It's semi-finals time on MasterChef, and for the remainingeight, a whole new set of adventures await. Everything is onthe line, so this stage is not for the faint-hearted, asthose who come out on top will be rewarded with a place inFinals Week.The week kicks off in central London at the sublimeFishmonger's Hall, which is playing host to a banquet for oneof the most glittering culinary events of the year – theMasterChef 20th Anniversary Celebration Dinner. The guest listincludes 70 extraordinary people who have all played a part inthe MasterChef journey across the last two decades – fromchampions and finalists to guest critics and top chefs. Thepressure is on the eight semi-finalists to pull out all thestops. Working in teams, they will deliver a three-coursefeast at a volume none of them have experienced before. Thisservice must be hitch-free, so John will don his whites totake on the role of executive head chef, overseeing thisamateur brigade. The team that impresses the most will headstraight through to the next round, while the future of theothers will hang in the balance.They will hear their fate backat the MasterChef kitchen, where one team will be jumping forjoy, and the other team faces a second challenge that teststheir love of cooking. Each contender has admitted to oneingredient they dislike, but they will now need to cook a dishthat puts that food front and centre. The dreaded ingredientsinclude grapefruit, rabbit and mussels, and the judges willbe tasting dishes by people who usually can't bear them. Arecipe for disaster?With only six places remaining, for twocooks the dream of becoming MasterChef champion 2024 will beover.
