Grace Dent, a restaurant critic and columnist, appeared as permanent judge on Celebrity MasterChef for the first time on Tuesday evening, replacing scandal-hit Gregg Wallace

Celebrity MasterChef viewers branded the start of the new series "boring" last night.

Fans took to X to express their disappointment, particularly at the permanent debut of Grace Dent as judge. Some viewers even said they switched off early because they found the episode to be so uneventful.

Ashley Cain, singer Alfie Boe, rugby player Alun Wyn Jones, radio DJ Noreen Khan, and Gladiators star Jodie Ounsley went head to head in three challenges on the BBC1 programme. Writing on X, one viewer said: "The word 'celebrity' doing a lot of heavy lifting today."

Their view that the show was boring was reflected across

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