MasterChef star dies at just 44 after heartbreaking diagnosis

The chef battled an aggressive brain tumour.Tributes have flooded in for a MasterChef star who has died at the age of just 44 after a battle with an aggressive brain tumour. The chef was rushed to hospital with a suspected stroke in January 2026, where he was told scans found a tumour on his brain in the right thalamus, above the brainstem.