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John Torode Breaks Silence on ‘Devastating’ MasterChef Sacking After 20 Years
Torode said he put his heart and soul into the show and ruled out legal action after the BBC upheld a misconduct finding.
- After 20 years hosting MasterChef, John Torode was sacked by the BBC last year, leaving the 61-year-old Melbourne-born chef "devastated" after learning of his dismissal via a phone call from his agent while on holiday.
- A review into co-host Gregg Wallace upheld an allegation that Torode used "highly offensive racist language," reportedly involving him singing along to "Gold Digger" by Kanye West at a 2019 wrap party.
- Describing the BBC as "a machine spat me out," Torode expressed anger, noting "nobody ever knocked on my door and said" there was a problem; MasterChef crew members described the atmosphere as "shell-shocked and saddened."
- Following the scandal, viewer ratings dropped 28 per cent, falling from 2.73 million to 1.96 million, prompting the BBC to hire Grace Dent, Irish chef Anna Haugh, and Giorgio Locatelli for Christmas editions.
- Torode ruled out legal action, stating "to get embroiled in further conflict would only do damage," and has since launched a YouTube channel, John and Lisa's Kitchen and Home, with his wife, EastEnders and Holby City actress Lisa Faulkner.
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