Celebrity MasterChef: rejoice, TV’s oldest format is back to save us

Gregg Wallace and John Torode are joined by Apprentice also-rans and Casualty cast-offs for more food-based escapism I’m trying to think what there is new to say about Celebrity MasterChef (Wednesday, 9pm, BBC One), a TV format as ancient as the earth beneath us, a weeknightly appointment where Gregg Wallace – a man with one of the most multifaceted energies alive: at once capable of sparking you out in one punch, cheerfully selling you an organically farmed sausage, marrying your fr