John Torode has reportedly been requested to step down from his position because the knowledgeable decide on BBC’s hit cooking collection, MasterChef, following allegations that he used racist language.

This comes after an eight-month investigation into his co-host, Gregg Wallace, which upheld 45 out of 83 complaints of unhealthy behaviour and ultimately resulted in his axing from the broadcaster. Simply days after the decision was introduced, the doc additionally upheld a grievance that an unnamed individual used a racial phrase as soon as a number of years in the past. Forward of being formally recognized, Torode took to Instagram and issued a press release, writing: “For the sake of transparency, I can verify that I’m the person who’s alleged to have used racial language on one event.” Though the TV chef insisted that he has “completely no recollection” of the incident, stories recommend he might be changed on MasterChef by one other famed TV chef.

Whereas meals critic Grace Dent, who has beforehand fronted the celeb spin-off, is a favorite to interchange Wallace, Saturday Kitchen’s Matt Tebbutt is a brand new favorite to fill Torode’s sneakers.

It is believed he has already landed the job fronting MasterChef: The Professionals.

In response to an insider by way of The Solar: “Each Grace and Matt are nicely considered on the Beeb, and the one factor they need within the wake of the present’s latest disaster is familiarity and security.

“They’re additionally acutely aware that having a female and male pairing is a welcome break from it being fronted by two blokes.”

Torode, who has hosted the present with Wallace since 2005, was stated to be shocked after being knowledgeable concerning the allegation, because it didn’t obtain a grievance on the time, however had been raised with investigators who probed into Wallace’s misconduct.

In his prolonged assertion, the Australian native added: “The allegation is that I did so someday in 2018 or 2019, in a social setting, and that the individual I used to be talking with didn’t consider that it supposed in a malicious method and that I apologised instantly afterwards.

“I’ve completely no recollection of any of this, and I don’t consider that it occurred. Nonetheless, I need to be clear that I’ve at all times had the view that any racial language is wholly unacceptable in any atmosphere. I’m shocked and saddened by the allegation as I’d by no means want to trigger anybody any offence.”

Torode continued: “Nonetheless, I need to be clear that I’ve at all times had the view that any racial language is wholly unacceptable in any atmosphere.

“I’m shocked and saddened by the allegation as I’d by no means want to trigger anybody any offence.”