BBC sitcom legend, Gladiators hunk and Team GB favourite sign up for huge ITV reality show

A TRIO of stars have been snapped up to appear in one of ITV’s most popular reality shows. Hit programme Cooking With The Stars is returning for a sixth series this summer with newly-appointed Strictly Come Dancing host Emma Willis returning to present the show alongside comedian, Tom Allen. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank you! Gladiators hunk Nitro has landed a spot on Cooking With The Stars Credit: PA Sitcom legend Caroline Quentin has also bagged a place on the next series Credit: Getty A number of stars have now begun to sign up for the hit show with three more celebrities able to be unveiled together. The Sun can confirm that sitcom actress Caroline Quentin, Gladiators hunk and star of last year’s Strictly Nitro aka Harry Aikines-Ayreety as well as Team GB Olympian Laura Kenny have all signed up to the programme. A source told The Sun: “This year’s line-up is seriously shaping up to be one of the strongest in recent years. “Bosses were delighted to get Laura on board as one of the country’s most celebrated Olympians and she’s also not one of the usual reality TV fodder which makes her appearance even more exciting. Laura Kenny will also be on the programme Credit: Getty Strictly host Emma Willis is teaming up with Tom Allen once again for the showCredit: Refer to source “Getting Nitro and Caroline is also a massive coup – he will bring some eye candy to the kitchen and Caroline will of course have everyone in stitches!” The stars on this year’s line-up are starting to come in thick and face with The Sun previously revealing how two stars of this year’s All Stars I’m A Celebrity had also signed on to the show. Scarlett Moffatt from Gogglebox as well as comedian Seann Walsh will be hoping to cook up a storm on the programme. Reality TV veteran Joey Essex is also among the cast this summer. Most read in TV Yesterday, The Sun also revealed how axed Strictly pro Karen Hauer has bagged a spot on the line-up after being given the boot by BBC bosses on the dancing show. She will also be joined by former Love Island star turned BBC Three personality, Zara McDermott. A source told The Sun: “ITV are thrilled to have snapped up Karen. “She’s hot property now she’s been let go by the BBC, and a lot of people thought Strictly were mad to lose her, so ITV struck while the iron was hot. “The feeling is, the Beeb’s loss is their gain. She is extremely popular with viewers after so many years on the dancefloor, and all the fans will follow her in their droves to this new gig. “Zara is also a perfect signing too. She has a huge built-in fanbase from Love Island, which she only grew further with her stint on Strictly and also all her successful BBC Three documentaries. “She also dates Louis Tomlinson, so he’ll be encouraging all his devoted fans to support her on the show,” the insider added. Comment now