The BBC have banned Gregg Wallace from working for the broadcaster in a strongly worded letter as executives said that they haven’t any confidence he can change…

The BBC have banned Gregg Wallace from future collaborations with them, delivering the information in a strongly worded letter. Earlier this week Wallace issued an announcement declaring he “is not going to go quietly” as he waits for a report by Banijay inspecting his behaviour on Masterchef.

In his assertion, Wallace claimed the Banijay investigation – which is but to be made public – had cleared him of essentially the most severe allegations. Nonetheless, it was confirmed that he had been dismissed from his Masterchef position by the manufacturing firm.

In accordance with the Mirror, Claire Powell, head of compliance for BBC Tv, wrote a prolonged letter to the previous MasterChef host. In it, she said that the BBC had “no confidence” Wallace might change.

No confidence

Within the letter, Powell mentioned that Wallace “struggled to differentiate the boundaries between applicable and inappropriate behaviour within the office” and mentioned they haven’t any confidence that he might change.

“I would not have the boldness that you would be able to change what appears to be discovered behaviour so that you can make what you understand to be jokes within the work setting, with out understanding the boundaries of what’s applicable,” she said.

“You acknowledge a few of your feedback have offended or upset folks. However it’s clear that you just wrestle to differentiate the boundaries between applicable and inappropriate behaviour within the office, in addition to missing an consciousness of why your behaviour impacts others. I would not have confidence that your behaviour can change.”

Earlier warning

The letter additionally disclosed that Wallace had beforehand obtained a warning from the BBC following a grievance made in 2018. On the time, he was supplied counselling and instructed throughout a gathering to change his behaviour.

He underwent teaching the next yr, throughout which extra complaints about his conduct on MasterChef had been raised. Wallace was additionally given a dressing down by Kate Phillips, who was then the Controller of Leisure and is now the BBC’s Chief Content material Officer.

Teaching supplied

Of their letter, the BBC confirmed that Wallace obtained some teaching. Though the specifics weren’t disclosed, the teaching occurred in 2019 – one yr after the BBC had obtained a grievance.

Obligation of care

Within the letter, Powell emphasised the obligation of care owed to different members on the present and said that Wallace’s behaviour had not modified sufficient to make sure a “sufficiently secure and respectful setting”.

“I’ve additional taken under consideration the 2025 findings as they relate to your well being and up to date autism analysis (as you’ve publicly said). I’ve famous that you don’t think about sure environments to now be ‘secure’ for you,” she said.

“Along with the obligation of care in the direction of you, the BBC equally to keep in mind the protection and obligation of care owed in the direction of contributors, members of the general public and colleagues on manufacturing groups that you could be interact with and the suitable use of licence charge payers’ cash in establishing a secure working setting for all.”

Future issues

Within the detailed letter, Powell defined that the BBC might not collaborate with Wallace on the exhibits he at the moment appeared in.

Apart from MasterChef and its spin-offs, such because the celeb version, he additionally hosted different BBC packages together with Eat Effectively for Much less? and Contained in the Manufacturing facility. Powell expressed the broadcaster’s concern that these had been “not closely scripted programmes”.

She added: “Such productions aren’t closely scripted programmes and contain sound and constant ranges of judgment in relation to interactions with others which can’t continually be monitored or supervised.”

Ultimate blow

On the finish of the prolonged letter, the BBC confirmed that Wallace wouldn’t be working with the printed ever once more.

“Given my conclusion, I don’t consider that the BBC ought to make plans to work with you sooner or later on any of its productions, whether or not immediately or not directly,” she mentioned.

“I’ve additionally taken under consideration whether or not your behaviour might be improved with coaching and/or teaching. Nonetheless, having reviewed the 2025 findings, I would not have the boldness that you would be able to change what appears to be discovered behaviour so that you can make what you understand to be jokes within the working setting, with out understanding the boundaries of what’s applicable.”

Powell concluded: “I would not have confidence that your behaviour can change to make sure there’s a sufficiently secure and respectful setting for others working with you within the kinds of programmes the BBC has engaged you to current.”

BBC and Wallace’s statements

The BBC additionally mentioned it could not remark past the assertion issued on Tuesday, which said: “Banijay UK instructed the legislation agency Lewis Silkin to run an investigation into allegations in opposition to Gregg Wallace. We aren’t going to remark till the investigation is full and the findings are printed.”

In his personal assertion launched previous to the letter changing into public, Gregg wrote: “I used to be employed by the BBC and MasterChef because the cheeky greengrocer. An actual individual with heat, character, tough edges and all. For over 20 years, that authenticity was a part of the model.”

“Now, in a sanitised world, that very same character is seen as an issue. My neurodiversity, now formally recognized as autism, was suspected and mentioned by colleagues throughout numerous seasons of Grasp Chef. But nothing was finished to analyze my incapacity or shield me from what I now realise was a harmful setting for over twenty years. That failure is now being quietly buried,” he continued.

“Sadly, the complete report (over 200 pages) won’t ever be seen. Later this week, the BBC will publish a brief Government Abstract. What actually issues me concerning the quick abstract is others who’ve been discovered responsible of great allegations have been erased from the printed model of occasions.”

“I, and I am certain the general public, wish to know why? I can’t go quietly. I can’t be cancelled for comfort. I used to be tried by media and frolicked to dry nicely earlier than the details had been established. The complete story of this unimaginable injustice should be advised and it is rather a lot a matter of public curiosity,” the assertion concluded.