Corrie stars sharpen their knives for Celebrity Masterchef

Our Tvor is going to love this one. She says she likes watching Corrie people in different contexts, and we know she likes to cook with Corrie, and this combines both those things.

Ex-Coronation Street stars Wendi Peters (Cilla Battersby), Sean Wilson (Martin Platt) and Debra Stephenson (Frankie Baldwin) are set to appear in the new series of the BBC's Celebrity Masterchef. They'll be competing against other celebrities such as newsreader Michael Buerk and actress Linda Robson to find out who has the best culinary talents, and will be judged by chef John Torode and food writer Greg Wallace. According to series editor Karen Ross, "The competition is really tough and the standard of some of this year's cooking has been inspiring. All participants share a passion for food but cooking for a busy lunchtime service in top London restaurants is very different when you're on the other side of it."

Last year's competition was won by TV presenter Nadia Sawalha, and also had a sprinkling of Corrie people taking part, including Martin Hancock (Spider Nugent) and Chris Bisson (Vikram Desai).