Dan Merriman, left, took home the trophy following the show's final after coming up with an 'outstanding' menu.
Gregg Wallace has been defended by this year's MasterChef: The Professionals winner as being 'very encouraging and supportive'.
It has also come to light that he allegedly harassed a young reporter who interviewed him, asking for a 'snog' and leaving her voicemails for 'weeks' in 2009.Speaking to The Times, Merriman spoke of his experiences with the chef saying he was a 'happy-go-lucky kind of bloke'. The chef, 60, has come under fire after a BBC investigation which heard from 13 people making allegations about inappropriate sexual comments the chef madeHe announced he was stepping back from presenting the show after nearly 20 years last week while an investigation into his alleged misconduct is carried out.
Speaking about the complaints against him, Wallace said they were'coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age' and declared 'this isn't right''I see Dan's cookery as fine dining at its very, very best. His food is precise, technical, it's incredibly creative. I think it's outstanding. This guy is shining. I can't wait to see what this chef is going to do in the future.
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