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Gregg Wallace Sacked
Gregg Wallace
Gregg Wallace has been sacked as MasterChef presenter as a result of an inquiry into alleged misconduct.
It comes as 50 more people have approached the BBC with fresh claims about the TV presenter - including allegations he groped one MasterChef worker and pulled his trousers down in front of another. Wallace denies the claims.
The inquiry into allegations against him, conducted by an independent law firm on behalf of MasterChef's production company Banijay, is expected back imminently.
In a lengthy statement on Instagram on Tuesday, Wallace claimed he had been cleared by that report of "the most serious and sensational allegations" made against him.
"I recognise that some of my humour and language, at times, was inappropriate. For that, I apologise without reservation. But I was never the caricature now being sold for clicks," he wrote.
He accused BBC News of "uncorroborated tittle tattle" in its reporting.
For 20 years, Gregg Wallace has been one of the most high-profile presenters on British television and the face of BBC One cooking show MasterChef.
But he stepped aside from the show in November after an initial investigation at the end of last year, when 13 people accused him of making inappropriate sexual comments.
The new claims come from people who say they encountered him across a range of shows and settings.
While the majority say he made inappropriate sexual comments, 11 women accuse him of inappropriate sexual behaviour, such as groping and touching.
The allegations raise fresh questions for the BBC and the other companies he worked for about their safeguarding practices and duty of care.
Source BBC News
8 July 2025
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