
New MasterChef series starring sacked hosts to be aired
The amateurs series was filmed last year featuring sacked hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode.
John Douglas Torode is an Australian-British celebrity chef and TV presenter. He moved to the UK in the 1990s and began working at Conran Group's restaurants. After first appearing on television on ITV's This Morning, he started presenting a revamped MasterChef on BBC One in 2005 until 2025. He is a restaurateur; former owner of the Luxe and a second restaurant, Smiths of Smithfield. He has also written a number of cookbooks, including Sydney to Seoul, My Kind of Food and John and Lisa's Kitchen with his wife Lisa Faulkner. Torode was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to food and charity.
The amateurs series was filmed last year featuring sacked hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode.
There were nine complaints against Torode, BBC learns - and show’s producers had hoped to ride out the storm.