From RAVES to ROASTS

Happy Mondays’ Bez on competing in the kitchen

- TESS LAMACRAFT, RICHARD MCCLURE

NEW COOKERY

Celebrity MasterChef Mon, Tue & Fri, BBC1 HD, 9pm

Happy Mondays dancer and all-around legend Bez is among 20 celebrities putting their culinary skills to the test as a new series of Celebrity MasterChef gets underway.

Bez, real name Mark Berry, will be competing in the first heat this week against former Hi-de-Hi! star Su Pollard, actor Rita Simons, singer Duncan James and comedian Munya Chawawa – all of them hoping to impress judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode with their cooking.

Here, Bez, 57, talks culinary chaos, beekeeping and how competitive he is...

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