The new Celebrity MasterChef champion has been crowned after "an incredible nine plates of food" by the three finalists in Friday night's cook-off on BBC One.
Warning: spoiler alert!
TV presenter Angellica Bell saw off the challenge of fellow presenter Ulrika Jonsson and DJ Dev Griffin to receive the trophy from judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace.
Congratulations to the Celebrity MasterChef Champion 2017, @angellicabell. 🏆🍴 #MasterChefUK pic.twitter.com/8EiV53BYKA
— MasterChef UK 🍴 (@MasterChefUK) September 22, 2017
"It feels so good. I've worked so hard. I just wanted to do my best," said Bell.
"Apart from getting married and having my children, this is up there with it. Definitely."
So happy and need to thank these two supportive, generous, loveable rogues @JohnTorode1 and @GreggAWallace it was incredible! @MasterChefUK pic.twitter.com/snyPHqo67E
— Angellica Bell (@angellicabell) September 22, 2017
In their assessment of Bell's dishes, the judges said she had delivered "professional-standard food".
Friday's final - which saw the superlatives matched only by the number of shots of the judges putting food into their mouths - began with the three hopefuls cooking "Michelin-standard dishes for a table of Michelin-starred chefs".
Bell was tasked with cooking the dessert, a chocolate sponge and mousse in olive oil. It was hailed by the assembled chefs as "a beautiful piece of art" and "the dish of the day".
.@angellicabell's chocolate and olive oil dessert topped with a black olive tuile and a gold leaf. 👏👅 #MasterChefUK pic.twitter.com/uk33bDDff6
— MasterChef UK 🍴 (@MasterChefUK) September 22, 2017
Back in the MasterChef kitchen, the finalists were given two hours to cook "three of the finest plates of food you ever thought imaginable".
Bell's starter was a parmesan pastry tart with fig and onions, followed by pan-fried halibut and rounded off by a dessert of poached pears.
She was praised for her starter (a "treat all on one plate") and main ("cooked really, really well") but it was her dessert that sealed the title, hailed as "the work of a craftsman" and "nothing short of brilliant".
"That is nothing short of brilliant." @angellicabell just made one of the best desserts @GreggAWallace has EVER tasted. 😲👏 #MasterChefUK pic.twitter.com/QvVWKspLsM
— MasterChef UK 🍴 (@MasterChefUK) September 22, 2017
After the result was announced, judges Torode and Wallace said Bell had been one of the best contestants in the history of the show.
Taking part was something of a family affair for Bell. Her husband, presenter Michael Underwood, is a former Celebrity MasterChef contestant.
Not sure what to say. So proud of @angellicabell and have no problem with her doing better than me on @MasterChefUK...no problemo. Nada. 😭
— Michael Underwood (@MikeyUnderwood) September 22, 2017
