MasterChef host John Torode is the topic of racism allegations following an investigation into his former co-star Gregg Wallace, as he points a press release on-line.

Amanda Holden has publicly proven her help for John Torode after he was accused of utilizing a racist comment on the set of MasterChef. As of yesterday, the 59-year-old BBC presenter has been dragged into the investigation of former co-star Gregg Wallace.

Wallace was faraway from the hit cooking present after an extended probe into allegations of misconduct by varied individuals. In accordance with the BBC Information, 50 individuals made recent misconduct claims in opposition to the TV presenter and Wallace has denied all the allegations.

It has now emerged that two standalone allegations have been made in opposition to different individuals, one in every of which was the usage of racist language by John Torode, the Mirror studies.

Talking in regards to the claims, Torode acknowledged: “Following publication of the Government Abstract of the investigation into Gregg Wallace whereas engaged on MasterChef, I’m conscious of hypothesis that I’m one of many two different people in opposition to whom an allegation has been upheld.”

“For the sake of transparency, I affirm that I’m the person who’s alleged to have used racial language on one event. The allegation is that I did so someday in 2018 or 2019, in a social state of affairs, and that the individual I used to be talking with didn’t consider that it was meant in a malicious approach and that I apologised instantly afterwards,” he continued.

He added: “I’ve completely no recollection of any of this, and I don’t consider that it occurred. Nevertheless, I need to be clear that I’ve all the time had the view that any racial language is wholly unacceptable in any setting. I am shocked and saddened by the allegation as I might by no means want to trigger anybody any offence.”

Torode posted his assertion on his Instagram account, however selected to maintain the feedback off to keep away from any backlash.

In the meantime, Amanda Holden appeared to point out her help for the BBC presenter as she was one of many 5,000 individuals to love the submit. Different well-known faces who gave the submit a like had been Strictly Come Dancing’s Nancy Xu and This Morning’s cleansing knowledgeable Lynsey.

Torode’s submit got here simply after Wallace launched a press release, through which he claimed he was “deeply sorry for any misery prompted”. He added he “by no means got down to hurt or humiliate” within the wake of the report, which mentioned one allegation of “unwelcome bodily contact” was upheld.

45 of the 83 allegations in opposition to Wallace had been substantiated, the report by MasterChef manufacturing firm Banijay UK and led by regulation agency Lewis Silkin discovered.

The report discovered that “majority of the allegations in opposition to Wallace (94%) associated to behavior which is claimed to have occurred between 2005 and 2018”, with just one allegation from after 2018.

MasterChef returned to the BBC in Might of this 12 months, after 4 years off air. Moreover two Christmas specials had been set to air throughout the festive interval final 12 months however had been pulled by the BBC amid the investigation.

The BBC launched a press release mentioning that the corporate has now knowledgeable Wallace that they’ve “no plans to work with him sooner or later.”

The BBC acknowledged: “The investigation particulars a considerable variety of allegations of inappropriate conduct spanning 19 years. This behaviour falls beneath the values of the BBC and the expectations we’ve got for anybody who works with or for us.”

“Though the complete extent of those points weren’t recognized on the related time, alternatives had been missed to deal with this behaviour – each by the manufacturing firms operating MasterChef and the BBC. We settle for extra may and may have been finished sooner.”