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Ross Burden, who rose to fame after appearing on MasterChef, has died aged 45.

The celebrity chef, who was born in New Zealand and became a UK household name after reaching the final of the BBC cooking series in 1993, passed away at Auckland City Hospital on 17 July after suffering from cancer.

His sister, Kirsten Hughes, said Burden was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia last July, but died unexpectedly after contracting an infection during a bone marrow transplant.

The self-trained chef appeared on the programme Ready Steady Cook alongside Ainsley Harriott, with whom he produced several best-selling cookery books.