MasterChef judge, Monica Galetti, has announced she is taking a break from her role on The Professionals and will not appear in its next series on BBC One.
She said she made the decision "with a heavy heart". Monica has been part of the judging panel for some 14 years, first teaming up with Michel Roux Jr and Gregg Wallace and then with Marcus Wareing from 2014, Wales Online reports.
The MasterChef star said: "It is with a heavy heart that I’ve made this decision to step back from filming this year’s series. My family need me, my restaurant needs me and trying to balance long filming days over the next three months with all these commitments meant that something had to give.
