A sequence of MasterChef filmed final 12 months, earlier than allegations towards presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode have been upheld, will probably be broadcast.
Each Wallace and Torode will nonetheless characteristic within the upcoming sequence, however it’s understood that the edit will concentrate on the contestants.
The novice sequence of MasterChef will probably be aired on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 6 August, however no choice has been made but on airing the celeb sequence and Christmas particular, with plans to be confirmed later this 12 months, the BBC mentioned.
A spokesperson for the broadcaster mentioned airing the sequence “has not been an easy decision in the circumstances and we appreciate not everyone will agree with it”.
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John Torode and Gregg Wallace proven on a 2023 festive episode of Masterchef. Pic: PA
The broadcaster mentioned displaying the sequence “in no way diminishes our view of the seriousness of the upheld findings against both presenters”, including that it has been “very clear on the standard of behaviour” anticipated of staff.
However the BBC believes that airing the sequence “is the right thing to do for these cooks”.
“We want them to be properly recognised and give the audience the choice to watch the series,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The broadcaster’s assertion comes every week after it introduced that Torode’s contract on MasterChef wouldn’t be renewed after an allegation he used an “extremely offensive racist term” was upheld.
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John Torode after being appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2022. Pic: PA
The 59-year-old presenter confirmed he was the topic of an allegation about utilizing racist language that was upheld as a part of a evaluation carried out by legislation agency Lewis Silkin into the alleged behaviour of his MasterChef co-presenter Wallace.
Torode insisted he had “absolutely no recollection” of the alleged incident involving him, and he “did not believe that it happened,” including “racial language is wholly unacceptable in any environment”.
The report, commissioned by MasterChef’s manufacturing firm Banijay UK, discovered 45 out of 83 allegations towards Wallace, 60, have been substantiated.
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Gregg Wallace: 45 allegations upheld
Wallace mentioned he is “deeply sorry” for inflicting any misery, and he by no means got down to “harm or humiliate”.
Whereas nearly all of the substantiated claims associated to inappropriate sexual language and humour, one associated to “unwanted physical contact”, and three have been about being “in a state of undress”.
Two weeks in the past, it emerged Wallace had been sacked as a MasterChef presenter, with stories of greater than 50 contemporary allegations towards him.
In a press release, Wallace mentioned “some of (his) humour and language missed the mark”, however he mentioned, after practically 20 years on MasterChef, “I now see that certain patterns, shaped by traits I’ve only recently begun to understand, may have been misread”.
