Coronation Street legend signs up for Celebrity Masterchef after being killed off on soap
CORONATION Street star Katie McGlynn is set to cook up a storm in the kitchen - on Celebrity Masterchef.
The actress - who played Sinead Tinker in the ITV soap - 31, who started getting into food after leaving the famous cobbles, will appear alongside Blue singer
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Katie McGlynn will appear on the new series of Celebrity MasterChef
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The star finally got to attend the BAFTAs years after being nominated
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Katie's Corrie character Sinead tragically passed away from cervical cancer
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The actress, who also appeared on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, jumped at the chance to show off her culinary skills when approached to take part earlier this year.
A TV source said: 'The celebrity version of Masterchef has already been filmed and there's a great mix of people this year including Katie.
'She brings a bit of glamour as well as that northern sense of humour.
'Viewers are going to be really impressed with the standard this year.'
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Katie, who is
dating
former TOWIE star
After leaving Corrie back in 2019, Katie admitted that she struggled with comfort eating following her character Sinead Tinker's harrowing death.
The following year she won the NTA for Serial Drama Performance and embarked on a
health
and fitness programme and started
cooking
meals from scratch.
The source added: 'Katie is all about making healthy, balanced meals and wanted to see how far she could push her cooking skills on a show like Masterchef.'
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The show is expected to air in the coming months.
Celebrity MasterChef has been contacted for comment.
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