MasterChef fans question if ‘Gregg Wallace has been edited out’ of BBC episode

MasterChef viewers have been left questioning if Gregg Wallace has been edited out of a current BBC episode, amid an investigation into his behaviour.

The presenter, 60, has stepped again from the programme following a number of allegations made in opposition to him, together with from the likes of Ulrika Jonsson and Kirsty Wark.

Wallace has been accused of constructing ‘inappropriate sexual jokes’ and lewd feedback on set, asking for the cellphone numbers of feminine members of manufacturing employees, and undressing in entrance of and standing ‘too shut’ to ladies engaged on his exhibits.

Additional allegations declare he groped three individuals in numerous incidents, that he ‘mimicked intercourse acts’ and walked across the studio virtually ‘utterly bare’, with greater than 13 individuals throughout a variety of exhibits over a 17-year-period making complaints, and that he sexually harassed his ghost-writer with ‘thigh rubs’.

Wallace and his legal professionals have fiercely denied the allegations, saying ‘it’s fully false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature’.

In mild of the investigation, the BBC shelved the MasterChef Christmas specials which have been as a result of air this 12 months, nonetheless, pre-recorded episodes of MasterChef: The Professionals have been airing on weeknights at 8pm.

Wallace seems as a choose in them alongside Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing, nonetheless, followers at the moment are claiming he seems to be that includes much less in them.

Within the episode that aired on Monday night time, which was the start of finals weeks, Wallace didn’t seem within the opening, regardless of Monica and Marcus each remarking on what they have been on the lookout for from the ultimate 4.

He additionally featured little in the principle a part of the programme in the course of the banquet, when the finalists have been serving dishes to celeb cooks together with the likes of Tom Kerridge.

When it got here to the judgement, Wallace stood beside Monica and Marcus within the kitchen, telling the contestants: ‘Nice to see you again right here, I can’t wait to see what you’ve received in retailer for us now, you’re a plate away from the ultimate three.’

Viewers assume Wallace has been edited out of episodes, with @tynemouth writing on X: ‘Nice enhancing for the banquet. Wallace utterly sidelined. Nicely executed.’

@Tilsit added: ‘They appear to have executed an affordable job of airbrushing Gregg Wallace out of the Chef’s Desk little bit of Masterchef TP. Sadly, he’s again now however it’s the appropriate determination to not cancel this present because it’s a showcase for the cooks.’

@gorbalsgoebbels shared: ‘Watching Masterchef The Professionals and Gregg Wallace has been edited out of the present to this point.

‘They undoubtedly decreased his presence final week however extra time and loads of additional footage they’ll use.

‘Will he nonetheless seem on the finish although for the firing?’

‘They actually have erased Greg Wallace from #Masterchef in tonight’s episode The meals sounds scrumptious tonight,’ @ElaineAdu_Poku mentioned.

‘Wallace watch on Masterchef professionals. No signal but. Been edited out to this point,’ @KPBlackTaxi added.

Nonetheless, Metro understands that no recorded episodes have been edited.

This comes after it was introduced the MasterChef festive specials wouldn’t air this 12 months.

Addressing the cancelled episodes, a BBC spokesperson mentioned: ‘As we have now mentioned, MasterChef is a tremendous competitors which is life-changing for the cooks participating and the present collection of MasterChef: The Professionals is continuous as deliberate.

‘The celeb Christmas specials are clearly a special sort of present and within the present circumstances we have now determined to not broadcast them.’

The Movie star MasterChef Christmas Cook dinner Off would have seen celebrities compete for the Golden Whisk Trophy, with the programme hosted by Wallace and John Torode.

The forged included comic Shazia Mirza, Love Island star Luca Bish, The Wished singer Max George and Emmerdale star Amy Walsh.

The second festive episode was themed round Strictly Come Dancing, with skilled dancers Amy Dowden, Kai Widdrington, Nancy Xu and Gorka Márquez due to participate, with Strictly choose Motsi Mabuse billed as a visitor star.

It’s unclear if the BBC will broadcast the subsequent season of the principle collection, which just lately completed filming and was as a result of air in Spring 2025.

Following the primary of the accusations in opposition to him, Wallace shared an announcement on social media saying the allegations got here from ‘middle-class ladies of a sure age’.

After immense backlash, together with from the Prime Minister, who blasted the feedback as ‘misogynistic’, Wallace apologised, and mentioned: ‘I wish to apologise for any offence that I brought about with my publish yesterday and any upset I could have brought about to lots of people. I wasn’t in a superb head area once I posted it.

‘I’ve been underneath an enormous quantity of stress, quite a lot of emotion, I felt very alone, underneath siege once I posted it.

‘It’s apparent to me I must take a while out now whereas this investigation is underway.

‘I hope you perceive and I do hope that you’ll settle for this apology.’

His co-star John Torode has in the meantime shared his personal assertion, saying he wouldn’t remark additional on the allegations whereas the investigation continues.

He wrote on Instagram: ‘Since final Friday I’ve been away filming MasterChef abroad. I like my job, and I like MasterChef. I like being a part of it and can proceed to be a part of it.

‘Throughout the previous few days, I’ve been making an attempt to make the most effective cookery programme, so being busy making the present and caring for our contestants has allowed me little time to consider the rest, however that has been laborious.

‘The considered anybody who has appeared on our present not having an excellent expertise is terrible to listen to, and I’ve discovered the current press experiences really upsetting.’

He added: ‘However as I hope everybody appreciates there’s an investigation underway, which I absolutely assist, so I can not make any additional remark at this stage and I hope that you simply all perceive and respect my silence on the matter shifting ahead.’

Metro has approached reps for Banijay UK, the BBC and Gregg Wallace for remark.

MasterChef: The Professionals is offered to observe on BBC iPlayer.

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