I was on MasterChef - it cost me a grand just to buy the food I needed, I barely slept during filming and show runners even stitched me up with the wrong ingredients

I was on MasterChef - it cost me a grand just to buy the food I needed, I barely slept during filming and show runners even stitched me up with the wrong ingredients Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Codie Bullen For Mailonline Published: 08:28, 17 August 2024 | Updated: 08:28, 17 August 2024 e-mail View comments Masterchef has returned to our screens for a Celebrity special, with contestants hoping to impress John Torode and Gregg Wallace. The high-pressured cooking competition usually sees 32 professional chefs enter the MasterChef kitchen in a bid to become the 2023 Champion.

The show runs for seven weeks, testing the chefs on their culinary skills across various high pressured challenges. And one former semi-finalist has given an insight into the intense environment and how much it costs to be involved. Anthony O'Shaughnessy, who applied for the show in 2018, spoke to Metro about his time on the show.

I was on MasterChef - it cost me a grand just to buy the food I needed, I barely slept during filming and show runners even stitched me up with the wrong ingredients Anthony O'Shaughnessy, who applied for the show in 2018, gave an insight into the intense environment and how much it costs to be involved For his audition, Anthony revealed he had to take a pre-made dish to the producers, travelling all the way from his home in Teesside to Glasgow. Once the chef, who now works as the Head Chef at Blackfriars Cookery School in Newcastle, was given a place on the .