Nancy Dell’Olio to star in Celebrity MasterChef?

Nancy Dell’Olio has signed up for ‘Celebrity MasterChef’.

The former ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ contestant - and ex-girlfriend of former England football manager Sven Goran-Eriksson - is said to have joined the line-up for the star-studded BBC cooking competition, according to the Daily Star newspaper's Hot TV column.

That is despite the 60-year-old lawyer once admitting she "doesn't enjoy cooking much".

She previously said: "I'm not a great cook. I don't enjoy cooking too much.

“Every time I go on a date men assume I can cook, being Italian. I love food, but it doesn’t mean I enjoy cooking.”

Nancy has also previously claimed that culinary pursuits are “a very good way to entertain” a potential lover, but insisted people can’t rely on it totally.

She said: “Food is a very good way to entertain a man but you cannot use only this.”

Other rumoured contestants who look set to cook for hosts John Torode and Gregg Wallace include Chuckle Brother Paul Chuckle, ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ pro Katya Jones, TV presenter Lisa Snowdon, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ contestant Kitty Scott-Claus, McFly’s Danny Jones, former 'Coronation Street' star Ryan Thomas, and ex-footballer Jimmy Bullard.

A 'MasterChef' spokeswoman told the publication: “We do not comment on speculation over the ‘Celebrity MasterChef' line-up.”

Last year, Nancy she made a dig at the wives and girlfriends of the England team at the 2006 World Cup for “distracting the players”.

She said: "The press were not talking about the wives and girlfriends of any other of the teams. I suggested they have to be more careful but they just did whatever they wanted.

"I tried to warn some of them about their behaviour because they were distracting the players. The wives and girlfriends at Baden-Baden went too far and I think the federation changed some rules so it wouldn't happen again.”