Travel presenter becomes first blind contestant on Celebrity MasterChef… and it used to take him ...
(WorldNews Entertainment)

When it takes you quarter of an hour to take the skin off an onion, a ready meal probably makes more sense than bidding to become Celebrity MasterChef. But travel presenter Amar Latif, the first blind contestant to compete on the BBC`s all-star cookery series, believes his heightened sense of taste, touch, sound and smell gives him an advantage over his rivals. Since losing his sight at the age of 18, he confesses he has barely cooked a meal. ‘I kept asking myself what I had signed up for,` he says of his decision to compete in the series. ‘I hadn`t cooked much and the show execs wouldn`t even let me have any extra time, which I thought was a bit harsh,` he joked. It was the second time the...