Exclusive Video: Inside Fox's "MasterChef Celebrity Showdown"

Tonight's two-hour Fox special MasterChef Celebrity Showdown features a new batch of celebrity competitors whipping up dishes in the name of charity. And for the first time ever, MasterChef judges Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi (pictured at top) are included among the competitors! (Watch an exclusive clip below in which the stars reveal their proudest cooking moments.)

Trai Byers of Fox's Empire and his wife Grace Gealey Byers, Nene Leakes of Bravo's The Real Hosuewives of Atlanta and her hubby Gregg, Cheryl Hines of Son of Zorn, Kal Penn of ABC's Designated Survivor, NFL legends Ronde Barber and Tiki Barber, rockers Joel and Benji Madden, Jordana Brewster of Fox's Lethal Weapon and Anthony Anderson of ABC's black-ish (pictured below with Ramsay) round out the group.

 

 

There’s a twist to the show's usual recipe when season seven MasterChef winner Shaun O’Neale, alongside two contestants from the upcoming fifth season of MasterChef Junior, call the shots as the judging panel. Just how Ramsey and Tosi fare against their celebrity counterparts remains to be seen, but according to Ramsey all of the show's participants proved themselves to be kitchen whizzes.

"Anthony Anderson was a lot of fun,” he said. “His skills in the kitchen are so solid and he puts so much of himself into everything he makes.

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Steve Gidlow

Steve Gidlow, a long-time columnist for MediaVillage ("Behind the Scenes in Hollywood"), has written about television and pop culture since 1994, beginning in Australia.  Since moving to Hollywood in 1997, Steve has focused on celebrity interv… read more