Celebrity MasterChef<\/span>\u2018s Grace Dent is left struggling to speak after Gladiator Emily Steel serves up a seriously fiery dish.<\/p>\n Emily, better known to fans as Dynamite, brings the heat to the kitchen as Heat 2 gets underway.<\/p>\n Giorgio Locatelli somehow manages to swallow down the fiery sauce, but Grace is left unable to \u201cfeel her mouth\u201d after tasting Emily\u2019s dish.<\/p>\n The judge even accuses Emily of \u201churling\u201d chillies into her Signature Dish before serving it up.<\/p>\n Emily, 23, is one of five new contestants <\/a>trying their luck in the Celebrity MasterChef kitchen this week. Joe Pasquale, Emily Campbell and Shakira Khan made it to the semi finals after Heat 1 last week.<\/p>\n Emily is in the kitchen alongside comedian and actress Donna Preston, ex ballet dancer Eric Underwood, EastEnders\u2019 Nitin Ganatra and YouTuber Tom Simons.<\/p>\n As usual, their first challenge is to produce their Signature Dish. Gladiator Emily calls on her Thai heritage for inspiration.<\/p>\n She cooks fillet steak marinated in chilli, soy and oyster sauce. She serves it with sticky rice and a papaya apple salad. A dish of tamarind and Nam Jim dipping sauce is served on the side.<\/p>\n It is the dipping sauce that really blows Grace\u2019s head off. She takes deep breaths after tasting it before adding: \u201cWooo!\u201d<\/p>\n Looking concerned, Giorgio asks her: \u201cAre you okay?\u201d Grace replies: \u201cI\u2019m good, I\u2019m back in the room. But I\u2019m sweating.\u201d<\/p>\n She then tells Emily: \u201cLook, that sauce. I watched you hurl a healthy handful of dried chilli into there. And there\u2019s huge pieces of quite vicious red fresh chillies\u2026 and I can\u2019t feel the inside of my mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n Grace then reassures her: \u201cIt will grow back, it will grow back\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Grace and Giorgio discuss all of the Signature Dishes as the contestants head backstage. Unsurprisingly, Emily\u2019s fiery sauce becomes a talking point.<\/p>\n Giorgio says: \u201cEmily\u2019s dish. The Nan Jim sauce was full of flavour. Maybe a little bit too full. Too much chilli.\u201d<\/p>\n Grace laughs: \u201cShe\u2019s called Dynamite as a Gladiator. I didn\u2019t think she was putting it in her sauce, Giorgio!\u201d<\/p>\n Nobody leaves the Celebrity MasterChef kitchen tonight. Everyone makes it through to Day 2 at the end of the Day 1 rounds.<\/p>\n But one celebrity cook will leave the competition in the next episode. Who has what it takes to make it all the way?<\/p>\n Read more:\u00a0Strictly Come Dancing 2026 line-up complete<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n What do you think of this story? Leave us a comment on <\/i><\/b>our Facebook page<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\nCelebrity MasterChef\u2019s Grace Dent \u2018can\u2019t feel her mouth\u2019<\/h2>\n
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