Hell's Kitchen – the reality TV show that's meant to let the public pick which celebrity is better at cooking even though we never get to eat the food they cook or hear any constructive feedback about their skills – continues.

If you haven't been watching Hell's Kitchen recently – and from what we hear there's a few of you – you should be congratulated. 10 hasbeen celebrities cooking food for other hasbeen celebrities in a kitchen with a head chef who appears to have watched The Godfather too many times isn't traditionally brilliant entertainment, especially since there's only so much enjoyment you can get from watching an Emmerdale actress blowtorch a pig trotter day after day. But at least Jim Davidson is no longer a part of Hell's Kitchen any more, after calling Brian Dowling a 'shirt-lifter' and then getting confused because everyone got upset. It's a shame, because having Jim Davidson on Hell's Kitchen was really helping ITV meet its annual racist wife-beating homophobe quota, too.

Yesterday we looked at the Hell's Kitchen betting odds for the girls, and today it's time for the boys – Barry McGuigan, Paul Young and Brian Dowling – with help from Paddy Power…

Barry McGuigan – Since this series of Hell's Kitchen is stuffed with enough 1980s chefs, 1980s singers, 1980s actresses, 1980s TV presenters and 1980s comedians to legitimately be used as the answer to every single 1980s-themed pub quiz question ever written, it's only right that Hell's Kitchen should also include a 1980s boxer. The 1980s boxer, discounting Bruno and Tyson. And Barry McGuigan is actually doing a pretty decent job of coming out of Hell's Kitchen as the show's one genuinely likable character. Marco Pierre White has never shied away from a boxing analogy in his time, but Barry McGuigan is a living, breathing one. He carries himself with the dedication of an athlete, the confidence of a man who knows he could punch holes in your face and the serenity of someone with first-hand experience of the damage that violence can do. On force of personality alone, Barry McGuigan should win Hell's Kitchen hands-down – but we're not sure he's actually all that great at cooking, which buggers things up somewhat. Current Hell's Kitchen betting odds – 7/4

Paul Young – Paul Young sure does love to cook. That's just as well because, christ, there's a possibility that Paul Young is the dullest man on the face of the earth. Paul Young is so dull that we've just read a biography about him where the most interesting fact involves a suit he once wore being slightly impractical for performing live in. But, anyway, at least Paul Young has got his cooking to concentrate on rather than the various pros and cons of concertwear. Having almost won Celebrity Masterchef recently, Paul Young has taken to Hell's Kitchen with surprising ease, carrying out tasks quietly and efficiently without ever even causing a ripple. Now, that'd be good if Hell's Kitchen was a documentary about the innards of a real-life restaurant kitchen, but since Hell's Kitchen is meant to be a fiery reality TV show we'd suggest that Paul Young should try and get noticed a bit more if he wants to win – possibly by shitting in a sandwich and force-feeding it to Jim Davidson. Current Hell's Kitchen betting odds – 16/1

Brian Dowling – Now, letting former Big Brother contestants onto celebrity reality TV shows is never usually a good idea – as Jade Goody showed on Celebrity Big Brother, they only become so swollen with self-importance that they start racially abusing everyone in a three-mile radius. But Brian Dowling is different; as winner of Big Brother six years ago, Brian Dowling imprinted himself onto the national consciousness as an endearing character apparently more puppydog than man. And now Brian Dowling is on Hell's Kitchen – a show that seems to have been deliberately engineered to make Brian Dowling scared enough to wet himself. Or at least that's what would have happened on previous seasons of Hell's Kitchen, like the one with Gordon Ramsay being angry or the one with Gary Rhodes pretending to be angry – but Marco Pierre White's unusual tactic of concentrating on feeding people instead of screaming at his workers like an arsehole has had the opposite effect. Brian's now growing in confidence and looking as if he might actually win Hell's Kitchen. What does that mean? Buggered if we know. Current Hell's Kitchen betting odds – 5/2

Tomorrow – More Hell's Kitchen betting odds! We expect! But if that's too long to wait – or you feel like making more money than you know what to do with – head right over to the Paddy Power Hell's Kitchen betting odds page to see the latest, and best, betting odds.