Masterchef: The Professionals

Applications open for MasterChef: The Professionals series seventeen

17-Jan-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Applications are open for contestants for the next series of the BBC’s cooking competition MasterChef: The Professionals.

Friday five: the week's most read stories

15-Dec-2023 By Restaurant

MasterChef The Professionals winner Tom Hamblet's residences, the departure of Nathan Davies from SY23, and the relaunch of Knightsbridge stalwart Sale e Pepe were among this week's most read hospitality stories.

Masterchef: The Professionals winner Tom Hamblet scores residencies with Exclusive Collection

11-Dec-2023 By Joe Lutrario

Tom Hamblet will take up consecutive residencies at two Exclusive Collection properties in 2024 to celebrate his recent win on Masterchef: The Professionals.

Laurence Henry departs Nottingham’s The Island Quarter

14-Nov-2023 By Joe Lutrario

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Laurence Henry has left his Cleaver & Wake restaurant within Nottingham’s The Island Quarter after around one year’s trading.

Latest opening: Aven

17-Oct-2023 By Stefan Chomka

Lancashire's bounteous larder is celebrated at this new Preston restaurant.

Dan Lee to take up permanent residency at Hockley Social Club

28-Sep-2023 By Restaurant

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Dan Lee will open a permanent street food operation at Hockley Social Club in Birmingham next month.

"I'm not retiring quite yet": Marcus Wareing to close Marcus at The Berkeley

14-Sep-2023 By Restaurant

Marcus Wareing will close his eponymous restaurant Marcus at The Berkeley in Knightsbridge later this year.

Chef Dan Lee launches residency at Hockley Social Club

12-Jun-2023 By Restaurant

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Dan Lee has launched a semi-permanent residency in Birmingham.

Flash-grilled: Dan Lee

09-Jun-2023 By James McAllister

The former MasterChef: The Professionals winner, who's just launched a new residency at Hockley Social Club in Birmingham, on what wine to pair with KFC, and avoiding the ‘Michelin trap’.

Monica Galetti: “It didn’t feel right filming the next generation of chefs when my own team was struggling”

14-Apr-2023 By Joe Lutrario

The Masterchef: The Professionals judge on returning to the show after taking a year out and the challenges at her Fitzrovia restaurant Mayfair.

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Dan Lee scores residency at Hockley Social Club

11-Apr-2023 By James McAllister

MasterChef: The Professionals champion Dan Lee is to 'lay down some roots' in his home city of Birmingham with an extended residency at Hockley Social Club this summer.

Monica Galetti to return as judge on MasterChef: The Professionals

24-Mar-2023 By James McAllister

Monica Galetti has announced she will be returning as a judge on TV cooking programme MasterChef: The Professionals, one year after announcing she was stepping away from the show.

Latest opening: Cleaver & Wake

26-Oct-2022 By Restaurant

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Laurence Henry has opened his debut restaurant in Nottingham.

Flash grilled: Derek Johnstone

25-Aug-2022 By James McAllister

The executive chef at 18 St Andrews Restaurant at Rusacks St Andrews was the inaugural winner of MasterChef: The Professionals.

Anna Haugh named as Monica Galetti's replacement on next series of MasterChef: The Professionals

03-May-2022 By Restaurant

Myrtle chef Anna Haugh will replace Monica Galetti on this year’s series of MasterChef: The Professionals it has been announced.

Monica Galetti leaves MasterChef: The Professionals after 14 years as judge

20-Apr-2022 By Restaurant

Monica Galetti has announced that she is stepping away from being a judge on TV cooking programme MasterChef: The Professionals.

Applications open for MasterChef: The Professionals series fifteen

02-Feb-2022 By Restaurant

Applications are open for contestants for the next series of the BBC’s cooking competition MasterChef: The Professionals.

Gary Maclean to open Creel Caught restaurant in Bonnie & Wild’s Scottish Marketplace

26-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Gary Maclean will open a restaurant in Bonnie & Wild’s Scottish Marketplace when Edinburgh’s first food hall opens this summer.

Jesmond Dene House to launch Fern restaurant in May

23-Mar-2021 By Restaurant

Luxury hotel Jesmond Dene House is to unveil a new restaurant when it reopens in May with executive chef Danny Parker at the helm.

West African restaurant Akoko confirms October opening date

27-Aug-2020 By James McAllister

'Progressive and elevated' West African restaurant Akoko will finally open its doors in London's Fitzrovia in early October.

Kreidel to launch in Hoxton

13-Aug-2020 By Joe Lutrario

MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Yann Florio and Far Out Food director Graham Brittain will launch a bar, kitchen, events space and media studio in Hoxton tomorrow (14 August).