fans were thrilled last month when about next year’s season. The upcoming seventeenth series will be titled and will feature a cast entirely made up of fan-favourite contestants who have previously missed out on the trophy. The cooking competition first aired a series in 2020, which was the first season to star Andy Allen, and Jock Zonfrillo as judges and saw take out the title.
The show also featured returning contestants in where became the show’s first two-time winner. Meanwhile, in 2012 had a cast of 12 returning competitors - including current judge . However, this only aired for three weeks during the Summer Olympics and there was no prize money for winner as it was a charity season.
Following Channel 10’s announcement, fans have taken to social media to share which former contestants they would love to see compete again. “Personally I would love to see Snez [Calic], Loki [Madireddi] (the guy who had the immunity pin in season 10), a few fans from Fan vs Favs, Depinder [Chhibber], Kishwar [Chowdhury], Tommy Pham and Tamara Graffen,” one person wrote. “I don’t think many people before season 10 should be included.
” “Deffo would like to see Snez. Depinder, Pete [Campbell], Tommy and Conor [Curran] from S13 I'd like to see. Simon [Toohey] and Tim [Bone] from S11,” another added.
“Declan [Cleary], Mimi [Wong] and Robbie [Cooper],” a third commented, followed by someone else who shared, “I'd love to see Daniel [Lamble] and Keyma [Vasquez Montero] ag.