up in this year\u2019s series?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full line up (hover over the image for more info):<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery 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