Mystery as MasterChef: The Professionals edits out one of its four contestants
Mystery as MasterChef: The Professionals edits out one of its four contestants and leaves curious viewers scratching their heads as to what happened
- MasterChef viewers were left confused after the show edited out contestant
- Show released statement ahead of broadcast confirming chef was edited out
- Cooking show is currently in its 13th series and features 32 professional chefs
- Do you know the missing chef from the show or the reason they were edited out? Email martin.robinson@mailonline.co.uk or tips@dailymail.com
MasterChef fans were left bamboozled after one of the four contestants was mysteriously cut out of last night’s show without any explanation.
The mystery chef’s disappearance emerged at the start of the BBC1 hit when a statement appeared on screen saying: ‘This programme has been edited and features the original four contestant who took part.’
The announcement sent viewers into a frenzy on social media as they tried to work out why the fourth cook had been axed or quit.
Some watching the show shared posts they believe showed glimpses of the mystery chef’s neck or arms while one of the remaining three chefs cooked for judges Gregg Wallace, Marcus Wareing and Monica Galletti.
The missing chef, believed to be a man, had been due to take part feared skills test – a fixture of show’s first round – but only contestants Guillame from London, Burhan from Coventry and Scott from Manchester were shown doing it. Scott was eventually sent home.
The mystery chef had been due to have a go at Mr Wareing’s version of French classic Crêpes Suzette – but the attempt was never shown feeding speculation among fans that it had been an unmitigated disaster.
MailOnline has asked the BBC to explain what happened.
Viewers scoured the show for clues and one viewers believes this is the mystery chef’s neck. The unnamed chef was edited out without any explanation of the circumstances
Only contestants Guillame from London, Burhan from Coventry and Scott from Manchester (pictured left to right) were shown in edited sequences
A message from the show appeared on TV screens reading: ‘This programme has been edited and features the original four contestant who took part.’
Masterchef: The Professionals viewers were left confused after it was revealed that one of the four contestant had been mysteriously edited out of the show last night. Pictured: Judges Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace
One user wrote: ‘Someone’s been edited out of MasterChef and I need to know what happened.’
While another asked: ‘Why only three contestants and not four on this evening’s programme.’
Another person commented: ‘Anybody know why tonight’s MasterChef has been edited to show only three contestants???’
Meanwhile one fan added: ‘Come to Twitter to find out why MasterChef was edited and I none the wiser yet…’
One person joked: ‘I’m actually driving myself crazy wondering why they entirely edited out the fourth contestant from this episode of #Masterchef. The intrigue of it all!’
A MasterChef spokesperson told MailOnline: ‘Due to unforeseen circumstances concerning one of our contestants, the programme tonight was edited to remove their appearance.’
Viewers took to social media in search of answers to the mystery edit, with one saying they ‘needed to know’
Elsewhere, other fans joked: ‘Where’s the fourth contestant? Where the crepes too much pressure that they threw the sauce across the room and were disqualified. Either way I need to know.’
And another said: ‘Biggest drama of the year is deffo (sic) one of the contestant being edited out of MasterChef.’
The BBC shows is currently in its 13th series and will see 32 talented chefs try to impress judges Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti and Gregg Wallace with their culinary delights.
Speaking ahead of the new series, Wareing told the Radio Times: ‘The energy during filming was so great – from crew, to judges, to the chefs, which I think brought out the best in everybody.
‘It was a relief to be filming again and we felt very fortunate to be able to come back to work in an industry which was still very much in lockdown.’
In 2019, Stu Deeley beat his fellow finalists Exose Grant Lopo-Ndinga and Olivia Burt to be crowned the winner of MasterChef: The Professionals.
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Fans were left scratching their heads with the mysterious cut and took to social media in search of answers
