Vito Coppola was full of energy as he made his debut on This Morning’s cooking segment, following his MasterChef win. 

The dancing professional 31, is currently competing on Strictly Come Dancing with his  celebrity partner Sarah Hadland, 53.

But he took a break from the dance floor and entered the ITV kitchen on Wednesday to prepare an Italian dish for hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley.

Vito explained that pasta ala norma is a family favourite dish and is served every Sunday by his mother in the Coppola household.

Before getting started, a very energetic Vito said: ‘This is the first time for me cooking live, I will go with the flow.’

Vito Coppola was full of energy as he made his debut on This Morning’s cooking segment, following his MasterChef win

He took a break from the dance floor and entered the ITV kitchen on Wednesday to prepare an Italian dish for hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley

Fans loved how excitable and bubbly Vito was on the show, with one penning on social media platform X: ‘I’m only here for Vito’;
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‘Please make Vito a regular. He brings such joy and innocent passion’;

‘I could listen to Vito talk all day’; ‘I really like Vito but my he can talk!’

Later in the show, Vito sat down for an interview alongside his Strictly partner Sarah.

The pair were once again full of energy, prompting Ben to say: ‘Listening to you is exhausting’

Sarah replied: ‘I don’t know, we immediately connected, we are both like puppies.’

Vito added: ‘She’s more energetic than me, multiply by 10.

Last month, Vito was crowned the new winner for the 2024 series of MasterChef.

The dancing professional, 31, fought off stiff competition from presenter Craig Doyle, 53, and actress Rochenda Sandall, 35, to emerge victorious in the nail-biting final.

Vito impressed judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace with his Italian-inspired menu, with his special dessert being just like the one his beloved mother and Nonna used to make.

Fans were overwhelmed with emotion by the result as they believed the performer is good enough to become a professional chef.

The dancing professional 31, is currently competing on Strictly Come Dancing with his celebrity partner Sarah Hadland, 53

Fans loved how excitable and bubbly Vito was on the show, with one penning on social media platform X: ‘I’m only here for Vito’

Flocking to X, formerly known as Twitter , one viewer penned: ‘Not me crying when Vito won Celebrity Masterchef’

‘Oh my goodness @Vito__Coppola well deserved. @JohnTorode1 got me tearing up again #MasterChefCelebrity’

‘So, so, happy for #Vito. An amazing chef, dancer and just a beautiful, beautiful person. Deserves this win so much. Congratulations’

‘This bloke (Vito Coppola) is a brilliant professional dancer and could be a professional chef. More importantly, he seems to be a lovely bloke as well.’

‘Such a worthy winner. Well done Vito #MasterChefCelebrity’

‘Huge congratulations to #vitocoppola on viewing MasterChef Celebrity, we loved you all the way through’

Speaking after his win, the astounded Italian dancer exclaimed: ‘I cannot believe it! Look [the trophy] it’s so beautiful.

Later in the show, Vito sat down for an interview alongside his Strictly partner Sarah

Speaking on their relationship, Sarah said: ‘I don’t know, we immediately connected, we are both like puppies.’

‘People think that food is just food, but no, I keep saying food is life. It’s the first love of my life, food, and I cannot just wait to share all of this with my family.’

Immediately after his win, Vito called his delighted Nonno (grandfather) to tell him the amazing news, saying in Italian: ‘Nonno, I won! I won with your ingredients. I came first! I love you.’

Fans of the show were left feeling emotional at Vito’s ‘well deserved win’ as they shared their thoughts on X.

Viewers wrote: ‘*adds ‘Vito won MasterChef’ to my cry list*’; ‘Not me crying when Vito won Celebrity MasterChef’; ‘Get in Vito! Well deserved!’; ‘Can’t believe I’m sat in bed crying at MasterChef’;

‘To the nicest most humble dancing man who can cook beautiful food Congratulations on winning MasterChef’; ‘Vito best win MasterChef he deserves the world.’

John said of Vito: ‘Vito came into this competition with a purpose he wanted to show us his life on a plate. What he’s grown up with, the food he loves and why he loves it, and what he’s done is made us love it too. That’s what good food is all about.’

While Gregg added: ‘He’s in love with creativity. He is something quite special.’

Celebrity MasterChef viewers were left in tears as Strictly Come Dancing’s Vito Coppola was crowned the new winner for the 2024 series

The dancing professional fought off stiff competition from presenter Craig Doyle, 53, and actress Rochenda Sandall, 35, to emerge victorious in the nail-biting final

Vito impressed judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace with his Italian-inspired menu, with his special dessert being just like the one his beloved mother and Nonna used to make

Vito and his fellow finalists had a tough but exhilarating final week in which to showcase their exemplary culinary skills for the judges.

Firstly, they were tasked with taking charge of the lunch service on the luxurious British Pullman train.

Before then whipping up a dish which is inspired by someone special in their lives.

The most daunting and hardest challenge was their penultimate task – The Chef’s Table.

The trio had to up their game and produce an exquisite dish for a table of six gastronomic trailblazers including a double Michelin-starred chef.

The final culinary task saw Vito, Craig and Rochenda asked to whip up their Ultimate Dinner Party Menu, with the two courses needing to be the best food they’d ever produced.

In a bid to impress, Vito opted to serve a main of Scialatielli Allo Scoglio – an Italian seafood pasta dish packed with clams, mussels and prawns.

Vito and his fellow finalists had a tough but exhilarating final week in which to showcase their exemplary culinary skills for the judges

The trio had to up their game and produce an exquisite dish for a table of six gastronomic trailblazers including a double Michelin-starred chef

While his dessert was named Babà Di Vito, a small cake soaked in rum and served with zabaione, a marsala wine cream and cherries in syrup.

Discussing his menu, Vito shared: ‘One day, my family and I went to Positano and we had this Scialatielli Allo Scoglio, just eating in front of the sea. It was one of the best days ever, so I want to bring that day to MasterChef.

‘The dessert is Babà, which is like my mum and my Nonna used to make for me on Sunday.’

And Vito’s heart and passion certainly paid off as he follows in the footsteps of the likes of Wynne Evans, Lisa Snowdon, Greg Rutherford and Lisa Faulkner to join the ranks of great Celebrity MasterChef past winners .