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    Former EastEnders star set to join Celeb MasterChef following stint on I’m A Celeb

    SHE showed off some of her cooking skills around the campfire during her recent stint on I’m A Celeb, and I can reveal that Danielle Harold will soon be donning an apron again.The ex-EastEnders actress who won several awards for her portrayal of brain tumour patient Lola Pearce-Brown, is to take part in BBC1’s Celebrity MasterChef.
    Danielle Harold is set to join Celeb MasterChefCredit: Rex
    A source said: “She is excited to show fans a completely different side to her and hoping to impress the judges with her culinary skills.
    “It’s a high-brow series and she’s aware that she has to bring her A game, but she’s excited about the new challenge.”
    Maybe she can ask her former campmate, food writer Grace Dent, for some tips.
    In December last year, Danielle revealed she felt ‘wiped out’ by her jungle illness but fought on in a bid to win I’m A Celebrity.
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    Millions of TV viewers were completely unaware of the ­former EastEnders actress’s medical drama as none of it was shown on screen.
    It was only after she became the fifth star evicted that she shared her health-scare secret with family and friends.
    Petite Danielle, who is 5ft 3in, told a pal: “I felt wiped out, so rough and unwell, but I was determined to stay in there.
    “I hadn’t gone all that way for it to end like that.”
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    Insiders said that while campmates Grace Dent and Jamie Lynn Spears left on medical grounds, Danielle refused to do the same. More

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    Marcus Wareing: A look at the Masterchef The Professional’s life, net worth and fallout with Gordon Ramsay

    THANKS to his incredible culinary skills and talent for TV, Marcus Wareing has become a sought after celebrity chef.Known for MasterChef: The Professionals, he actually started his career in the kitchen with Gordon Ramsay.
    Marcus Wareing is a celebrity cehf best known for MasterChef: The ProfessionalsCredit: Paul Richardson
    Who is Marcus Wareing?
    Marcus Wareing was born on June 29, 1970 in Southport, Merseyside.
    He started working in the food industry at the age of 11, packing potatoes and helping his dad with deliveries.
    Half of me thinks he’s [Gordon Ramsay] a sad b*****d and the other half still adores himMarcus Wareing
    Marcus was paid just 10p for every 5lb (2.3kg) bag of potatoes packed.
    He credits his dad’s long hours with inspiring his own work ethic.
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    As a teen, he was the only boy in his home economics class at Stanley High School and went on to study catering at Southport College.
    Which famous chefs has Marcus Wareing worked with?
    Marcus has worked in cities such as New York City, Amsterdam and Gravetye Manor, in Sussex, and other luxurious locations.
    Marcus was first employed as a commis chef at the Savoy Hotel, under Anton Endelmann at the age of 18.
    He left to work with Albert Roux at the Michelin starred Le Gavroche, where he first met Gordon Ramsay.
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    Gordon was the best man at Marcus’ wedding back in 2000, and is the godfather of his eldest son Jake.
    Marcus joined Ramsay’s Aubergine when it was first launched back in 1993 and soon became his sous chef and protégé.
    He worked with the notoriously angry chef for 15 years.
    The judge credits Ramsay with teaching him to cook – describing his time at Aubergine as “the most important time in my life”.
    Marcus’ first head chef job was at L’Oranger, a joint venture in which both he and Ramsay held stakes.
    When he was just 25, Marcus earned his first Michelin star.
    After a fall-out between A-Z Restaurants, Marcus and Ramsay quit L’Oranger – and the Hell’s Kitchen judge went on to open his own restaurant titled Restaurant Gordon Ramsay.
    In 1999, Ramsay’s group opened Petrus, where Marcus worked as the head chef.
    Seven months after opening, the restaurant gained a Michelin star.
    The restaurant moved to the Berkeley Hotel in 2003, replacing Pierre Koffman’s La Tante Claire.
    In the same year, Marcus became Chef Patron of the Grill Room at the Savoy, competing against his former boss Anton Endelmann.
    Petrus went on to be awarded two Michelin stars and five AA Rosettes, while the Savoy Grill got its first star in the hotel’s history under Marcus.
    Why did Marcus Wareing and Gordon Ramsay fall out?
    A bitter dispute erupted when Berkeley Hotel bosses confirmed they were going to launch Marcus’ first solo restaurant as the chef attempted to come out of Ramsay’s shadow.
    He was due to take Pétrus’ lease on.
    However, Ramsay won the rights to Pétrus’ name and Marcus signed a gagging order over the dispute.
    At the time, Marcus told Waitrose Food Illustrated: “Half of me thinks he’s [Ramsay] a sad b*****d and the other half still adores him.” More