Adam Pearson

MasterChef contestant Adam Pearson, who starred opposite Scarlett Johansson in Under The Skin, is an award winning disability rights campaigner, actor, ...

It’s about the life you have, not the one you don’t. It’s very much a part of me. Adam has an incurable genetic condition called neurofibromatosis (NF1), which causes benign tumours to grow along the nerves. The star, 37, has worked hard to raise awareness of facial disfigurements. It was continuous name-calling – the classic Elephant Man, freak...” Celebrity MasterChef is back for a new series - and we couldn't be more excited.

Celebrity MasterChef's latest series enters its final round of heats tonight, featuring one of Croydon's most recognisable figures: actor, presenter and ...

Pearson worked as a researcher for the BBC and Channel 4 before becoming a strand presenter on the first series of Channel 4’s Beauty & The Beast: The Ugly Face Of Prejudice. Pearson is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, Changing Faces and Us In A Bus. “It’s an intense competition and truly based in skill… It’s exactly how it is on the TV – apron on, clock starts and you either fly or die under the weight of your own culinary brilliance. The programme’s two presenter-judges, Torode and Wallace, come with a well-deserved reputation for being tough to please. We wondered whether he had been doing a spot of moonlighting to get in some practice ahead of his appearance on one of weekday telly’s most-watched programmes.

Adam Pearson has apologised for his cooking performance after he was booted off Celebrity MasterChef first in his round of heats.

Celebrity MasterChef contestant Adam Pearson issued an “apology” to viewers after he took part in the show. Pearson, a presenter and disability advocate, ...

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Adam Pearson: does Celebrity MasterChef contestant have a wife, what is neurofibromatosis - who is his twin? The actor, presenter and disability activist was ...

She added: “I don’t think it’s easy to be either of them. “So now I’m on a mission to be more visible. The film is expected to be released in mid-2023. Growing up there were no positive role models of people with disfigurements in the media. The tumours themselves are non-cancerous, but can cause a number of symptoms depending on their severity. It was NF-1. I’d love to, but a court order says I mustn’t.” Then, overnight, his memory went. It’s about seeing the world through alien eyes, I guess.” NF-1 is the most common form of neurofibromatosis, and was what Pearson was diagnosed with when he was five years old, after a bump to the head refused to heal. [Pam & Tommy](https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/pam-tommy-cast-who-stars-in-disney-series-with-lily-james-and-sebastian-stan-3553363), [The Falcon and The Winter Soldier](https://www.nationalworld.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-what-time-does-episode-6-come-out-on-disney-and-how-many-episodes-are-there-3211850)) and Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World, The Affected). [Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/13/scarlett-johansson-screen-stigma-disfigurement) in 2014, Pearson said: “One of the main reasons for taking the role was because it was so moving and honest.