This afternoon, London Ambulance Service (LAS), one of the sites Pabulum provides a catering service for, featured in the popular BBC series Celebrity MasterChef.

In the episode, the search for Britain's top celebrity chef continued as contestants Tim Lovejoy, Shobu Kapoor, Aggie MacKenzie and Margi Clarke continued their fight to be crowned Celebrity MasterChef 2011, and face the dual challenges of mass catering and teamwork. Working in pairs at MasterChef HQ, the celebrities were presented with a host of ingredients and instructed to create ten identical curry dishes. But with such a mixture of personalities in the kitchen, the contestants had to work carefully to ensure they were not cooking up a recipe for disaster!

The celebrities were soon taken outside of the comfort zone of the MasterChef kitchen and were sent to the London Ambulance Service for their second mass catering challenge: under the watchful eye of Kim Hurr, our Chef Manager at the site, the celebrities were tasked with creating and preparing 110 lunch portions, including vegetarian and dessert options. Still working in their assigned teams, the celebrities had to prove themselves to John and Gregg, as well as the hungry workers of the London Ambulance Service, to succeed in the competition.

The programme provided viewers with a real insight into the world of ‘mass catering’ and highlighted not only the incredible work the LAS team do on the frontline every day, but also the effort that goes on behind the scenes in the kitchens to help keep emergency crews running on full throttle day and night.

The Pabulum team will be tuning in to see how the MasterChef contestants perform throughout the rest of the series!

Celebrity MasterChef airs weekdays at 2.15pm with catch up shows on Friday and Saturday evenings on BBC One.