Celebrity MasterChef participant Amar Latif, who is blind, has been hailed by viewers as the ‘best thing that’s ever happened to the show’ due to his positive attitude.

The upbeat Scottish presenter, 45, impressed audiences as he demonstrated his culinary skills in the studio kitchen, expertly chopping vegetables with a sharp knife and efficiently carrying a large bowl of curry to the serving station in the recent episode.

Latif’s growing camaraderie with fellow contestant Gethin Jones, who has been assisting him around the kitchen, has also delighted viewers at home, with many enjoying their ‘bromance’.

Thursday night’s episode saw entrepreneur and motivational speaker Latif, the programme’s first ever blind contestant, showing off his mantra of ‘say yes to everything’. He previously told producers he doesn’t want ‘challenges where the goalposts were different, because what would be the point in that?’ 

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The first Challenge saw Amar team up with Gethin to cook their version of judge John Torode’s apple charlotte with ginger butter and custard. 

The duo had to try and cook an identical-looking dish purely by communicating about what they were doing through a wall dividing their kitchen space. 

John Torode and fellow judge Gregg Wallace were impressed with Latif’s efforts, telling him: ‘Your custard is fantastic, it’s sweet and creamy and packed with vanilla.’ 

Later Amar joked: ‘I hope I don’t spill this!’ as he prepared to serve his mum’s recipe curry to 100 engineers at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire. 

On social media, Latif’s positive approach to life garnered huge praise from viewers.   

@Mhysa23 wrote: ‘What an inspiration Amar is! There is no excuse for people not getting out there and learning to cook, he puts a lot of us to shame! What a guy and a great sense of humour.’ 

@ChrissyBags added: ‘I’m in so much awe of Amar on #celebritymasterchef what an inspiration.’  

@x__em wrote: ‘Amar Latif cooking on #CelebrityMasterchef is an absolute stellar performance. I am absolutely flawed by his talent and ability, what an inspiration.’ 

@Chrisy_Saunders penned: ‘Amar is the one facing the most challenges but is the most cheerful, enjoying it and seems to smash every task.’  

In a recent interview with the Mail on Sunday, the 45-year-old explained how he has refused to let his blindness stop him doing any number of terrifying things.

He has skied down black runs in the Alps, single-handedly sailed a yacht across the Ionian Sea and dodged crocodiles, snakes and sharks on a hair-raising journey across Nicaragua.

He’s also set up his own successful international travel company. ‘My motto is basically to say yes to everything,’ he told the newspaper. 

‘I didn’t want to do a challenge where the goalposts were different, because what would be the point in that?

‘As a blind person, I find a lot of people constantly tell you that you can’t do things — I hope that this shows that, with a bit of single-mindedness and some creativity, anything is possible.’

Celebrity MasterChef continues tonight, 8pm on BBC One and is available to catch up on BBC iPlayer