Spoiler warning. This article contains details of series 18 of MasterChef: The Professionals.
A self-taught chef has been crowned winner of the latest series of the BBC’s MasterChef: The Professionals.
Three finalists – Luke Emmess, Mark O’Brien and Gareth Baty – made it through a series of culinary challenges, impressing not just judges Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing but also high-profile Michelin-starred restaurateurs.
The winning three-course menu was “faultless”, Galetti said.
Carlisle-born winner Gareth Baty, who now lives in Greater Manchester, said he had been “cooking from the heart” and was “over the moon” with his victory.