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The Latest Breaking News from John Torode

I watched MasterChef so you don't have to — and yes, it's an absolute mess

John Torode and Gregg Wallace’s continued appearance adds a queasy feeling to the whole show

Evening Standard

Gregg Wallace to be replaced by Irish chef Anna Haugh in final episodes of MasterChef 2025 series

Allegations surfaced against Wallace towards the end of filming last autumn

The Independent UK

MasterChef fans ‘conflicted’ as new series with Gregg Wallace and John Torode airs on BBC

Both hosts have been sacked from the show following an inquiry into allegations against Wallace

The Independent UK

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Why is the BBC airing the new season of MasterChef?

Here’s everything we know about the MasterChef controversy:

Evening Standard

Lisa Nandy says she won’t watch latest MasterChef after presenter controversy

Culture secretary says she won’t watch last episodes with Gregg Wallace and John Torode, but that it’s ‘not for me’ to tell BBC what it can air

The Guardian - UK

New MasterChef series airs with sacked presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode featuring heavily

Critics claimed airing the new series is ‘distressing’ for those who spoke out against Wallace and Torode and ‘rewards bad behaviour’

Evening Standard

BBC quietly releases new MasterChef episodes early after misconduct furore

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The Independent UK

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MasterChef makes early return to BBC with fewer jokes from fired hosts

New episodes see chatter between hosts and chefs pared back

The Independent UK

First MasterChef episodes air after Gregg Wallace and John Torode sacked

The BBC confirmed last month the series, which was filmed last year, would broadcast in August.

Evening Standard

How to watch 'MasterChef UK' season 21 online — stream Gregg Wallace and John Torode's last appearances from anywhere

Here's how to watch "MasterChef UK" season 21 from anywhere. The BBC has cut ties with presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode but is airing the series as normal.

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Lisa Faulkner teases new filming project following John Torode's BBC axing

The actress and presenter seemed in good spirits as she enthused about working with the ‘loveliest team’

Evening Standard

The One Show host Alex Jones says men in TV need to ‘behave’

‘It’s inexcusable’ said the BBC presenter

The Independent UK

TV union and women’s group call for this year’s MasterChef to be shelved

Bectu and Fawcett Society say airing show will distress those who complained about Gregg Wallace and John Torode

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Evening Standard

Pressure mounts on BBC to axe next MasterChef series as John Torode and Gregg Wallace row regnites

The broadcaster is facing pressure from a constestant, the broadcast union, leading women’s charities, and women who filed complaints against the show’s presenters

The Independent UK

BBC offered to remove contestant from MasterChef episodes in response to her objections to scandal

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The Independent UK

MasterChef contestant Sarah Shafi offered ‘solution’ of being edited out of BBC programme after raising complaints

A recent MasterChef contestant has claimed the BBC offered her the “solution” of being edited out of the show after telling producers that she did not want the programme to be broadcast following allegations against presenters John Torode and Gregg Wallace.

The Independent UK

Erasing a woman from MasterChef over the mistakes of a man is a shocking move from the BBC

COMMENT: A female contestant has been cut from the new series of ‘MasterChef’, after she raised concerns about the BBC’s decision to air the show amid the Gregg Wallace scandal. This is a bleak reflection of our society, writes Ellie Harrison

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The Independent UK

MasterChef contestant edited out of new series after objecting to it being broadcast

Sarah Shafi questioned the message that was being sent to women by broadcasting the show, which will feature Gregg Wallace

The Guardian - UK

MasterChef contestant edited out after asking for new series not to be broadcast

Exclusive: Sarah Shafi said series featuring Gregg Wallace and John Torode sends wrong message about treatment of women

Evening Standard

Lisa Faulkner speaks out after John Torode is dropped from MasterChef amid racism allegations

Torode, 59, lost his job on the hit BBC cooking show after being accused of using an ‘extremely offensive racist term’ during a conversation on set in 2018

The Independent UK

Lisa Faulkner speaks out following John Torode’s MasterChef sacking

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The Independent UK

Lisa Faulkner thanks fans for support after husband John Torode’s MasterChef sacking

‘I just wanted to check in and say hello,’ the actor and chef said weeks after Torode was dropped from BBC show

Evening Standard

Gregg Wallace gives brutal reason for unfollowing John Torode and his wife after MasterChef firing

Wallace worked with Australian-born chef Torode for 30 years

The Independent UK

Gregg Wallace says he was ‘touched and groped on a regular basis’ on MasterChef

The presenter – dropped from the long-running BBC cookery show along with his co-presenter John Torode – said that it ‘wouldn’t even [have crossed] my mind’ to complain about the incidents

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