Grace Dent signed up to I'm A Celebrity this year despite previously slamming the ITV reality series.
The TV food critic once branded the show “a puerile venture into starvation, televised constipation and animal cruelty, abbreviated by ads for Iceland £1 curries.” In 2012, the MasterChef guest judge admitted she was embarrassed to watch the award-winning reality show, fronted by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
She said: “I snap my blinds firmly shut before settling down to watch I’m a Celeb, in fear the theme tune alone devalues my property.” However, it seems she's changed her mind after being offered a deal rumoured to worth up to £100,000.
Grace will join a host of other celebrities including Nella Rose, Nigel Farage, Nick Pickard, Fred Sirieix, Sam Thompson, Josie Gibson, Danielle Harold, Jamie Lynn Spears and Marvin Humes. Retired jockey Frankie Dettori and former boxer Tony Bellew are expected to join the camp later.
Speaking about her decision to join the jungle, Grace said: “Everything is filling me with a real sense of dread. But I am especially dreading being really hungry because I tend to eat four or five posh meals out a week because I am a restaurant critic.
“I know they are going to give me an eating trial and I am dreading putting even worse things in my mouth than I have in the past in fancy restaurants! I think I will be writing very stiff columns about the jungle food when I come out!
“Will I cook there? Yes, I am a practical cook but it is not cooking as we know it in the jungle. What makes food is herbs and spices and I am not going to have any ingredients. I don’t know how you are going to make an alligator’s foot taste delicious if there are no spices. I can already imagine the dinner I am going to have the moment I get out. I am going to go to a really fancy restaurant and have something delicious, wearing a lovely dress.”
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