BBC Good Food Show Winter - Birmingham NEC 28 November - 1 December 2019

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Phil Vickery is a chef, presenter and cookery book author and has been a part of the ‘This Morning’ family for over 11 years. He is regarded as one of Britain’s favourite chefs.

Phil is a chef trained to the highest standards. He began his career as a Commis Chef at The Burlington Hotel on Folkestone seafront. He worked his way up the kitchen ranks and on his journey has worked in the very smart Michael’s Nook hotel in Grasmere, Cumbria, the Michelin starred Gravetye Manor in East Grinstead and Ian McAndrew’s Michelin starred restaurant ‘74’. He went on to become Head Chef at The Castle hotel in Taunton, where he won a Michelin star, 4 Rosettes in the ‘AA guide’ and ‘The Good Food Guide’ Restaurant of the Year among many other accolades.

John became a familiar face to TV audiences back in 1996 as the resident chef on ITV1's This Morning with Richard and Judy; a role in which he continued for four years. Since 2004 John has paired up with Gregg Wallace, handing out feedback, criticism and support to hundreds of hopefuls aiming to be crowned MasterChef (or indeed Celebrity MasterChef) and is also the judge and co-host of CBBC's Junior MasterChef. In 2011 John & Gregg also teamed up to guest host Have I Got News For You for BBC1. They are the first ever duo to co-host the satirical current affairs quiz.

John's TV programmes regularly attract a huge audience. Indeed MasterChef's popularity has placed John & Gregg on the front cover of several magazines including the Radio Times and spawned three cookbooks to date (namely The MasterChef Cookbook, MasterChef At Home & MasterChef Kitchen Bible) and there's even an iPhone app for that! Sainsbury's Magazine readers even voted MasterChef as the Top TV Food Show of the Decade and it has been included in the Top Ten list of the most Sky Plussed shows of the year. John has also been a hit on Good Food (formerly UKTV Food). He teamed up with comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli for a 10-part series exploring the diverse culinary communities of multicultural Britain. New British Kitchen — Torode and Hardeep's Tour aired in May 2008 on UKTV Food. Within the first week the show was already proving a real success, overtaking the rest of the channel's ratings.

A well-known food writer, John regularly contributes to olive and BBC Good Food magazines, as well as Radio Times and Red magazine and has supplied numerous articles for the Guardian, Mail and Observer newspapers. John and his MasterChef co-host are featured in the Daily Mail Weekend supplement every Saturday with their column John & Gregg's Side Dish.

Since winning MasterChef in 2012, Shelina has been fortunate enough to get involved with so many food related projects. Shelina talks about the type of activities she's been involved in and the type of opportunities that came her way.

MasterChef will be back at the BBC Good Food Show Summer, giving you the opportunity to see the familiar faces from your TV screen in the flesh. Previous MasterChef Champions will be joined by the 2013 finalists alongside MasterChef: The Professionals winners, to show off their skills and create tempting seasonal dishes.

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Born and raised in Dublin, the photogenic cook has put Irish cooking on the map in recent years, with her angelic looks and gentle manner striking a chord with viewers of her hit BBC television programme Rachel's Favourite Food for Friends.

Away from the camera and her own kitchen, Rachel teaches at the world-renowned Ballymaloe Cookery School in scenic Cork. Her food reflects the demands of her own lifestyle - busy working mother entertaining at home using good ingredients simply prepared but with her own individual spin.

Rachel also has a weekly column in The Sunday Tribune magazine in Ireland and is a regular contributor to Good Food. She lives near Ballymaloe in the rolling Cork countryside with her two young sons and her restaurateur husband, Isaac who is the son of Irish culinary icon Darina Allen.

Peter Richards is an award-winning writer, broadcaster and Master of Wine. A regular on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen, recommending wines that sell out across the nation, Peter can also be found talking wine on the likes of ESPN, Sky One, ITV1 and BBC Radio 4.