North East call operator makes television debut

Meet Anthony O’Shaughnessy, who is set to make his cooking debut on BBC One’s MasterChef tonight (Thursday, 8 March). The 26-year-old from Gateshead, who is unable to divulge how far he goes in the cookery competition, says his job as a call operator within North East Ambulance Service’s Emergency Operations Centre in Hebburn, where he has worked for the last three years, helped him keep a level head during the stress of the challenges. “They told me during filming that I seemed really calm but ...