MasterChef judges Grace Dent and Anna Haugh 'didn't always agree' in new series
MasterChef judges Grace Dent has told how viewers will see "every side" of her and new judge Anna Haugh in the upcoming 22nd series, admitting the pair "didn't always agree" with one another.
MasterChef judges Grace Dent and Anna Haugh "didn't always agree" in the new series.
The pair have taken over from axed judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode for the 22nd season of the BBC One show, which kicks off on April 21st, and Grace admitted viewers will see "every side" of her and Anna while they judge the competitors.
When asked on The One Show who was "good cop" and who was "bad cop", Grace said: "I wish it was as simple as that because then we could just agree at the beginning of the show.
"I would say, the camera is on us for such a long time, for such long days. I think you see every side of us.
"You see good cop, bad cop, sad cop, hungry cop, tired cop. It is reality TV in a sense, because they're filming us so much that you can't play a part. You get the real contestants, and you get the real us. We have no idea how we're edited. This is us."
Anna added: "And we don't always agree, that’s just the way it is."
Grace said: "We really don't."
But Anna admitted she and Grace did agree from the start to try to "look for the best" in the wannabe pro chefs taking part in the competition.
She said: "There was a real responsibility from Grace and I, where we agreed that we were like, we have got to look for the best in them. We want to find a champion.
"My goodness, there could have been 10 champions in there. It's a brilliant, brilliant bunch of people."
Anna was taken aback by the culinary skills of some of the contestants.
She said: "Honestly, nothing prepared me for how I was going to feel on this show.
"You know, being a professional chef, I thought these will be amateurs, they will cook and it'll be, you know, good but my goodness, some of them cook as if they're professional chefs.
"But what you really see in the show is that this means something to them - this matters. This could be life changing and as long as they keep pushing themselves, they'll fulfil their potential."
