Happy Mondays' Bez to appear on Celebrity MasterChef 2021

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Bez for Celebrity Masterchef
Author: Scott ColothanPublished 22nd Apr 2021
Last updated 22nd Apr 2021

Happy Mondays dancer and maracas shaker Bez has signed up to appear on the next series of Celebrity MasterChef.

The 16th series of Celebrity MasterChef airs on the BBC this summer and Bez – real name Mark Berry - will test his culinary expertise alongside 19 other celebrities.

Once again judged by John Torode and Gregg Wallace, other famous faces taking part this year include Dion Dublin, Katie Price, Joe Swash and Melanie Sykes. Check out the full line-up below.

Bez, of course, is no stranger to TV screens. He won Celebrity Big Brother in 2005 and he’s appeared on dozens of shows including Celebrity Gogglebox, Bargain Hunt, The Crystal Maze, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Celebrity Mastermind to name but a few.

He kicked off 2021 by launching a series of online fitness classes on YouTube called Get Buzzin’ With Bez. He said he was inspired to start the classes after getting out of shape during lockdown.

Happy Mondays are set to embark on a UK arena tour this autumn with fellow Manchester music legends James. Tickets are on sale from Absolute Radio Tickets now.

They play the following shows:

NOVEMBER 2021

Leeds First Direct Arena – Thu 25th

Birmingham Utilita Arena – Fri 26th

Cardiff Motorpoint Arena – Sun 28th

Glasgow The SSE Hydro – Tue 30th

DECEMBER 2021

Dublin 3Arena – Wed 1st

Manchester AO Arena – Fri 3rd

London The SSE Arena, Wembley – Sat 4th

Meet the full Celebrity MasterChef 2021 line-up:

Katie Price

Known for: Television personality and former glamour model

Bez (Mark Berry)

Known for: Percussionist for the rock band Happy Mondays

Johannes Radebe

Known for: Strictly Come Dancing

Su Pollard

Known for: Her role in the BAFTA-winning Perry & Croft sitcom Hi-de-Hi

Duncan James

Known for: Member of the iconic boyband Blue, and Hollyoaks

Kadeena Cox

Known for: British parasport athlete and Paralympic champion

Joe Swash

Known for: ITV presenter, EastEnders and, of course, winner of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! 2008

Nabil Abdulrashid

Known for: Britain's Got Talent 2020 semi-finalist

Patrick Grant

Known for: Judge on The Great British Sewing Bee

Rita Simons

Known for: EastEnders and I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Munya Chawawa

Known for: Comedian

Melanie Sykes

Known for: TV presenter

Megan McKenna

Known for: TOWIE

Dion Dublin

Known for: Ex-England football player, TV presenter

Gavin Esler

Known for: Author and journalist

Penny Lancaster

Known for: Loose Women presenter

Will Kirk

Known for: The Repair Shop

Kem Cetinay

Known for: Love Island, TV presenter

Michelle Collins

Known for: EastEnders

Melissa Johns

Known for: Coronation Street

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