Gregg Wallace is to be replaced by restaurant critic Grace Dent in the next series of the BBC's Celebrity MasterChef show.
Gregg Wallace is to be replaced by restaurant critic Grace Dent in the next series of the BBC's Celebrity MasterChef show. Dent, a Guardian columnist and former I'm A Celebrity star, will join regular MasterChef presenter John Torode as a judge during next year's 20th season of the cooking competition. Wallace is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour from more than a dozen people across a range of shows over a 17-year period.
She has been an excellent guest, an inspiring critic and also set some incredible challenges. Expertise is what MasterChef is all about, from the contestants to our wonderful production team, to us as judges. 'The love of food, the love of MasterChef, and that unquestionable expertise, makes Grace the perfect person to step in alongside me as judge for the forthcoming Celebrity MasterChef series.
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