The actress – who played Sinead Tinker in the ITV soap – 31, who started getting into food after leaving the famous cobbles, will appear alongside Blue singer Antony Costa, Love Island beauty Uma Jammeh and RuPaul’s Drag Race star Ginger Johnson when the hit BBC One show returns later this year.

The actress, who also appeared on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, jumped at the chance to show off her culinary skills when approached to take part earlier this year.

A TV source said: “The celebrity version of Masterchef has already been filmed and there’s a great mix of people this year including Katie.

“She brings a bit of glamour as well as that northern sense of humour.

“Viewers are going to be really impressed with the standard this year.”

Katie, who is dating former TOWIE star Ricky Rayment, looked sensational as she walked the red carpet at the Television BAFTAs last weekend.

After leaving Corrie back in 2019, Katie admitted that she struggled with comfort eating following her character Sinead Tinker’s harrowing death.

The following year she won the NTA for Serial Drama Performance and embarked on a health and fitness programme and started cooking meals from scratch.

The source added: “Katie is all about making healthy, balanced meals and wanted to see how far she could push her cooking skills on a show like Masterchef.”

Food critic Grace Dent joined John Torode to host the show after taking over from Greg Wallace.

The show is expected to air in the coming months.

Celebrity MasterChef has been contacted for comment.