Where are the previous Masterchef winners now? From Eddie Scott to Chariya Khattiyot as landmark 20th season gets underway

As the 20th series of MasterChef gets well underway, viewers watch in anticipation as dozens of new hopefuls complete gruelling cookery tasks. Tom Rhodes Tom Rhodes's career has got off to a quiet start after he lifted the Masterchef trophy in 2021 but he has appeared at several food festivals Tom returned to the MasterChef kitchen last year with Alexina O'Toole and Mike Tomkins to judge the new contestants From Nando's to MasterChef winner 2021, Tom has definitely impressed the nation with his skills in the kitchen. Thomasina Miers Thomasina Miers was the first ever winner of Masterchef in 2005 and she has returned to the kitchen several times as a guest judge As well as running the hugely successful Mexican restaurant chain Wahaca, Thomasina posts recipes on her Instagram account people can follow at home Thomasina earned the winner title on the first ever season of MasterChef in 2005 after celebrating her love of Mexican food. Simon Wood Simon Wood worked as a data manager before he stepped into the MasterChef kitchen for the first time in 2015 Now Simon juggles writing cookbooks, appearing on segments in cooking TV programmes, and running WOOD in Manchester Simon recently attended the launch of the Labour Party's 'Five Missions' Shelina Permalloo stormed to victory and lifted the Masterchef trophy in 2012, winning over the judges with her celebration of Mauritian cuisine. Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed is one of the only MasterChef champions who did not give up her day job and she still works as a doctor in the NHS today The MasterChef champion has combined her career in medicine with her interest in food and recently published her third cookbook, The Kitchen Prescription, which focuses on eating healthily for your gut Dr Saliha Mahmood Ahmed lifted the MasterChef trophy in 2017 after entering the competition while she was juggling a busy career as a doctor at St Mary's Hospital in London.