MasterChef: The Professionals: MasterChef: The Professionals Festive Special

The first of two special Christmas episodes of the culinary challenge, in which eight finalists from past series return to face a series of festive tests of their skills. The first episode features Steve Barringer from the 2011 series, 2018's Oli Martin, and two finalists from last year's series, Exose Grant Lopo-Ndiga and Olivia Burt. Monica Galetti sets them the task of making festive canapés, before they move on to the dreaded skills test and a seasonally themed two-course menu