MasterChef 2024 contestants: Heat one - Muir in profile

By Neil Wilkes, Editor-in-chief

Published: April 1 2024 | 01:06

Last updated: April 8 2024 | 17:40

Get to know MasterChef 2024 contestant Muir, including their age, profession and hopes for the competition.

Age: 53

From: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire via Scotland

Occupation: Children's Mental Health Services Manager

Cooking Style: "My cooking style is eclectic. I love cooking for a crowd, developing a theme and adding different dishes. Yotam Ottolenghi has been my favourite chef for many years, but I am getting more and more interested in different cooking techniques like sous vide or making culinary foams and gels. I enjoy cooking with friends and experimenting with different flavours and styles."

Why MasterChef?: "I have always fancied entering MasterChef just to see how I get on. It's the ultimate cookery competition, so I wanted to check it out."

Ambition: "I would like to run a supper club in a local café – the main objectives being fantastic food and fun, fun, fun!

"I'd like to own a restaurant which offers opportunities to young people and adults who are struggling to get into the workplace. I'd like to offer training and NVQs for the staff. I'd like to provide high quality food and a good experience for staff and customers alike."

MasterChef begins Monday, April 1 at 6.30pm on BBC One and iPlayer.